Forest Hill is a suburb of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,955 at the 2020 census. By 1896 the community had its first schools and was established as a suburb of Fort Worth. In 1905 Old Mansfield Road and Forest Hill Drive were the city's two main roads. In 1912 citizens drilled a "crooked hole well," the first private water system in the community.
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Racial and ethnic composition
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|+Forest Hill city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
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|White alone (NH)
|2,967
|1,441
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,216
|22.91%
|11.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.71%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|7,355
|5,938
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,490
|56.80%
|48.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39.34%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|42
|29
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.32%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|140
|68
|style='background: #ffffe6; |151
|1.08%
|0.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.08%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other Race alone (NH)
|8
|34
|style='background: #ffffe6; |31
|0.06%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.22%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|88
|125
|style='background: #ffffe6; |199
|0.68%
|1.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.43%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|2,349
|4,715
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,857
|18.14%
|38.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49.14%
|-
|Total
|12,949
|12,355
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,955
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Forest Hill had a population of 13,955. The median age was 34.4 years. 28.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.9 males age 18 and over.
There were 4,308 households in Forest Hill, of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.0% were married-couple households, 16.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 31.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| White || 2,736 || 19.6%
|-
| Black or African American || 5,557 || 39.8%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 156 || 1.1%
|-
| Asian || 156 || 1.1%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 3 || 0.0%
|-
| Some other race || 3,190 || 22.9%
|-
| Two or more races || 2,157 || 15.5%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 6,857 || 49.1%
|}
Transportation
By 1911 the city became a stop on the Fort Worth Southern Traction Company's electric urban railway from Fort Worth to Cleburne.
In 1896 Forest Hill schools had three teachers, 91 white students, and 15 black students. By 1905 Forest Hill, now having no schools for black students, had two schools, four teachers, and 226 students.