Collin County, Texas
The Collin County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in McKinney.
Geography
The County is located north-east of the geographic center of Texas, about 50 km off the German border with Oklahoma and has an area of 2294 square kilometers, of which 99 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Grayson County, Fannin County, Hunt County, Rockwall County, Dallas County and Denton County.
History
Collin County was formed in 1846 from parts of Fannin County. It was named after Collin McKinney, one of the first settlers in this county and the oldest of 59 settlers who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Collin County 491 675 people in 181 970 households and 132 292 families. The population density was 224 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 81.39 percent White, 4.79 percent African American, 0.47 percent Native American, 6.92 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 4.26 percent from other races groups; 2.11 percent were descended from two or more races. 10.27 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 181 970 households out of which 40.6 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 62.1 percent were married couples living together, 7.5 percent were single mothers and 27.3 percent were non-families. 22.1 percent of all households and 3.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.18 persons.
28.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.4 percent between 18 to 24, 37.9 percent between 25 and 44, 20.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 5.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.
The median income for a household was $ 70,835, and the median income for a family was $ 81,856. Males have a median income of $ 57,392, women $ 36,604. The per capita income was $ 33,345. 3.3 percent of families and 4.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Allen
- Altoga
- Ann
- Beverly Hill
- Bloomdale
- Blue Ridge
- Buckner
- Celina
- Chambersville
- Chambliss
- Clear Lake
- Climax
- Collin
- Copeville
- Cowley
- Culleoka
- Dallas
- Deep Water Point Estates
- Desert
- Fairview
- Farmersville
- Fayburg
- Forest Grove
- Frisco
- Frognot
- Josephine
- Kelly
- Lavon
- Lavon Beach Estates
- Lavon Shores Estates
- Lebanon
- Lolaville
- Lowry Crossing
- Lucas
- Marilee
- McKinney
- Melissa
- Milligan
- Millwood
- Murphy
- Nevada
- New Hope
- Parker
- Pike
- Plano
- Princeton
- Prosper
- Winner
- Rhea Mills
- Richardson
- Rock Hill
- Royse City
- Saxon
- Saint Paul
- Shepton
- Trinity Park
- Valdasta
- Verona
- Westminster
- Weston
- Wetsel
- Winningkoff
- Wylie
- Yucote Acres