People QuickFacts Collin County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 834,642 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 782,351 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 6.7% 3.6% Population, 2010 782,341 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.2% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 28.3% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 8.1% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.8% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 76.2% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 9.1% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 11.5% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.4% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 15.2% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 62.3% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.6% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 17.2% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 24.8% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.9% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 48.7% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 42,614 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.6 24.8  Housing units, 2011 307,353 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.3% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 24.4% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $202,000 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 276,234 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.75 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $37,825 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $82,758 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.3% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Collin County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 17,719 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 288,674 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 57.5 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 68,450 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 78,539 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.6% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.0% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.2% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.0% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 7,433,796 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,374,853 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 12,350,753 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,850 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,380,442 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 5,450 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Collin County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 841.23 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 930.0 96.3 FIPS Code 085 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts