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About Fort Worth
City in Texas, United StatesFort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) and extending into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties. Fort Worth's population was estimated to be 1,028,117 in 2025, making it the 10th-most populous city in the United States. Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex (after Dallas) and the fourth-most populous in Texas. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S., with 8.5 million residents. The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Fort Worth has historicall…
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Housing in Fort Worth
The typical Fort Worth home is worth about $296,000, down 1.8% in a year, close to the Texas typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Fort Worth
Safety Grade C-
Fort Worth reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 43%.
Schools in Fort Worth
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The public schools Fort Worth’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.
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