Allen, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Allen had a population of 43,554 people^<1>. This represents 0.21% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 55th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
52	League City	S	266 mi [428.1 km]	71,222	56.72% increase
53	Mission	S	487 mi [783 km]	67,119	47.81% increase
54	Rowlett	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	55,780	25.34% increase
-55-	Allen			81,268	86.59% increase
56	Grapevine	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]	50,471	20% increase
57	Texas City	SE	273 mi [439.4 km]	44,491	7.15% increase
58	Haltom City	SW	40 mi [64.4 km]	40,181	2.98% increase

Allen had 15,227 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Allen has an area^<4> of 26.34 square miles [68.2 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Allen had a 2000 population density of 1,653 people per square mile [638 people/km²].

Collin County

The city of Allen is located in Collin County.

The county had a population of 500,198 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 43,554 people, Allen contained 8.71% of the Collin County total.

In addition, where the community of Allen has a population density of 1,653 people per square mile [638 people/km²], Collin County averages 590 people per square mile [227.9 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Collin County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Allen and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Allen. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Allen. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Allen, it also contains a comparison between Allen and the state of Texas.

Click here for the Allen QuickFact (QF-4801924).

The following communities are nearby Allen and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Plano	QF-4858016	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	267,480	20.47% increase
	McKinney	QF-4845744	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	121,211	122.94% increase
	Frisco	QF-4827684	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	96,676	186.75% increase
	Richardson	QF-4861796	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	101,589	10.66% increase
	Garland	QF-4829000	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	218,577	1.3% increase
	Carrollton	QF-4813024	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	125,595	14.62% increase
	Rowlett	QF-4863572	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	55,780	25.34% increase
	Lewisville	QF-4842508	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	101,624	30.73% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Allen.

A Census Quickfact is available for Collin County (QF-48085).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Collin County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Dallas	QF-48113	S	2,412,827	8.42% increase
	Denton	QF-48121	W	636,557	45.01% increase
	Fannin	QF-48147	NE	33,229	6.03% increase
	Grayson	QF-48181	N	118,804	7.04% increase
	Hunt	QF-48231	E	82,805	7.64% increase
	Rockwall	QF-48397	SE	77,633	76.92% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Allen:

Allen is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Allen.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Allen. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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