Population Growth Chart for Tarrant County 1850-1958

 

This chart shows more than 100 years of population growth for both Fort Worth and Tarrant County beginning with the founding of Tarrant County in 1850 when the total population was 664. Trends show, for example, the impact of the Civil War in the 1860s with a decline in population and the coming of the railroad in the 1870s with a tremendous increase.