Jury Pool Profile
Collin County, Texas
- County seat
- McKinney
- Judicial district
- 199th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 1,297,179
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,163,337.
At a glance
Collin County is a 1,297,179-person venue. The county population is 53% White and 11% Black (Census race-alone categories). 16% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $124,920, $45,197 above the TX state median of $79,723; 56.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 31.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (6.7%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest published sector is Professional & business services, at 19.8% of covered employment, average pay $121,231/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.09%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 51% to 56% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 1,163,337
- Median household income
- $121,600
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 53% / 11%.
Collin County has a population of 1,163,337, with a median age of 37.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 53.5%; Black residents 11.0%. Independently, 16.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $124,920; 56.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 5.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 115,960, Professional & business services about 112,000.
Professional & business services is the largest published sector at 19.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.09%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Collin County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 54.3% in 2024, 51.3% in 2020, 56.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 73% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 31.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
31.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 4.8% of the adult civilian population (42,042 individuals).