McKinney (Texas)
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 Location of McKinney in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1848 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Collin County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 12 ′ N , 96 ° 38 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 131,117 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 872.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 151.5 km 2 (approx. 58 mi 2 ) of which 150.3 km 2 (approx. 58 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 192 m |
| Postcodes : | 75069-75071 |
| Area code : | +1 972 |
| FIPS : | 48-45744 |
| GNIS ID : | 1341241 |
| Website : | www.mckinneytexas.org |
| Mayor : | Bill Whitfield |
McKinney is a city in Collin County in the US state of Texas and the seat of the county seat of Collin County.
According to the United States Census Bureau , McKinney was the fastest growing city in the United States from 2000 to 2003 and again in 2006 among cities with a population greater than 50,000. This increase is due to McKinney being on the northeastern edge of the rapidly developing suburbs north of Dallas . Both the city and the county are named after Collin McKinney , signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a member of the Red River District Congress of the Republic of Texas .
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1850 | 523 | - | |
| 1880 | 1479 | - | |
| 1890 | 2489 | 68.3% | |
| 1900 | 4342 | 74.4% | |
| 1910 | 4714 | 8.6% | |
| 1920 | 6677 | 41.6% | |
| 1930 | 7307 | 9.4% | |
| 1940 | 8555 | 17.1% | |
| 1950 | 10,560 | 23.4% | |
| 1960 | 13,763 | 30.3% | |
| 1970 | 15.193 | 10.4% | |
| 1980 | 16,249 | 7% | |
| 1990 | 21,283 | 31% | |
| 2000 | 54,369 | 155.5% | |
| 2010 | 131.117 | 141.2% | |
| 1930-2000, 2010 | |||
Demographic data
According to the United States Census 2000 , 102,853 residents lived in 28,186 households and 23,966 families. The population was composed of 78.40% white, 7.20% black and 1.49% Asian. Hispanics or Latinos made up 18.16% of the population. The per capita income was $ 28,185 and 4.9% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line .
sons and daughters of the town
- Dillon Anderson (1906–1974), lawyer and national security advisor
- Kenneth E. Hagin (1917-2003), preacher
- Guinn Smith (1920–2004), track and field athlete and Olympic champion in the pole vault in 1948
- John Ashley Warden III (born 1943), United States Air Force colonel and air war theorist
- Tom Kite (born 1949), professional golfer
- Anthony Lynn (* 1968) American football player and coach
- Jason Ralph (born 1986), actor
- Chad Haga (* 1988), racing cyclist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 8, 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 16, 2012
Web links
- McKinney in the Handbook of Texas , (Eng.)
- McKinney Chamber of Commerce , (Eng.)
- McKinney, Tx , statistics