Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX

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2023 Population
115,131
0.376% 1-year growth
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2023 Median Age
37.2
0% 1-year change
2023 Poverty Rate
12.2%
1.04% 1-year increase
2023 Median Household Income
$73,575
2.63% 1-year growth
2023 Median Property Value
$260,900
11.2% 1-year growth
2023 Employed Population
50,902
0.73% 1-year growth

About

In 2023, Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX had a population of 115k people with a median age of 37.2 and a median household income of $73,575. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX grew from 114,700 to 115,131, a 0.376% increase and its median household income grew from $71,693 to $73,575, a 2.63% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX are White (Non-Hispanic) (53.3%), Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) (11.7%), White (Hispanic) (11%), Other (Hispanic) (10%), and Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (6.99%).

27.5% of the households in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

92.8% of the residents in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX are University of North Texas Health Science Center (868 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2023, the median property value in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was $260,900, and the homeownership rate was 53.8%.

Most people in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX is home to a population of 115k people, from which 92.8% are citizens. As of 2023, 12% of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX residents were born outside of the country (13.8k people).

In 2023, there were 4.57 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (61.4k people) in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 13.4k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 12.7k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary language in households in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX are Spanish (26,755 households), Vietnamese (427 households), and Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (365 households).

Population & Diversity

Residents by Gender and Age

RACE/ETHNICITY
57,752
Women
50.1%
57,627
Men
49.9%

The resident population of United States in 2023 was 115,379 inhabitants, with 49.9% men, and 50.1% women.

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Citizenship

92.8%
2023 Citizenship
92.9%
2022 Citizenship

As of 2023, 92.8% of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.4%. In 2022, the percentage of US citizens in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was 92.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    61.4k ± 2.28k
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    13.4k ± 2.06k
  3. White (Hispanic)
    12.7k ± 2.01k
34.6%
Hispanic Population
39.8k people

In 2023, there were 4.57 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (61.4k people) in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 13.4k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 12.7k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

34.6% of the people in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX are hispanic (39.8k people).

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Global Diversity

Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    9,495 ± 2,292 people
  2. Vietnam
    437 ± 512 people
  3. El Salvador
    359 ± 464 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was Mexico, the natal country of 9,495 Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX residents, followed by Vietnam with 437 and El Salvador with 359.

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Foreign-Born Population

12%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
13.8k people
11.7%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
13.4k people

As of 2023, 12% of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX residents (13.8k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 13.8%. In 2022, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was 11.7%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages
  1. Spanish
    26,755 households (24.7%)
  2. Vietnamese
    427 households (0.395%)
  3. Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)
    365 households (0.337%)

27.5% of the households in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is higher than the national average of 22%. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

In 2023, the most common non-English language spoken in households in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was Spanish. 24.7% of the households in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    1,948 ± 363
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    1,814 ± 366
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    931 ± 233

Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.07 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX employs 50.9k people. In 2023, the largest industries in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX were Construction (3,988 people), Restaurants & Food Services (3,288 people), and Elementary & secondary schools (3,235 people), and the highest paying industries were Medical equipment & supplies manufacturing ($263,085), Oil & gas extraction ($214,414), and Legal services ($168,280).

Males in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX have an average income that is 1.33 times higher than the average income of females, which is $64,836. The income inequality in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX (measured using the Gini index) is 0.46, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure
RACE/ETHNICITY
23,190
Women
45.6%
27,712
Men
54.4%

The workforce of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX in 2023 was 50,902 people, with 45.6% woman, and 54.4% men.

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Occupations

50.9k
2023 Value
0.73%
1 Year growth
± 0.73%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 0.73%, from 50.5k employees to 50.9k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX, are Other managers (1,467 people), Retail salespersons (1,383 people), and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (1,205 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

50.9k
2023 Value
0.73%
1 Year growth
± 0.73%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 0.73%, from 50.5k employees to 50.9k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX, are Construction (3,988 people), Restaurants & Food Services (3,288 people), and Elementary & secondary schools (3,235 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX, though some of these residents may live in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$56,235
Median earning men ± $3,855
$41,362
Median earning women ± $2,590

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($113,061), Public Administration ($88,415), and Information ($78,672).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($70,486), Manufacturing ($65,365), and Information ($58,663).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
4.59%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

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2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (42.5%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.726%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Texas for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn
Senator from Texas2
Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.
Ted Cruz
Senator from Texas1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX awarded 868 degrees. The student population of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 780 male students and 1,564 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX are White (334 and 39.2%), followed by Asian (247 and 29%), Hispanic or Latino (133 and 15.6%), and Black or African American (89 and 10.5%).

The largest universities in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX by number of degrees awarded are University of North Texas Health Science Center (868 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX are General Biomedical Sciences (313 and 36.1%), Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy (211 and 24.3%), and Pharmacy (77 and 8.87%).

The median tuition cost in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX for a public four year colleges is $8,750 for in-state students and $27,020 for out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 2,344 students enrolled in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX, 33.3% men and 66.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 897 records, of which 64.9% were women and 35.1% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. General Biomedical Sciences
    296 degrees awarded
  2. Physician Assistant
    71 degrees awarded
  3. General Public Health
    57 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Masters Degree recipients in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was General Biomedical Sciences with 296 degrees awarded.

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Universities

Gender
Race
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
868 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was University of North Texas Health Science Center with 868 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 301 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX, which is 0.531 times less than the 567 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 334 degrees mean that there were 1.35 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Asian, with 247 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 4-year or above ($8,750) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($2,171) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2023, 1.5% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.27% of women were in the same situation.

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Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX in 2023 were High School or Equivalent (25.9k), Bachelors Degree (18.5k), and Some college (17.5k).

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was $260,900 in 2023, which is 0.86 times smaller than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $234,700 to $260,900, a 11.2% increase. The homeownership rate in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX is 53.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65%.

People in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX have an average commute time of 25.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$260,900
Median Property Value 2023
±$9,709
$24,681
Median Property Taxes
±$1,197

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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Rent vs Own

53.8%
Homeownership
2023
64.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2023

In 2023, 53.8% of the housing units in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 54.7%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$73,575
Median Household Income
± $2,753
45.8k
Number of Households
± 1,849

In 2023, the median household income of the 45.8k households in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX grew to $73,575 from the previous year's value of $71,693.

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Wage Distribution

0.46
2023 Wage GINI in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX
0.458
2022 Wage GINI in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX

In 2023, the income inequality in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was 0.46 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.498% growth from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023
  1. Drove Alone (69.8%)
  2. Carpooled (13.6%)
  3. Worked At Home (13%)

In 2023, 69.8% of workers in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (13.6%) and those who worked at home (13%).

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Commute Time

25.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX have a shorter commute time (25.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 2.33% of the workforce in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

12.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX (13.2k out of 108k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

82.4% of the population of Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX has health coverage, with 46% on employee plans, 12.7% on Medicaid, 12.1% on Medicare, 9.66% on non-group plans, and 1.86% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Texas see 1,657 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.975% increase from the previous year (1,641 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1590 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 638 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.7% were men and 50.3% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,657 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Texas

Primary care physicians in Texas see an average of 1,657 patients per year. This represents a 0.975% increase from the previous year (1,641 patients).

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Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.1% under 18 years, 23.7% between 18 and 34 years, 37.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.7% were men and 50.3% were women.

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Uninsured People

17.6%
Uninsured
46%
Employer Coverage
12.7%
Medicaid
12.1%
Medicare
9.66%
Non-Group
1.86%
Military or VA

Between 2022 and 2023, the percent of uninsured citizens in Tarrant County (West)--Fort Worth City (West) PUMA, TX declined by 0.286% from 17.6% to 17.6%.

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