Collin County

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Collin County Courthouse
Collin County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : McKinney
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Collin County Courthouse
200 S. McDonald Street
Annex A
McKinney, TX 75069-5657
Foundation : 1846
Made up from: Fannin County
Area code : 001 972
Demographics
Residents : 782,341  (2010)
Population density : 356.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2294 km²
Water surface : 99 km²
map
Map of Collin County within Texas
Website : www.co.collin.tx.us

The Collin County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in McKinney .

geography

The county is located northeast of the geographic center of Texas, about 50 km from the federal border with Oklahoma and has an area of ​​2294 square kilometers, of which 99 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Grayson County , Fannin County , Hunt County , Rockwall County , Dallas County, and Denton County .

history

Collin County was formed on April 3, 1846 from parts of Fannin County. It was named after Collin McKinney (1766–1861), one of the first settlers in this county, one of five authors of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

The WR Hill House is one of 65 entries for the county in the NRHP.

65 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 19, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 1950 -
1860 9264 375.1%
1870 14,013 51.3%
1880 25,983 85.4%
1890 36,736 41.4%
1900 50,087 36.3%
1910 49.021 -2.1%
1920 49,609 1.2%
1930 46.180 -6.9%
1940 47,190 2.2%
1950 41,692 -11.7%
1960 41,247 -1.1%
1970 66,920 62.2%
1980 144,576 116%
1990 264.036 82.6%
2000 491,675 86.2%
2010 782.341 59.1%
1850-2010
Age pyramid of Collin County (as of 2000)
The Lavon Lake and Dam

According to the 2000 census , Collin County had 491,675 people in 181,970 households and 132,292 families. The population density was 224 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed 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 island area and 4.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.11 percent were descended from two or more races. 10.27 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 181,970 households, 40.6 percent had children or young people living 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 were single households and 3.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.18 people.

28.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.4 percent between 18 and 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 median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 97.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 70,835 , and the median income for a family is $ 81,856. Males had a median income of $ 57,392 versus $ 36,604 for females. 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 the county

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Collin County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uscounties.org
  3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 66 .
  4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  6. ↑ Collin County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Collin County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 33 ° 11 ′  N , 96 ° 35 ′  W