People QuickFacts	Tarrant County	Texas
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	1,671,295	23,507,783
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	15.6%	12.7%
  	Population, 2000    	1,446,219	20,851,820
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006    	8.4%	8.2%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006    	27.9%	27.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006    	8.4%	9.9%
  	Female persons, percent, 2006    	50.2%	50.2%
  	White persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	79.3%	82.7%
  	Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	14.1%	11.9%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.7%	0.7%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	4.2%	3.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.2%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006    	1.5%	1.2%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)    	24.8%	35.7%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006    	55.6%	48.3%
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	44.9%	49.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	12.7%	13.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	21.9%	31.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	81.3%	75.7%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	26.6%	23.2%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	231,504	3,605,542
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	25.8	25.4 			
  	Housing units, 2006    	657,902	9,224,361
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	60.8%	63.8%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	30.0%	24.2%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$90,300	$82,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	533,864	7,393,354
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.67	2.74
  	Median household income, 2004    	$48,805	$41,645
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$22,548	$19,617
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004    	12.8%	16.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Tarrant County	Texas
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005    	35,632	497,758
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2005    	653,140	8,305,102
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005    	1.9%	3.5%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2005    	118,354	1,686,274
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	119,139	1,734,509
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.0%	5.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.1%	4.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	9.3%	18.4%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	28.4%	27.0% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	30,364,963	310,815,965
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	32,961,870	397,405,111
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	17,906,814	228,694,755
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$11,741	$10,528
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	2,422,367	29,914,774
  	Building permits, 2006    	17,313	216,642
  	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)    	15,410,163	141,858,480

   	Geography QuickFacts	Tarrant County	Texas
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	863.42	261,797.12
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,675.8	79.6
  	FIPS Code    	439	48
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts