People QuickFacts	Allen	Texas
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	73,298	23,507,783
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	68.0%	12.7%
  	Population, 2000    	43,554	20,851,820
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	10.7%	7.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	34.9%	28.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	2.8%	9.9%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.1%	50.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	87.1%	71.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	4.4%	11.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.5%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.7%	2.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.0%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.7%	2.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	7.0%	32.0% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	37.1%	49.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	7.3%	13.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	12.2%	31.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	95.6%	75.7%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	47.5%	23.2%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	30.0	25.4 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	15,227	8,157,575
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	85.7%	63.8%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$142,400	$82,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	14,205	7,393,354
  	Persons per household, 2000    	3.07	2.74
  	Median household income, 1999    	$78,924	$39,927
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$28,575	$19,617
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	3.0%	15.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Allen	Texas
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	D	397,405,111
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	416,212	228,694,755
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$7,248	$10,528
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	54,238	29,914,774
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,667	1,734,509
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	5.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	4.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	18.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	33.0%	27.0% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Allen	Texas
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	26	261,797
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,653.5	79.6
  	FIPS Code    	01924	48
 	Counties    	Collin County
 	

(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