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The Fort Worth Metro Area
The Fort Worth Metro Area, consisting of four counties, Tarrant, Johnson, Parker and Hood comprises the western half of the Dallas-Fort Worth "Metroplex," Fort Worth is the third most populous metro area in the state of Texas behind Houston and Dallas. Fort Worth Metro Area's Year 2000 population was 1,702,625. Forth Worth Metro Area's population grows by 25,000 to 30,000 people each year.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, is the largest market in the southern U.S. and ninth largest in the nation.
Fort Worth
Fort Worth residents are friendly, spirited and diverse. Fort Worth's Year 1998 population was approximately 490,000. Fort Worth's Year 2000 population was 534,694. Fort Worth's population grows by about 6,000 to 7,000 persons annually. Fort Worth is a bustling metropolitan hub with 38 Fire Stations 25 Hospitals.
Annual Festivals/Events
| Juneteenth |
Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show/Rodeo |
| First Night Festival |
Concerts in the Garden |
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| Mayfest |
Chisholm Trail Roundup |
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| Pioneer Days |
Cowtown Goes Green |
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| Fort Worth Fourth |
Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering |
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| Cinco de Mayo |
Fort Worth International Air Show |
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| Zoobilee of Lights |
Colonial Golf Tournament |
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| Parade of Lights |
Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival |
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| Arts in the Park |
RaceFest/Thunder in the Stockyards |
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| Last Great Gunfight |
Texas Motor Speedway Races |
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| Fiesta Fort Worth |
Imagination Celebration |
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Fort Worth Culture
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Fort Worth offers 12 Museums with sophisticated fine art and a large number of renowned performing arts groups.
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Performing Arts Groups
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| Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall |
Stage West |
| Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association |
Circle Theatre |
| Casa Manana Theatre Musicals Inc. |
Jubilee Theater |
| Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet Company |
Texas Girls Choir |
| Van Cliburn Piano Foundation |
Reata Restaurant |
| Fort Worth Opera Association |
Texas Boys Choir |
| Schola Cantorum of Texas |
Fort Worth Theatre |
| Shakespeare in the Park |
Hip Pocket Theatre |
| Fort Worth Jazz Society |
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Fort Worth's glorious Botanic Gardens offer spectacular seasonal events.
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Fort Worth Education
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Fort Worth education system from kindergarten through college is outstanding. Fort Worth Independent School District, one of 15 School Districts in Fort Worth, educates over 78,000 students in 120 Schools. Fort Worth also offers a number of private schools such as Fort Worth Country Day School, Trinity Valley, Nolan Catholic and All Saints Episcopal. Opportunities for higher education in Fort Worth are available at 5 colleges and universities.
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Fort Worth Employment
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Fort Worth offers homeowners a vast array of employment opportunities in the most diverse high-tech manufacturing location in Texas. Major corporations like Radio Shack and Lockheed Martin call Fort Worth home. Fort Worth residents can also find a multitude of available jobs in transportation and distribution with a number of large emplayers, including: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, American Airlines, Pier 1 Imports, and Alcon Laboratories maintaining headquarters and major operations in the city.
| Fort Worth's Ten Largest Employers |
| American Airlines |
30,000 |
| Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base |
11,500 |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation |
10,500 |
| Fort Worth Independent School District |
8,000 |
| Bell Helicopter Textron |
6,500 |
| City of Fort Worth |
5,475 |
| The Sabre Group |
5,400 |
| United States Postal Service |
4,317 |
Other significant employment opportunities are available in Fort Worth in teh fields of electronics, manufacturing and real estate development health care, headquarters and offices, finance, telecommunications, education, tourism, retail trade and services.
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Households by Income
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| $0-14,999 |
45,765 |
| $15,000-29,999 |
48,349 |
| $30,000-49,999 |
34,072 |
| $50,000 or more |
40,042 |
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Fort Worth's economy is strong and people here love their jobs. Fort Worth's per capita income is $13,162.
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Fort Worth Housing
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Fort Worth’s Central West area includes Mira Vista, a private gated residential country club community. Options here consist mainly of single family homes with a few condominiums, townhouses also available. Mira Vista homeowners enjoy access to the private golf course and the comfort of knowing they are protected by the community's security features. Other highly regarded communities on Fort Worth’s West side include River Crest, Westover Hills, and Shady Oaks.
The total number of housing units in Fort Worth is 211,035 with 195,078 of those normally occupied. The Fort Worth market is just over 51% owner occupied. Fort Worth has approximately 109,000 owner occupied housing units and around 86,000 renter occupied housing units. This make for a vast opportunity for the real estate investor while maintaining a broad range of well maintained, affordable, high quality neighborhoods for the owner occupied home buyer to choose from. Vacant housing units average at nearly 16,000.
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Fort Worth Lifestyle
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Fort Worth, a bustling metropolitan area, offers splendid shopping opportunities at Hulen Mall and Central Market, a terrific place to live, work, raise a family and a perfect place to buy your next home.
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Fort Worth News
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Search for "Fort Worth TX" - Jazz by the Boulevard / Will Rogers Memorial Cente... - Fort Worth Weekly
| Annual outdoor festival includes music by Stanley Clarke, Trombone Shorty, Charlie Mars, The Gourds, Kat Edmonson, Josh Weathers & True Endeavor, Telegraph Canyon, Rabbit's Got the Gun, The Orbans, Victor Cager, and others. |
- Stoney Larue / Billy Bob's Texas - Fort Worth Weekly
| $15-18. 817-624-7117. Venue Venue: Billy Bob's Texas - Website Street: 2520 Rodeo Plaza ZIP: 76164 City: Fort Worth State: TX Country: Description Phone Number: 817-624-7117 EventList powered by schlu.net Eats If Tacos Could Talk Chow, Baby didn't really - maybe a little bit, but not really - expect its Taco Bell Cantino Tacos lime segments to talk ... |
- Burglary on 54XX D Basswood BL, Fort Worth, 76137, TX - SpotCrime
| Burglary, Breaking and Entering |
- Jimmy Edgar - The Austin American-Statesman
| Detroit/Berlin Techno Legend Releases New Full Length, Plays Learning Secrets Party In 2001 at the tender age of 18, Detroit native Jimmy Edgara s hyper-sexed cosmic-techno caught the ear of Warp Records, where he cranked out his brand of amped-up laptop funk for the next eight years, culminating in the full-length classic a oeColor Stripa . |
- Four Day Weekend / Four Day Weekend Theater - Fort Worth Weekly
| Improv performances by Four Day Weekend. 7:30pm & 10pm Fri-Sat. $20. 817-226-4DAY. Venue Venue: Four Day Weekend Theater Street: 312 Houston St City: Fort Worth State: TX Description Sorry, no description available EventList powered by schlu.net Eats If Tacos Could Talk Chow, Baby didn't really - maybe a little bit, but not really - expect its Taco ... |
- Searching for Uncle Manek - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
| Anna Eisen sits in her Southlake living room with photos of her father, George Salton, and her uncle, Manek Salzmann. |
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Fort Worth Recreation
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Fort Worth homeowners enjoy of recreational opportunities, including 12 municipal golf courses, 20 recreation, multi-purpose and n.r.d. centers and 205 parks with 10,111 acres of park land.
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Fort Worth Transportation
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Fort Worth homeowners enjoy the highest quality and availability of transportation service found in any city in America. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport serves every major U.S. market, several times a day with 1,850 daily flights and 9 million annual passengers. DFW also serves more than 33 international markets.
4 Airports services in Fort Worth Metro Area:
There are also 478 trucking services in Fort Worth Metro Area and 4 railroads.
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Fort Worth Weather
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The weather in Fort Worth is moderate with an average temperature of 65°F. Fort Worth's an annual snowfall is 3 inches. Spring and fall are mild in Fort Worth. Summertime can get hot in Fort Worth with an average high temperature of 98°F and an average low temperature of 75°F in July. Winters are generally cool with occasional periods of both warm and cold weather with an average low temperature of 35°F and an average high temperature of 54°F in January. Fort Worth's average annual rainfall is 31.4 inches inches per year. Thunderstorms occur somewhere in the region an average of 45 days per year.
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