Fort Worth is a very large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 535,420 people and 136 constituent neighborhoods, Fort Worth is the sixth largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Worth is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Worth is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Worth who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.39%), sales jobs (10.86%), and management occupations (7.72%).

Also of interest is that Fort Worth has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Fort Worth Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Fort Worth is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.28% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fort Worth in 2000 was $18,800, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,200 for a family of four.

Fort Worth is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Worth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Worth is White, followed by African-American. Fort Worth also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.74% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Worth include German, English, and Irish.

Fort Worth also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.27%.

The most common language spoken in Fort Worth is English. Some people also speak Spanish.