The ancestral homelands of Native American tribes: Caddo, Tonkawa, Comanche, and Cherokee covered Tarrant County.

[11] Its increasing racial and ethnic diversity has reflected growing trends of diversification in Texas.

American Community Survey 2023 Data The United States Census Bureau estimated that in 2023, Tarrant County’s population was 2,182,947.

Since the disbandment of the North Tarrant County Fire Department, no countywide firefighting services exist.

Most cities also operate their own ambulances, with two notable exceptions: Fort Worth and 14 other Tarrant County cities are served by the Metropolitan Area EMS Authority (MAEMSA), a governmental administrative agency established under an interlocal operating agreement and operating as MedStar Mobile Health,[26] while the city of Arlington contracts paramedic apparatus from private entity American Medical Response.

[28] CareFlite air ambulance services operate from Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.

Congressman and Speaker of the House (1987–1989), and Wright was succeeded by fellow Democrat Pete Geren (1989–1997).

Beginning in 2016, the Democratic Party rebounded to represent a larger portion of the political profile and made huge gains in Tarrant County, concentrated in several areas throughout the county: eastern Euless, Grand Prairie and eastern and southern Arlington, northern and western areas of Mansfield, large portions of Fort Worth, particularly the area surrounding the Stockyards and Meacham Airport, southern and eastern Fort Worth, especially in dense metro areas and along I-35W, and Forest Hill.

[35] The county has leaned Republican in United States Senate races since Democrat Lloyd Bentsen's 1988 victory, but in 2018 and 2024 Democratic U.S. Senate candidates carried Tarrant, though both lost statewide to incumbent Ted Cruz.

Many other suburban Texas counties, including Tarrant's immediate neighbors Denton and Collin, as well as those around Houston and Austin, showed similar trends between 2016 and 2020.

[37] However, in the 2024 election Tarrant County moved back in the Republican column, supporting Trump over Kamala Harris, 51.8% to 46.7%.

The first Republican elected to the State Senate from Tarrant County since Reconstruction was Betty Andujar in 1972.

Fort Worth Spinks Airport is located 14 miles south of the downtown business district.