Tarrant County, TX elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities
Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Tarrant County: 13 seats on 6 elected bodies. 12 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.
On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
How many local governments Tarrant County has
The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 72 local governments in Tarrant County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.
Kind of government
Census count (2022)
Listed on this page
County government
1
0
Cities, towns, villages and townships
34
0
School districts (school boards)
17
0
Special districts (elected boards)
20
1
Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).
About these counts
The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.
Who lives in Tarrant County
2,167,390people
35.2median ageU.S.: 38.9
$84,207 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
11.1%below the U.S.: 12.5%
34.8%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$323,900median home valueU.S.: $332,700
4.7%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
17.2%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
6.2%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
16.7%U.S.: 8.4%
55.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
28.4%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%
Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 30.3% · White 42% · Black 17.3% · Asian 6.1% · Other or more than one race 4.4% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)
Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).
About these figures
The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.
Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.
Jobs in Tarrant County
4.1%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.2%. Texas: 4.3%.
1,171,591people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
1,221,984in the September 2026, preliminary.
Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.
Every month, last two years
Month
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)
4.1%
50,393
1,171,591
1,221,984
August 2026
4.4%
53,988
1,168,304
1,222,292
July 2026
4.6%
56,682
1,163,478
1,220,160
June 2026
4.7%
57,168
1,158,435
1,215,603
May 2026
4.0%
48,916
1,163,823
1,212,739
April 2026
3.8%
45,499
1,161,658
1,207,157
March 2026
3.9%
46,454
1,159,060
1,205,514
February 2026
4.2%
50,058
1,154,001
1,204,059
January 2026
4.2%
50,466
1,151,383
1,201,849
December 2025
3.6%
43,758
1,167,590
1,211,348
November 2025
4.0%
48,541
1,166,795
1,215,336
October 2025
not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025
4.2%
50,896
1,165,948
1,216,844
August 2025
4.3%
51,908
1,160,313
1,212,221
July 2025
4.2%
50,612
1,159,897
1,210,509
June 2025
4.0%
48,563
1,162,060
1,210,623
May 2025
3.7%
44,698
1,159,336
1,204,034
April 2025
3.5%
42,818
1,165,244
1,208,062
March 2025
3.8%
45,956
1,155,298
1,201,254
February 2025
4.1%
49,189
1,149,592
1,198,781
January 2025
4.0%
47,635
1,148,939
1,196,574
December 2024
3.6%
42,786
1,158,586
1,201,372
November 2024
4.0%
47,608
1,154,311
1,201,919
October 2024
4.0%
47,565
1,152,299
1,199,864
Yearly averages
Year
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
2025 (11 months)
3.9%
47,689
1,160,092
1,207,781
2024
4.0%
47,306
1,144,792
1,192,098
2023
3.8%
44,370
1,121,897
1,166,267
2022
3.7%
41,801
1,093,145
1,134,946
2021
5.3%
58,740
1,048,607
1,107,347
2020
7.4%
79,638
997,502
1,077,140
2019
3.3%
35,579
1,035,978
1,071,557
2018
3.5%
37,204
1,014,872
1,052,076
2017
3.8%
38,637
991,513
1,030,150
2016
4.0%
40,265
966,410
1,006,675
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Texas's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.4% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.
Crime reported in Tarrant County
271.6 per 100,0002025. Texas: 344.9.
1,691.5 per 100,0002025. Texas: 1,786.0.
30murders2025, 2,749 violent crimes in all.
Earlier years
Year
Violent
Rate
Property
Rate
2025
2,749
271.6
17,120
1,691.5
2024
3,208
311.7
19,914
1,934.9
2021
3,730
377.2
21,779
2,202.3
2020
3,463
344.8
21,877
2,178.1
2019
3,290
329.3
23,069
2,308.7
2018
3,008
300.3
24,029
2,398.8
2017
3,228
325.0
25,797
2,597.2
By police agency (28)
Agency
Year
Violent
Property
People served
Arlington Police Department
2025
1,633
8,026
406,035
North Richland Hills Police Department
2025
110
1,270
71,725
Euless Police Department
2025
95
1,045
59,746
Grapevine Police Department
2025
84
854
51,460
Tarrant County Sheriff's Office
2025
104
579
51,120
Bedford Police Department
2025
87
814
48,460
Keller Police Department
2025
34
250
46,881
Haltom City Police Department
2025
162
1,064
45,733
Hurst Police Department
2025
68
703
39,299
Saginaw Police Department
2025
76
279
26,673
Colleyville Police Department
2025
9
125
26,001
Benbrook Police Department
2025
48
369
24,555
Watauga Police Department
2025
25
221
23,003
White Settlement Police Department
2025
51
304
18,057
Forest Hill Police Department
2025
38
184
14,410
Kennedale Police Department
2025
19
98
11,434
Richland Hills Police Department
2025
16
179
8,534
River Oaks Police Department
2025
12
71
7,453
Everman Police Department
2025
11
55
6,403
Sansom Park Village Police Department
2025
22
91
5,391
Lake Worth Police Department
2025
20
279
4,804
Pelican Bay Police Department
2025
8
18
2,849
Westworth Police Department
2025
6
155
2,750
Pantego Police Department
2025
9
60
2,479
Dalworthington Gardens Police Department
2025
0
16
2,302
Blue Mound Police Department
2025
2
9
2,299
Lakeside Police Department
2022
6
21
1,603
Westover Hills Police Department
2022
5
7
638
Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Texas · the U.S.
Police staffing
2.78 per 1,000 residents2025, 28 agencies serving 1,012,099 people.
2,818sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.
814civilian staff2025, full-time.
Agencies counted (28), 2025
Agency
Officers
Civilians
People served
Tarrant County Sheriff's Office
1,118
202
51,120
Arlington Police Department
708
181
406,035
North Richland Hills Police Department
117
79
71,725
Grapevine Police Department
110
59
51,460
Euless Police Department
86
54
59,746
Haltom City Police Department
112
10
45,733
Bedford Police Department
73
40
48,460
Hurst Police Department
61
42
39,299
Keller Police Department
46
37
46,881
Benbrook Police Department
39
13
24,555
Watauga Police Department
34
15
23,003
Saginaw Police Department
40
7
26,673
Colleyville Police Department
40
7
26,001
Lake Worth Police Department
29
13
4,804
White Settlement Police Department
29
13
18,057
Richland Hills Police Department
25
3
8,534
Forest Hill Police Department
24
3
14,410
Everman Police Department
15
8
6,403
Kennedale Police Department
19
4
11,434
River Oaks Police Department
15
6
7,453
Westworth Police Department
12
4
2,750
Westover Hills Police Department
12
3
639
Pantego Police Department
10
5
2,479
Dalworthington Gardens Police Department
11
3
2,302
Sansom Park Village Police Department
10
2
5,391
Lakeside Police Department
10
0
1,604
Blue Mound Police Department
8
0
2,299
Pelican Bay Police Department
5
1
2,849
Earlier years
Year
Officers
Per 1,000
Civilians
Agencies
2025
2,818
2.78
814
28
2024
2,837
2.76
826
28
2023
2,764
2.75
799
28
2022
1,990
1.98
1,622
28
Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.
Quick answers
Who is the Tarrant County County Clerk?
Mary Louise Nicholson is the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney?
Philip Sorrells is the Criminal District Attorney of Tarrant County, Texas. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Tarrant County District Clerk?
Thomas A. Wilder is the District Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Tarrant County County Judge?
Tim O'Hare is the County Judge of Tarrant County, Texas. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector?
Rick D. Barnes is the Tax Assessor-Collector of Tarrant County, Texas.
What is the population of Tarrant County?
About 2,167,390 people, with a median age of 35.2; the median household income is $84,207 and 11.1% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Tarrant County?
4.1% in September 2026 (preliminary): 50,393 people unemployed in a labor force of 1,221,984, against 4.2% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Tarrant County?
72 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 34 municipal, 17 school district and 20 special district governments.
Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Office of Court Administration's directory of trial courts by county (May 2026), the Texas Secretary of State's county officer lists, the Comptroller's county directory and each county's own website (commissioners); officials appointed since those lists were updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.
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