Fort Worth Texas Facts Sheet & Information

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Fort Worth (known as “Cowtown”) is located in Tarrant County, situated in North Central Texas and part of the Dallas/Fort Worth  Metropolitan Area.

Basic Info About Fort Worth

  • Year founded: 1849
  • City of Fort Worth Population: 661,850
  • Tarrant County Population: 1,628,200
  • Fort Worth/Dallas Population: 6,014,750
  • 18th Largest City in the United States, and 5th fastest growing city in U.S. of 100,000 or more

Airport: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), located 17.5 miles from Fort Worth; one of the busiest airports in the world with an average 1,947 daily departures and arrivals and service to more than 150 cities worldwide.

Visitors to Fort Worth Texas:

  • Estimated No. of out-of-town visitors to Fort Worth: 8.9 million*
  • Economic impact of visitors to Fort Worth: $1.2 billion in direct spending within the City of Fort Worth.

Transportation Around Fort Worth:

  • Trinity Railway Express (DFW International Airport to downtown Fort Worth): $2.50
  • Cab from DFW International Airport to downtown Fort Worth: $52*
  • Yellow Checker Shuttle (Airporter) from DFW Airport to downtown Fort Worth: $15*
  • Super Shuttle from DFW International Airport to downtown Fort Worth: $25*

*Approximate cost per person. Cab companies may charge for additional passengers. Price subject to change.

Climate Month Avg. High Avg. Low
  • Coldest month January 54 34
  • Hottest month July 95 75
Media In Fort Worth:
  • Major local newspapers: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • Fort Worth Business Press
  • Fort Worth Weekly
  • The Dallas Morning News
  • Dallas Business Journal
Corporations based in Fort Worth:

ACME Brick Company; Alcon Laboratories; American Airlines; AmeriCredit Corp.; Bell Helicopter/Textron; The Bombay Co.; Burlington Northern Santa Fe; Carter & Burgess, Inc.; Cash America International; D.R. Horton; Justin Brands; Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems; Pier 1 Imports; RadioShack Corporation; Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing; XTO Energy Inc.

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