Plano (Texas)
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Location in Texas
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Basic data | |
Foundation : | 1873 |
State : | United States |
State : | Texas |
Counties : |
Collin County Denton County |
Coordinates : | 33 ° 3 ′ N , 96 ° 45 ′ W |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
Residents : | 286,057 (as of 2016) |
Population density : | 1,542.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 185.5 km 2 (approx. 72 mi 2 ) of which 185.4 km 2 (approx. 72 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 203 m |
Postcodes : | 75023-75094 |
Area code : | +1 972, 469, 214 |
FIPS : | 48-58016 |
GNIS ID : | 1344166 |
Website : | www.plano.gov |
Mayor : | Harry LaRosiliere |
A bird's eye view of Plano, 1891 |
Plano is a city in the US state of Texas . The city is a suburb of Dallas and is located in the north of the Dallas-Fort-Worth-Metroplex metropolitan area . It is connected to Dallas by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit transit company. Plano is the seat of numerous service and technology companies , including the world's largest manufacturer-independent IT service company EDS , whose founder Ross Perot became known as an independent US presidential candidate. Harry LaRoseliere has been mayor since 2013.
history
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1890 | 824 | - | |
1900 | 1304 | 58.3% | |
1910 | 1258 | -3.5% | |
1920 | 1715 | 36.3% | |
1930 | 1554 | -9.4% | |
1940 | 1582 | 1.8% | |
1950 | 2126 | 34.4% | |
1960 | 3695 | 73.8% | |
1970 | 17,872 | 383.7% | |
1980 | 72,331 | 304.7% | |
1990 | 127,885 | 76.8% | |
2000 | 222.030 | 73.6% | |
2010 | 259.841 | 17% | |
1890-2000, 2010 |
The first settlers came to what is now Plano in the early 1840s. The first settlement grew quickly. When a post office was finally set up, one had to decide on a name for the place. The settlers suggested “Plano”, Spanish for “flat”, according to the local geographic conditions. In 1872 the place received a train station and finally in 1873 city rights. In the 1980s, many larger companies moved to the city.
population
Plano is known as the safest city and one of the wealthiest cities in the United States. Plano had the highest average income of any city over 250,000 in the United States in 2007 at $ 84,492. According to the crime statistics, there are only about four murders per year in Plano (as of 2006). This is by far the lowest murder rate of all cities with over 250,000 inhabitants in the USA. Forbes magazine named Plano the safest city in America in 2010 with a population of over 250,000.
Internet phenomenon
Plano achieved a certain level of awareness in Germany through the Internet television program Ehrensenf . This reported about two young Americans who let visitors to their website decide in an online vote in which American city they would live in 2007. Ehrensenf ironically called on his German viewers to vote for Plano, as this city would be the epitome of boring and stuffy American province. The official vote ended as follows: 973,946 Germans then voted for Plano and had a considerable influence on the voting results. As a result, Plano ended up in second place behind Denver . This result was heavily criticized in the forums by Ehrensenf, because the official voting results for Plano were repeatedly "corrected" downwards. German and American media reported on it. The two Americans ultimately did not go to Plano.
Companies
The following companies have their headquarters in Plano:
- Denbury Resources Inc.
- Diodes Inc.
- Dr Pepper (now part of Cadbury plc )
- Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
- Gearbox software
- Perot Systems Corp.
- Pizza Hut
- Siemens PLM Software (formerly UGS Corporation , previously Unigraphics Solutions Inc. )
sons and daughters of the town
- Anson Funderburgh (* 1954), blues guitarist
- John Benjamin Hickey (born 1963), actor
- Lance Armstrong (* 1971), racing cyclist
- Matthew Conger (born 1978), football referee
- Edward Boyden (* 1979), neuroscientist
- Kyle Wilson (born 1983), basketball player
- Kevin McHale (* 1988), actor and singer
- Blake Coleman (born 1991), ice hockey player
- Dillon Powers (born 1991), football player
- Kathleen Slay (* 1991), volleyball player
- Geoffrey Groselle (* 1993), basketball player
- Stefan Noesen (* 1993), ice hockey player
- Madison Bugg (* 1994), volleyball player
- Seth Jones (born 1994), ice hockey player
- Kellyn Acosta (born 1995), football player
- Kenton Duty (born 1995), actor
- Angelica Moser (* 1997), Swiss pole vaulter
- Keaton Parks (born 1997), soccer player
- Jeffery Xiong (* 2000), chess player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2013 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
- Plano in the Handbook of Texas (English)
- Statistics Plano (English)