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City Profile

HOUSING TENURE

175,765

137,983

Owner-Occupied Renter-Occupied
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Time-Series Projection.

CITY OF FORT WORTH EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AND ANNEXATION POLICY

Under the provisions of State law, incorporated cities in Texas have the power to exercise certain controls in
unincorporated areas adjacent to their city limits. For a city the size of Fort Worth, these adjacent areas extend a
distance of five (5) miles from its city limits. This adjacent unincorporated area within five miles is known as the
extraterritorial jurisdictional area (“ETJ”). The ETJ encompasses approximately 313 square miles.

PERSONAL INCOME AND BUYING POWER

Median Household Mean Household
Fort Worth $60,748 $84,833
Tarrant County $68,876 $81,449

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

2017 2018 2019
Income Level Fort Tarrant County Fort Tarrant County Fort Tarrant County
Worth Worth Worth
$34,999 or less 27.70% 24.60% 30.30% 24.90% 29.47% 18.37%
$35,000 - $49,999 13.40% 13.10% 12.80% 12.20% 12.65% 13.54%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.60% 18.70% 17.50% 18.60% 18.67% 20.64%
$75,000 or more 40.30% 43.60% 39.40% 44.40% 39.20% 47.45%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2014-2019 American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates

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