Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the 19th-largest in the United States. Located in the south of the country, the city covers almost 300 square miles and is the county seat of Tarrant County. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, Fort Worth had a population of 624,067. The city is the second-largest cultural and economic center of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of 5.8 million in 12 counties.

Fort Worth is located in the northeastern part of Texas and the southwestern part of the United States. The DFW Metroplex is the hub of the North Texas region. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 774.1 km² (298.9 mi²). 757.7 km² (292.5 mi²) of it is land and 16.4 km² (6.3 mi²) of it (2.12%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 534,694 people, 195,078 households, and 127,581 families residing in the city. The July 2004 census estimates have placed Fort Worth in the top 20 most populous cities (# 19) in the U.S. with the population at 604,538. Fort Worth is also in the top 5 cities with the largest numerical increase from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004 with 17,872 more people or a 3.1% increase. The population density was 705.7/km² (1,827.8/mi²).