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Carrollton, Texas

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The city of Carrollton is primarily located in Collin County. A portion of Carrollton extends into Dallas County and Denton County.

Carrollton is 140 feet [42.67 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Carrollton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Carrollton had a population of 109,576 people<2> (or 21.9% of the total population of Collin County). The population of Carrollton represented 0.53% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 22nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Carrollton had a population of 125,595 people. This is an increase of 14.62% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Carrollton.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
2008125,595+14.62%+1.76% since 2007
2007123,420+12.63%+1.67% since 2006
2006121,389+10.78%+2.59% since 2005
2005118,326+7.99% 
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2000109,576The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bedford   SW16 mi [25.75 km]49,1554.25% increase
 Dallas   SE15 mi [24.14 km]1,279,9107.68% increase
 Euless   SW14 mi [22.53 km]52,57914.29% increase
 Flower Mound   W12 mi [19.31 km]69,30736.69% increase
 Garland   E16 mi [25.75 km]218,5771.3% increase
 Irving   SW9 mi [14.48 km]201,3585.08% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Carrollton.

Website for Carrollton

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Carrollton or Collin County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.cityofcarrollton.com/
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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.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

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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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Carrollton? Please visit the Map Page for Carrollton.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carrollton - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Carrollton.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Carrollton and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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