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Collin County

Texas · 1,297,179 residents (2025 est.) · 841 sq mi
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Collin County is home to 1,163,337 people in Texas. Since 2000 the county has more than doubled, up 671,662 people. 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. Households here earn about 55% more than in Texas as a whole. Few US counties rank higher on income. Median household income runs $121,600, well clear of the $82,259 US median.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $121,600, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
56% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 72%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Collin County

What changed most since 1990

  • Population264,036 → 1,163,337 (+341%)US over the same years: +35%
  • White share86.2% → 49.6% (−36.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
  • Asian share2.8% → 18.7% (+15.9 pts)US over the same years: +3.1 pts

Among the 254 counties in Texas

  • 2nd in household income$121,600
  • 2nd in share with a bachelor's degree56.2%
  • 4th in home value$475,600
  • 9th in diversity score84.9
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
1,163,337
+137%since 2000
from 491,675 in 2000
1,297,179 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
1,383 / sq mi
+137%since 2000
from 584 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
37.3
+13%since 2000
from 32.9 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
841 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
174K444K714K983K1.3M19902000201020202024Collin County
20241.2M
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.8%(67,334)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.9%(80,139)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147.4%(86,139)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 197.4%(86,087)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 245.9%(68,538)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3413.1%(151,991)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4416%(186,063)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5414.8%(171,786)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6411.2%(130,546)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 747.1%(82,220)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 843.5%(40,191)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.1%(12,303)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$121,600
−6%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $70,835 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$57,056
+71%since 2000
from $33,345 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
70.5%
+16.7 ptssince 2009
from 53.8% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
6.2%
+1.4 ptssince 2000
from 4.9% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.431
+2%since 2010
from 0.424 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Other services13.6%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration10.9%
US avg: 4.8%
Information10.4%
US avg: 10.8%
Retail trade8.7%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade4.8%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance3.9%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical3.4%
US avg: 5.1%
Arts, entertainment, food3.2%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing2.3%
US avg: 2.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.6%
US avg: 1.6%
Education & health services0.5%
US avg: 0.9%
Manufacturing0.5%
US avg: 0.4%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$475,600
+72%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $151,600 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,859
+28%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $798 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
64.5%
−4.1 ptssince 2000
from 68.6% in 2000
35.5% rent
Vacancy rate
4.7%
−1.7 ptssince 2009
from 6.4% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.77 people
−2%since 2009
from 2.83 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
22.2%
−3.9 ptssince 2009
from 26.1% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
45.8%
+5.6 ptssince 2009
from 40.3% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
3.9
+60%since 2009
from 2.5 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
72
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic76.1%(374,116)
Black4.7%(23,212)
Hispanic / Latino10.3%(50,510)
Asian6.9%(33,902)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic49.6%(576,632)
Black10.8%(125,634)
Hispanic / Latino16.1%(187,150)
Asian18.7%(217,824)
Other4.8%(56,097)
Diversity Score
85
+31%since 2009
from 65 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
24
−8%since 2020
from 26 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican10.7%(124,525)
Central American1.5%(17,521)
South American1.5%(17,098)
Puerto Rican0.7%(8,461)
Venezuelan0.5%(6,336)
Salvadoran0.5%(6,014)
Spaniard0.5%(5,933)
Guatemalan0.5%(5,385)
Colombian0.4%(4,658)
Honduran0.3%(3,160)
Cuban0.2%(2,871)
Peruvian0.2%(2,341)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Dominican0.2%(1,933)
Argentine0.1%(1,156)
Nicaraguan0.1%(1,101)
Panamanian0.1%(1,075)
Ecuadorian0.1%(1,072)
Chilean0.1%(955)
Costa Rican0.1%(786)
Bolivian0%(360)
Uruguayan0%(54)
Asian origin
Asian Indian10%(116,049)
Chinese2.7%(30,922)
Vietnamese1.3%(15,441)
Pakistani1.1%(12,654)
Korean1%(11,437)
Filipino0.8%(9,643)
Japanese0.3%(3,041)
Taiwanese0.3%(3,022)
Bangladeshi0.2%(2,350)
Nepalese0.2%(1,871)
Cambodian0.1%(1,536)
Burmese0.1%(941)
+ 11 more asian origin groups with data
Kazakh0.1%(745)
Indonesian0.1%(677)
Sri Lankan0.1%(671)
Thai0.1%(584)
Laotian0%(581)
Malaysian0%(238)
Hmong0%(175)
Mongolian0%(72)
Uzbek0%(41)
Pacific Islander origin
Chamorro0%(466)
Samoan0%(358)
Tongan0%(197)
Fijian0%(134)
Guamanian0%(64)
Ancestry
English10.3%(119,682)
German9.7%(112,709)
Irish7.4%(86,151)
American6.4%(74,055)
Italian2.9%(34,014)
Subsaharan African2.4%(28,255)
Scottish1.8%(21,067)
French1.6%(18,827)
Polish1.5%(17,379)
Arab1.2%(14,159)
Scotch-Irish0.9%(10,621)
Nigerian0.8%(9,407)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
Swedish0.7%(7,892)
Norwegian0.7%(7,863)
Iranian0.6%(7,086)
Dutch0.6%(6,585)
Czech0.5%(6,392)
Russian0.5%(6,270)
British0.5%(5,589)
Welsh0.4%(5,003)
West Indian0.4%(4,237)
Ethiopian0.4%(4,102)
Portuguese0.3%(3,328)
Danish0.3%(3,294)
Hungarian0.3%(3,160)
Ukrainian0.2%(2,671)
Greek0.2%(2,665)
Brazilian0.2%(2,576)
Canadian0.2%(2,506)
Romanian0.2%(2,276)
Egyptian0.2%(2,231)
Palestinian0.2%(2,193)
French Canadian0.2%(2,129)
Swiss0.2%(1,989)
Lebanese0.2%(1,934)
Austrian0.2%(1,889)
Jamaican0.2%(1,818)
Turkish0.1%(1,664)
Ghanaian0.1%(1,470)
Iraqi0.1%(1,292)
Kenyan0.1%(1,166)
Jordanian0.1%(1,155)
Syrian0.1%(915)
Slovak0.1%(838)
Croatian0.1%(825)
Lithuanian0.1%(822)
Moroccan0.1%(797)
Israeli0.1%(792)
Haitian0.1%(727)
Finnish0.1%(641)
Slovene0.1%(624)
Belgian0.1%(613)
Armenian0.1%(594)
Serbian0.1%(592)
Guyanese0%(330)
Australian0%(282)
Barbadian0%(249)
Bulgarian0%(208)
Macedonian0%(189)
Latvian0%(104)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
56.2%
+8.9 ptssince 2000
from 47.3% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
94.6%
+2.8 ptssince 2000
from 91.8% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
22.1%
+7.5 ptssince 2000
from 14.6% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
28.2 min
+39%since 2000
from 20.3 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
62.0%
−19.4 ptssince 2009
from 81.4% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
7.2%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 8.0% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.4%
−0.9 ptssince 2009
from 1.3% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
27.5%
+21.0 ptssince 2009
from 6.4% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.2%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 0.8% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
3.2%
+0.8 ptssince 2009
from 2.4% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.2%
−1.2 ptssince 2011
from 5.4% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
70.6%
−3.0 ptssince 2011
from 73.6% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
75.3%
+1.4 ptssince 2020
from 73.9% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
9.4%
+0.8 ptssince 2009
from 8.6% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
57.5%
+8.7 ptssince 2009
from 48.8% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.8%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 50.2% in 2009
Female
50.2%
+0.4 ptssince 2009
from 49.8% in 2009
Foreign born
23.3%
+6.6 ptssince 2009
from 16.8% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
4.8%
−3.6 ptssince 2009
from 8.4% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
8.1%
+2.1 ptssince 2012
from 6.0% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
9.5%
−5.4 ptssince 2013
from 14.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
96.5%
+6.4 ptssince 2017
from 90.1% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
98.9%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 98.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
85.2%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 84.2% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
68.8%
−5.4 ptssince 2016
from 74.2% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
10.7%
−0.3 ptssince 2016
from 10.9% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married30.7%(141,269)
Married60.8%(279,788)
Widowed1.6%(7,348)
Divorced6.8%(31,460)
Women 15+
Never married27.2%(127,873)
Married56.2%(264,037)
Widowed5.8%(27,291)
Divorced10.8%(50,659)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
9.5%
−5.4 ptssince 2013
from 14.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
68.8%
−0.4 ptssince 2020
from 69.2% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
13.3%
+0.5 ptssince 2020
from 12.8% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
11.3%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 10.7% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
6.8%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 6.2% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.4%
+0.2 ptssince 2020
from 1.2% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
80.5%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 80.4% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
17.6%
+1.4 ptssince 2020
from 16.2% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)31.6%(13,279)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)31%(13,022)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.7%(11,237)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.9%(1,622)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(112)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 42,042 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Collin County, decade by decade

Collin County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990264,036$110,451$254,64739.1%31.3
2000491,675$129,037$276,16347.3%50.4
2010782,341$115,811$286,27648.3%70.1
20201,064,465$121,860$408,70053.2%84.0
20241,163,337$121,600$475,60056.2%84.9

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Home value$415,500−13%
Population140,738−89%
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COLLIN COUNTY VS
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Home value$241,700−49%
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COLLIN COUNTY VS
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Income$72,182−41%
Home value$248,400−48%
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COLLIN COUNTY VS
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Home value$437,200−8%
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Frequently asked

How many people live in Collin County, Texas?

Collin County, Texas has about 1,163,337 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Collin County, Texas?

The typical household in Collin County, Texas earns about $121,600 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Collin County, Texas expensive?

In Collin County, Texas, the median home is worth about $475,600, and the typical rent is about $1,859 a month.

How educated are people in Collin County, Texas?

About 56.2% of adults age 25 and over in Collin County, Texas hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Collin County, Texas?

About 6.2% of people in Collin County, Texas live below the federal poverty line.

Has Collin County, Texas grown since 1990?

Yes, Collin County, Texas has grown since 1990. The population has added about 899,301 residents, a change of about 341 percent over that period.

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