Editing Lake Worth, Texas

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| official_name      = City of Lake Worth
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| postal_code        = 76135-76136
| area_code          = [[Area code 817|817]]
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'''Lake Worth''' is a city in [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 4,711 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The city is adjacent to, and named after, [[Lake Worth (Texas)|Lake Worth]], a popular recreational lake in the northwestern portion of Tarrant County.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.5|mi2|km2}}, all land.
{{Geographic location| width = auto
| title = '''Surrounding municipalities'''
|Center = Lake Worth
|North = [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]
|Northeast = [[Saginaw, Texas|Saginaw]] <br /> (8 miles)
|East =  [[Sansom Park, Texas|Sansom Park]] <br /> (4 miles)
|Southeast =  [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] <br /> (9 miles) 
|South = [[White Settlement, Texas|White Settlement]] <br /> (5 miles)
|Southwest = [[Lake Worth (Texas)|Lake Worth]]
|West =  [[Lake Worth (Texas)|Lake Worth]]
|Northwest = [[Lakeside, Tarrant County, Texas|Lakeside]] <br />  (4 miles)
}}

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
| 1950 = 2351
| 1960 = 3833
| 1970 = 4958
| 1980 = 4394
| 1990 = 4591
| 2000 = 4618
| 2010 = 4584
| 2020 = 4711
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Lake Worth racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4841056&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|2,671
|56.7%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|70
|1.49%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|29
|0.62%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|43
|0.91%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|8
|0.17%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|15
|0.32%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|153
|3.25%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|1,722
|36.55%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''4,711'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,711 people, 1,704 households, and 1,162 families residing in the city.

==Education==

The city of Lake Worth is served by the [[Lake Worth Independent School District]].

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.lakeworthtx.org/ City of Lake Worth official website]
* [http://nwtcc.org Northwest Tarrant Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://scenicshores.blogspot.com/2007/12/dredging-faqs.html Lake Worth dredging FAQs]

{{Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex}}
{{Tarrant County, Texas}}
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[[Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Tarrant County, Texas]]