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Fort Worth, TX
1,008,106 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4827000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Fort Worth ranked #116 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Fort Worth and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Louisville KY, Mesa AZ, Nashville TN, Denver CO, Sacramento CA, Kansas City MO, Columbus OH, Tampa FL, Oklahoma City OK, Austin TX, Las Vegas NV, Dallas TX, Charlotte NC · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #116 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #192 | #151 | #110 | #84 | #65 | #68 | #139 | #134 | #144 | #161 | #138 | #93 | #100 | #133 | #97 | #194 | #132 | #155 | #116 | #138 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 637,139 | 662,346 | 685,762 | 706,526 | 727,257 | 748,441 | 764,142 | 781,046 | 796,073 | 815,057 | 835,356 | 856,177 | 874,809 | 893,216 | 909,585 | 923,645 | 937,692 | 959,520 | 984,664 | 1,008,106 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #143 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | +0.5 | +1.5 | +1.2 | +0.8 | +0.8 | — | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.0 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #14 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 11 in its peer group with data | 19.6 | 17.5 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 13.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #144 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 20.0% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 19.1% | 20.3% | 20.1% | 20.1% | 20.0% | 19.9% | 21.0% | 20.1% | 20.7% | 19.8% | 21.8% | 20.4% | — | 21.8% | 22.5% | 24.1% | 23.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #183 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 9.4 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #214 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | 104.2 | 76.6 | 85.6 | 78.8 | 83.4 | 87.9 | 86.4 | 77.5 | 70.9 | 79.2 | 84.2 | 83.3 | 78.1 | 83.1 | 122.6 | 148.2 | 135.6 | 121.3 | 112.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 317,388 | 324,881 | 333,268 | 343,622 | 343,546 | 357,466 | 360,878 | 352,035 | 361,004 | 368,407 | 378,303 | 400,201 | 416,189 | 424,764 | 458,195 | 434,872 | 443,984 | 468,159 | 493,342 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #88 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.3 | -1.7 | -0.4 | +0.5 | +2.1 | +3.5 | -2.6 | -5.1 | -0.5 | -1.2 | -0.4 | +2.3 | +1.2 | +0.1 | +5.6 | -3.2 | -0.2 | -1.9 | +1.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 333,120 | 353,954 | 365,572 | 374,554 | 394,364 | 405,649 | 430,145 | 425,825 | 445,986 | — | 459,562 | 478,013 | 499,949 | 506,425 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #135 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.8% | 7.9% | 7.5% | 6.4% | 5.8% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 6.1% | 4.8% | — | 5.1% | 4.0% | 4.3% | 4.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #206 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 13% | 21% | 15% | 27% | 29% | 23% | 26% | 23% | 18% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 15% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 17% | 14% | 16% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #164 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $2,920 | $2,893 | $2,610 | $4,176 | $4,078 | $4,271 | $4,115 | $4,201 | $4,144 | $3,856 | $3,359 | $2,563 | $2,168 | $1,798 | $2,946 | $2,935 | $3,053 | $2,861 | $2,689 | $2,823 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Fort Worth. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.