Collin County, Texas

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Collin County
County
Collin County
The Collin County Courthouse in McKinney
The Collin County Courthouse in McKinney
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Official seal of Collin County
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Map of Texas highlighting Collin County
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
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Coordinates: 33°11′N 96°35′W / 33.18°N 96.58°W / 33.18; -96.58
Country United States
State Texas
Founded1846
Named forCollin McKinney
SeatMcKinney
Largest cityPlano
Area
 • Total886 sq mi (2,290 km2)
 • Land841 sq mi (2,180 km2)
 • Water45 sq mi (120 km2)  5.1%%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,064,465
 • Density1,265/sq mi (488/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts3rd, 4th, 32nd
Websitewww.collincountytx.gov

Collin County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small portion of the city of Dallas is in the county. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population is 1,064,465, making it the sixth-most populous county in Texas and the 43rd-largest county by population in the United States.[1] Its county seat is McKinney.[2]

History[]

Both the county and the county seat were named after Collin McKinney[3] (1766-1861), one of the five men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest of the 59 men who signed it.

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 886 square miles (2,290 km2), of which 841 square miles (2,180 km2) is land and 45 square miles (120 km2) (5.1%) is covered by water.[4]

Lakes[]

  • Lavon Lake

Major highways[]

  • US 75.svg U.S. Highway 75
  • US 380.svg U.S. Highway 380
  • Toll Texas DNT new.svg Dallas North Tollway
  • Texas 190.svg Toll Texas PGBT new.svg State Highway 190 / President George Bush Turnpike
  • Texas 5.svg State Highway 5

Neighboring counties[]

  • Grayson County (north)
  • Fannin County (northeast)
  • Hunt County (east)
  • Rockwall County (southeast)
  • Dallas County (south)
  • Denton County (west)

Demographics[]

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
18501,950—
18609,264375.1%
187014,01351.3%
188025,98385.4%
189036,73641.4%
190050,08736.3%
191049,021−2.1%
192049,6091.2%
193046,180−6.9%
194047,1902.2%
195041,692−11.7%
196041,247−1.1%
197066,92062.2%
1980144,576116.0%
1990264,03682.6%
2000491,67586.2%
2010782,34159.1%
2019 (est.)1,034,730[5]32.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1850–2010[7] 2010–2019[8]

2020 Census[]

As of the 2020 United States Census, there are 1,064,465 people living in the County. The county's population grew by 36.1% from the 2010 Census, making it one of the fastest-growing counties in the country.[1]

2018 Texas Population Estimate Program[]

As of the 2018 Texas Population Estimate Program, the population of the county was 1,018,952. The racial makeup of the county was as follows: non-Hispanic whites 575,374 (56.47%), African Americans 97,396 (9.56%), Other non-Hispanic 176,377 (17.31%), & Hispanics and Latinos (of any race) 154,772 (15.19%).[9]

2010 Census[]

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 782,341 people.

According to U.S. Census figures released in 2006, the racial makeup of the county was as follows: 77.21% White, 7.26% African American, 10.02% Asian, 0.45% Native American, 5.06% of other or mixed race. 12.8% Hispanic of any race.

2000 Census[]

As of the census[10] of 2000, there were 491,675 people, 181,970 households, and 132,292 families residing in the county. The population density was 580 people per square mile (224/km2). There were 194,892 housing units at an average density of 230 per square mile (89/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 81.39% White, 4.79% Black or African American, 0.47% Native American, 6.92% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 4.26% from other races, and 2.11% from two or more races. 10.27% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 181,970 households, out of which 40.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.10% were married couples living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 22.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.18. As of the 2010 census, there were about 4.4 same-sex couples per 1,000 households in the county.[11]

In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.70% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 37.90% from 25 to 44, 20.70% from 45 to 64, and 5.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $70,835, and the median income for a family was $81,856 (these figures had risen to $77,671 and $91,881 respectively as of a 2007 estimate).[12] Males had a median income of $57,392 versus $36,604 for females. The per capita income for the county was $33,345. About 3.30% of families and 4.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.10% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over. Based on median household income, as of 2006, Collin County is the second richest county in Texas after Fort Bend, and is considered one of the wealthiest counties in the United States.

However, like other Texas counties, Collin County has one of the nation's highest property tax rates. In 2007, it was #21 for property taxes as percentage of the homes value on owner occupied housing.[13] It also ranked in the Top 100 for amount of property taxes paid and for percentage of taxes of income. Part of this is due to the Robin Hood plan school financing system in Texas.[14]

Government, courts, and politics[]

Government[]

Collin County, like all counties in Texas, is governed by a Commissioners Court. The court is chaired by a county judge (equivalent to a county executive in other states) who is elected county-wide, and four commissioners who are elected by the voters in each of four precincts.[15]

County Commissioners[16][]

Office Name Party
  County Judge Chris Hill Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 1 Susan Fletcher Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 2 Cheryl Williams Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 3 Darrell Hale Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 4 Duncan Webb Republican

County Officials[16][]

Office Name Party
  County Clerk Stacey Kemp Republican
  Criminal District Attorney Greg Willis Republican
  District Clerk Lynne Finley Republican
  Sheriff Jim Skinner Republican
  Tax Assessor-Collector Kenneth Maun Republican

Politics[]

From the 1960s through the early 2000s, Collin County was a Republican stronghold in presidential and congressional elections. The last Democrat to win the county was Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Two factors caused Collin to swing hard to the Republican Party in the 1960s and 1970s: the party realignment brought about by the civil rights movement, and the expansion of the Dallas suburbs into Collin County.

However, since the early 2000s, Collin County has been slowly moving towards the Democratic Party, particularly in Plano and Frisco. After giving George W. Bush over 70 percent in his two runs for president, it only gave John McCain 62 percent in 2008. Mitt Romney took 64 percent in 2012, but Donald Trump only got 55.2 percent in 2016. In 2020, Trump's support dwindled further, to 51.2 percent, the worst showing for a Republican in the county since 1968. At the same time, Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win 40 percent of the county's vote since Johnson, and the first non-Texan to do so since John F. Kennedy.

The county is considered a bellwether polity.[17] Factors causing this shift include an influx of Democratic-voting younger professionals and families from states such as California,[citation needed] as well as a more diverse population (with increasing numbers of African-Americans along with recent immigrants and their children). Many other suburban Texas counties, including its immediate neighbors in Denton County and Tarrant County as well as those around Houston and Austin, showed similar swings since 2016.

In spite of this shift, Republicans still control every countywide office and all of the county's seats in the State Legislature. Congressman Colin Allred, who represents its southern edge as part of the 32nd congressional district, is the only elected Democrat representing any part of the county above the municipal level.

United States presidential election results for Collin County, Texas[18]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 252,318 51.26% 230,945 46.92% 8,953 1.82%
2016 201,014 55.16% 140,624 38.59% 22,792 6.25%
2012 196,888 64.86% 101,415 33.41% 5,264 1.73%
2008 184,897 62.16% 109,047 36.66% 3,513 1.18%
2004 174,435 71.15% 68,935 28.12% 1,784 0.73%
2000 128,179 73.07% 42,884 24.45% 4,357 2.48%
1996 83,750 63.01% 37,854 28.48% 11,321 8.52%
1992 60,514 46.97% 24,508 19.02% 43,811 34.01%
1988 67,776 74.29% 22,934 25.14% 520 0.57%
1984 61,095 81.64% 13,604 18.18% 139 0.19%
1980 36,559 67.88% 15,187 28.20% 2,115 3.93%
1976 21,608 60.02% 14,039 39.00% 353 0.98%
1972 17,667 78.04% 4,783 21.13% 187 0.83%
1968 6,494 39.93% 5,918 36.39% 3,850 23.67%
1964 3,341 29.85% 7,833 69.98% 19 0.17%
1960 3,865 42.20% 5,229 57.10% 64 0.70%
1956 3,823 41.84% 5,280 57.79% 34 0.37%
1952 4,037 40.57% 5,906 59.36% 7 0.07%
1948 1,155 15.93% 5,516 76.08% 579 7.99%
1944 974 11.67% 6,574 78.79% 796 9.54%
1940 1,028 12.22% 7,373 87.65% 11 0.13%
1936 531 8.55% 5,669 91.29% 10 0.16%
1932 589 8.79% 6,059 90.46% 50 0.75%
1928 3,476 50.55% 3,377 49.11% 23 0.33%
1924 1,981 21.15% 7,215 77.04% 169 1.80%
1920 1,338 23.16% 4,045 70.01% 395 6.84%
1916 594 12.04% 4,141 83.94% 198 4.01%
1912 342 9.08% 3,187 84.58% 239 6.34%


State Board of Education member[19][]

District Name Party
  District 12 Pam Little Republican

Texas State Representatives[19][]

District Name Party Residence
  District 33 Justin Holland Republican Heath
  District 66 Matt Shaheen Republican Plano
  District 67 Jeff Leach Republican Plano
  District 70 Scott Sanford Republican McKinney
  District 89 Candy Noble Republican Lucas

Texas State Senators[19][]

District Name Party Residence
  District 8 Angela Paxton Republican N/A
  District 30 Drew Springer Republican N/A

United States House of Representatives[19][]

District Name Party Residence
  Texas's 3rd congressional district Van Taylor Republican Plano
  Texas's 4th congressional district Pat Fallon Republican Sherman
  Texas's 32nd congressional district Colin Allred Democrat Dallas

Education[]

K-12 education[]

The following school districts lie entirely within Collin County:

The following districts lie partly within the county:

In the 1990s Plano ISD received many non-Hispanic white families leaving urban areas. From circa 1997 and 2015 the number of non-Hispanic white children in K-12 schools in the county increased by 40,000 as part of a trend of white flight and suburbanization by non-Hispanic white families; however the same number of Plano ISD in particular decreased by 10,000 in that period.[20]

Colleges and universities[]

Collin College[21] opened its first campus on Highway 380 in McKinney in 1985. The college has grown to seven campuses/locations—two in McKinney and two in Plano and as well as Frisco, Allen and Rockwall. Dallas Baptist University[22] also has an extension site in Frisco, DBU Frisco. The majority of the University of Texas at Dallas campus in Richardson, Texas lies within Collin County.[23]

Parks[]

Collin County Parks and Open Spaces

Media[]

Collin County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth DMA. Local media outlets are: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, and KFWD-TV. Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Collin County come from the Sherman/Denison market and they include: KTEN-TV and KXII-TV.

Newspapers in the Collin County area include the Allen American, Celina Record, Frisco Enterprise, McKinney Courier-Gazette, and the Plano Star-Courier. Nearby publications The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram also provide news coverage of cities in the county.

Communities[]

Cities (multiple counties)[]

  • Carrollton (mostly in Dallas and Denton counties)
  • Celina (small part in Denton County)
  • Dallas (mostly in Dallas County with small parts in Denton, Kaufman, Rockwall and Collin counties)
  • Frisco (partly in Denton County)
  • Garland (mostly in Dallas County and a small part in Rockwall County)
  • Josephine (small part in Hunt County)
  • Plano (small part in Denton County)
  • Prosper (partly in Denton County)
  • Richardson (mostly in Dallas County)
  • Royse City (mostly in Rockwall County and partly Hunt County)
  • Sachse (mostly in Dallas County)
  • Van Alstyne (mostly in Grayson County)
  • Wylie (small parts in Rockwall and Dallas counties)

Cities[]

Towns[]

Census-designated place[]

Other unincorporated communities[]

Historical communities[]

Ghost towns[]

Notable people[]

  • The Texas rancher and gunfighter King Fisher was born in Collin County in 1854.
  • Frank Shelby Groner (1877-1943) Lawyer, pastor, and educator.

See also[]

References[]

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  11. ^ Leonhardt, David; Quealy, Kevin (June 26, 2015), "Where Same-Sex Couples Live", The New York Times, retrieved July 6, 2015
  12. ^ Collin County, Texas - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.
  13. ^ "Tax Foundation". Tax Foundation.
  14. ^ Postrel, Virginia (2004-10-07). "A Public Policy Failure". The New York Times.
  15. ^ "Commissioners Court". www.collincountytx.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "Government". www.collincountytx.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  17. ^ David Wasserman (October 6, 2020), "The 10 Bellwether Counties That Show How Trump Is in Serious Trouble", Nytimes.com
  18. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
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  20. ^ Nicholson, Eric (2016-05-03). "In Dallas, White Flight Never Ends". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  21. ^ "Homepage - Collin College". www.collin.edu.
  22. ^ "DBU website".
  23. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2015-10-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Coordinates: 33°11′N 96°35′W / 33.18°N 96.58°W / 33.18; -96.58

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