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FORT WORTH FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT Haslet HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES PALO PINTO 2018 2023 2018 AND VICINITY (Average Fateannual amount spent) The city of Fort Worth, aff ectionally known ROCKWALL COUNTY Population 1,152,932 1,259,106 MUNICIPALTOTAL EXPENDITURES $66,272 as “Cowtown” by residents, is the 15th- AIRPORT Food Households 402,101 437,213 $8,081 RAINS largest city in the United States. Fort Rockwall Worth and its suburbs is recognized as one Housing HUNT$20,308 COUNTY Average Household Size 2.82 2.84 Apparel and Services $2,078 AND VICINITY WORTH | FORT of the fastest-growing areas in the U.S. Watauga COUNTY Saginaw Heath Transportation $7,639 North Fort Worth is the site of the Blue DALLASMedian Age 33.3 33.5 massive AllianceTexas, an 18,000-acre, Mound LOVE White Travel ROCKWALL $1,953 FIELD Rock master-planned community. Within the Lake Median Household Income $57,448 $63,474 Healthcare $5,174 Worth Lake COUNTY FORT WORTH Haltom development is the 2,400-acre Alliance MEACHAM Entertainment and Recreation $2,961 KAUFMAN INTERNATIONAL City Sunnyvale Gateway and its Alliance Global Logistics AIRPORT Average Household Income $77,130 $87,030 Personal Care Products/Services $780 COUNTY Hub, which serves as a major intermodal Education Per Capita Income $27,347 $30,635 $1,290 distribution center for many large NAS FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE River Oaks BASE companies. Alliance Gateway also houses a Mesquite MESQUITE METRO 110-acre Facebook data center. White RACE AND AIRPORT ForneyEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Settlement Westover DALLAS 2018 PERCENT 2023 PERCENT 2018 The heart of AllianceTexas is the city- Hills ETHNICITY (Population 25+) Pantego Balch owned Fort Worth Alliance Airport, which is Cockrell White Alone Springs Hill 709,589 61.5% 746,862 59.3% TOTAL 726,343 approximately 14 miles north of downtown FORT Dalworthington Black Alone 201,660 17.5% 231,966 18.4% Less Than 9th Grade 8.2% Gardens Fort Worth. The airport is the world’s fi rst DALLAS WORTH EXECUTIVE 9th-12th Grade, No Diploma 8.9% 100 percent industrial airport, specifi cally AIRPORT American Indian Alone 7,277 0.6% 7,774 0.6% ARLINGTON Grand Seagoville High School Graduate 21.8% designed for cargo and corporate aircraft. Benbrook MUNICIPAL Asian Alone 49,003 4.3% 59,722 4.7% AIRPORT Prairie Forest Hill GED/Alternative Credential 4.3% Several companies call Fort Worth Edgecliff Arlington Duncanville Hutchins Kennedale Pacifi c Islander Alone 1,363 0.1% 1,601 0.1% home, including American Airlines, Pier 1 Village Some College, No Degree Everman 22.5% Imports, XTO Energy, and BNSF Railway. Some Other Race Alone 144,225 Wilmer12.5% 163,826 13.0% Lancaster Associate Degree 7.2% Other companies in the area include DeSoto Cedar Hill Two or More Races LANCASTER 39,816 3.5% 47,353 3.8% Bachelor’s Degree 18.1% Justin Brands, FedEx, Ben E. Keith, and PARKER TARRANT REGIONAL DALLAS AIRPORT Graduate/Professional Degree Williamson Dickie. Healthcare, fi nance, Crowley FORT WORTH Rendon CDP Mansfield Hispanic Origin (Any Race) 390,341 33.9% 451,192 35.8% 9.0% COUNTY COUNTY SPINKSL COUNTY telecommunications, education, tourism, AIRPORT Glenn Heights retail trade, and other services also drive Ovilla the area’s economy. Burleson Red Oak HOODFort Worth off ers numerous cultural JOHNSON ELLIS COUNTYand entertainment attractions, including COUNTY Midlothian COUNTY the nationally ranked Fort Worth Zoo, a ERATH world-class museum district, the Bass Performance Hall, the Historic Stockyards SAMPLE OF EMPLOYERS IN THE FORT WORTH VICINITY COUNTY District, Sundance Square, and Texas Motor Speedway. Alcon Laboratories Inc PDX Inc VAN ZANDT Waxahachie American Airlines Inc Pier 1 Imports COUNTY Bell Helicopter Textron Inc Smith & Nephew Biotherapeutics BNSF Railway Co Tandy Leather Factory Inc HENDERSON Cook Children’s Healthcare System TD Ameritrade COUNTY Elbit Systems of America LLC Texas Christian University First Command Financial Services Inc Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth NAVARRO Freese & Nichols Inc Texas Motor Speedway COUNTY Galderma Laboratories LP Texas Wesleyan University GE Manufacturing Solutions ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems Inc SOMERVELL Harbison-Fischer Inc TTI Inc COUNTY JPS Health Network Inc HILLUnion Pacifi c Justin Brands Inc COUNTYUNT Health Science Center BOSQUEMillerCoors Weir Oil & Gas COUNTYNAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co

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