
Plano ( ;
Spanish for "flat surface" /'plano/) is a city in the
U.S. state of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
, where it is the largest city in
Collin County. A small portion of Plano is located in
Denton County. Plano is also one of the principal cities of the
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States, ...
. With a population of 285,494 at the
2020 census, it is the
ninth most-populous city in Texas, and, respectively, the
73rd most populous city in the United States.
Plano's economy makes up a significant portion of
Dallas' economy, home to many large companies such as
Frito Lay,
JCPenney
Penney OpCo LLC , Trade name, doing business as JCPenney (colloquially Penney's and abbreviated JCP) is an American department store chain store, chain with 649 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. It is managed as part of the Catalys ...
,
Pizza Hut, and other major distributors. It is also home to the headquarters of
Toyota Motor North America
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is the operating subsidiary that oversees all operations of the Toyota Motor Corporation in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Its operations include research and development, manufacturing, sales, market ...
. Plano has also been named as both one of the fastest growing cities and one of the best places to live in the country.
History

Several Native American tribes have passed through what is now Plano, including the
Comanche,
Caddo, and
Wichita. Settlers came to the area near present-day Plano in the early 1840s.
Facilities such as a
sawmill
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, a
gristmill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...
, and a store soon brought more people to the area. A mail service was established, and after rejecting several names for the nascent town (including naming it in honor of then-President
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853. He was the last president to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House, and the last to be neither a De ...
),
residents suggested the name ''Plano'' (from the Spanish word for "flat") in reference to the local terrain. The post office accepted the name.
In 1872, the completion of the
Houston and Central Texas Railway helped Plano grow, and it was incorporated in 1873.
By 1874, the population was over 500.
In 1881, a fire raged through the business district, destroying most of the buildings.
Plano was rebuilt and business again flourished through the 1880s. Also in 1881, the city assumed responsibility for what would eventually become
Plano Independent School District (PISD), ending the days of it being served only by private schools.
At first, Plano's population grew slowly, reaching 1,304 in 1900 and 3,695 in 1960.
By 1970, Plano began to feel some of the boom its neighbors had experienced after World War II. A series of
public works
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projects and a change in taxes that removed the farming community from the town helped increase the population. In 1970, the population reached 17,872,
and by 1980, it had exploded to 72,000.
Sewers, schools, and street development kept pace with this massive increase, largely because of Plano's flat topography, grid layout, and planning initiatives.
During the 1980s, many large corporations, including
J. C. Penney and
Frito-Lay
Frito-Lay, Inc. (; ) is an American food company that manufactures, markets, and sells snack foods. It began in the early 1930s as two companies, Fritos, the Frito Company and Lay's, H.W. Lay & Company, that merged in 1961. Frito-Lay itself merg ...
, moved their headquarters to Plano, spurring further growth. By 1990, the population reached 128,713,
dwarfing the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
,
McKinney. In 1994, Plano was recognized as an
All-America City.
By 2000, the population grew to 222,030,
making it one of Dallas's largest suburbs. Plano is surrounded by other municipalities and so cannot expand in area, and there is little undeveloped land within the city limits. But as of July 2012, one large tract of land was being developed: Turnpike Commons at the intersection of Renner Road and the George Bush Turnpike (also bordered by Shiloh Road to the east). The development is expected to feature apartments, medical facilities, restaurants, a Race Trac gas station, and a hotel.
On June 15, 2015, after five years of disuse, a water tower built in 1985 was demolished to make room for
Legacy West
Legacy West is a lifestyle center (open-air shopping mall) in Plano, Texas. Legacy West contains 415,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant and office space, a 55,000 sq ft food hall, over 1,300 residential units and a 303-room Renaissance Hotel.Al ...
.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
, Plano has an area of 71.6 square miles (185.5 km
2). Plano is about from
Downtown Dallas.
Plano is in the
humid subtropical climate zone. The highest recorded temperature was 118 °F (48 °C) in 1936. On average, the coolest month is January and the warmest is July. The lowest recorded temperature was –7 °F (–22 °C) in 1930. The maximum average precipitation occurs in May.
Demographics

As of the
2020 United States census, there were 285,494 people, 107,320 households, and 76,211 families residing in the city. ,
Plano had 259,841 people, 99,131 households and 69,464 families, up from 80,875 households and 60,575 families in the 2000 census. The population density was . There were 103,672 housing units at an average density of .
In 2010, the racial makeup of the city was 67%
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
(58.4%
non-Hispanic white
Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...
), 7.5%
Black
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, 0.36%
Native American, 16.9%
Asian (6.5%
Asian Indian, 5.2%
Chinese, 1.2%
Vietnamese, 1.2%
Korean, 0.6%
Filipino, 0.2%
Japanese, 1.9% Other), 0.1%
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 3.86% from
other races, and 3.0% from two or more races.
Hispanic
The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...
or
Latino made up 14.7% of the population (10.6% Mexican, 0.5% Puerto Rican, 0.2% Cuban, 3.5% Other). By 2020, the racial makeup was 46.3% non-Hispanic white, 8.77% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 24.08% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.47% some other race, 4.0% multiracial, and 16.04% Hispanic or Latino of any race,
reflecting nationwide trends of greater diversification.
Of the 99,131 households in 2010, 35.8% had children under the age of 18. Married couples accounted for 56.7%; 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. About 24.4% of all households were individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61, and the average family size was 3.15. Data indicates that 28.7% of Plano's population was under the age of 18, 7.0% was 18 to 24, 36.5% was 25 to 44, 22.9% was 45 to 64, and 4.9% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34. For every 100 females, there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $84,492, and the median income for a family was $101,616.
About 3.0% of families and 4.3% of the population were living below the
poverty line
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those 65 or older. In 2007, Plano had the United States' highest median income among cities with a population exceeding 250,000, at $84,492.
According to crime statistics, there were four homicides in Plano in 2006, the lowest rate of all U.S. cities of 250,000 or more people.
Plano also has a substantial
Iranian-American
Iranian-Americans, also known as Persian-Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry, or who hold Iranian citizenship.
Most Iranian-Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Irani ...
community.
Foreign-born residents
, of the foreign-born residents, 17% were from China, 9% from India, and 4% from Vietnam; a total of 30% of foreign-born residents came from these three countries. That year, 22% of Plano's foreign-born originated in Mexico.
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Chinese Americans
Along with
Houston
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and
Sugar Land, Plano has one of Texas's major concentrations of
Chinese Americans
Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans have ancestors from mainland China, Hong Kong ...
. According to the
2010 U.S. census, there were 14,500 ethnic Chinese in Plano. Of cities with 250,000 or more residents, Plano has the sixth-largest percentage of ethnic Chinese, making up 5.2% of the city's population. Charlie Yue, the executive vice president of the Association of Chinese Professionals, estimated that about 30,000 Plano residents are Chinese and that many "don't participate in government activities, like the census".
[Kripke, Pamela Gwyn.]
Why 30,000 Chinese People Call Plano Home
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Chinese professionals began to settle Plano by 1991. As of 2011, DFW's Chinese restaurants catering to ethnic Chinese are mainly in Plano and
Richardson. Most of the DFW-area Chinese cultural organizations are headquartered in Plano and Richardson. Plano has six Chinese churches
and supermarkets, including
99 Ranch Market and zTao Marketplace.
Economy
Top employers

According to the 2025 Corporate Regional Headquarters Report, Plano's top 10 employers were:
About 80% of Plano's visitors are business travelers, due to its close proximity to Dallas and the many corporations headquartered in Plano. The city also has a
convention center
A convention center (American and British English spelling differences, American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a Convention (meeting), convention, where individuals and groups ...
owned and operated by the city. Plano has made a concerted effort to draw retail to its downtown area and the
Legacy West
Legacy West is a lifestyle center (open-air shopping mall) in Plano, Texas. Legacy West contains 415,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant and office space, a 55,000 sq ft food hall, over 1,300 residential units and a 303-room Renaissance Hotel.Al ...
in an effort to boost
sales tax
A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services. Usually laws allow the seller to collect funds for the tax from the consumer at the point of purchase. When a tax on goods or services is paid to a govern ...
returns. It has two malls,
The Shops at Willow Bend and
The Shops at Legacy.
Collin Creek Mall closed in 2019. There is an area that has apartments, shops, and restaurants constructed with the
New Urbanism
New Urbanism is an urban design movement that promotes environmentally friendly habits by creating Walkability, walkable neighbourhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has ...
philosophy.
An experimental luxury
Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other ...
Supercenter is at Park Boulevard and the
Dallas North Tollway.
Headquarters of major corporations
Some of the country's largest and most recognized companies are headquartered in Plano. Legacy Drive in ZIP Code 75024, between
Preston Road and
Dallas North Tollway, has many corporate campuses. The following companies have corporate headquarters (Fortune 1000 headquarters) or major regional offices in Plano:
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At Home
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Beal Bank
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Boeing Global Services
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Cookies by Design
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Cinemark Theatres
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Crossmark
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Diodes Incorporated
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FedEx Office
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Frito-Lay
Frito-Lay, Inc. (; ) is an American food company that manufactures, markets, and sells snack foods. It began in the early 1930s as two companies, Fritos, the Frito Company and Lay's, H.W. Lay & Company, that merged in 1961. Frito-Lay itself merg ...
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Hilti North America
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Huawei Device USA''
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JCPenney
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NTT Data Services
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Pizza Hut
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Rent-A-Center
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Ribbon Communications
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Robot Entertainment
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Samsung Electronics
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Siemens Digital Industries Software
Siemens Digital Industries Software (formerly UGS and then Siemens PLM Software) is an American computer software company specializing in 3D & 2D Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. The company is a business unit of Siemens, operates un ...
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Toyota Motor North America
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is the operating subsidiary that oversees all operations of the Toyota Motor Corporation in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Its operations include research and development, manufacturing, sales, market ...
*
Tyler Technologies
Tyler Technologies, Inc., based in Plano, Texas, is a provider of proprietary software to the United States public sector. Tyler Technologies has offices in 17 states and one in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History
Tyler Technologies was founded by ...
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Zoës Kitchen
In 2014
Toyota Motor North America
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is the operating subsidiary that oversees all operations of the Toyota Motor Corporation in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Its operations include research and development, manufacturing, sales, market ...
announced its U.S. headquarters would move from
Torrance, California
Torrance is a coastal city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is part of what is known as the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay region of the metropolitan ...
, to Plano. In 2015,
Liberty Mutual
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company is an American diversified global insurer and the sixth-largest Property insurance, property and Casualty insurance, casualty insurer in the world. It ranks 87th on the Fortune 100, ''Fortune'' 100 list of larges ...
announced its plans to build a new corporate campus just a few blocks east of Toyota's, bringing an estimated 5,000 jobs to the community. In January 2016,
JP Morgan Chase and mortgage giant
Fannie Mae
The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a United States government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) and, since 1968, a publicly traded company. Founded in 1938 during the Great Depression as part of the New ...
announced they would move their regional operations to Plano, bringing a combined 7,000 new jobs to the community.
Arts and culture
The Plano Public Library System (PPLS) consists of the W.O. Haggard, Jr. Library, the Maribelle M. Davis Library, the Gladys Harrington Library, the Christopher A. Parr Library, the L.E.R. Schimelpfenig Library, and the Municipal Reference Library. The Haggard Library houses the system's administrative offices.
The
Plano Symphony Orchestra is partially funded by the city, performing regularly at St. Andrew United Methodist Church and the
Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in nearby Richardson.
Historic sites
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Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway (1908)
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Heritage Farmstead Museum (1891)
Parks and recreation
Although Plano is named for the flat plains of the area, large trees abound in the city's many parks. One such tree, estimated to be over 200 years old, is in Bob Woodruff Park, near
Rowlett Creek on the city's east side.
There are two main open space preserves:
Arbor Hills Nature Preserve (200 acres) which contains a
pond
A pond is a small, still, land-based body of water formed by pooling inside a depression (geology), depression, either naturally or artificiality, artificially. A pond is smaller than a lake and there are no official criteria distinguishing ...
in honor of
Vasil Levski
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and
Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve (800 acres). Bob Woodruff Park and Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve are connected by biking trails, making the green space one large uninterrupted park space larger than New York City's
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...
(840 acres).
Go Ape, a family-friendly place with outdoor activities like ziplining and Tarzan swings, is at Oak Point Park and Preserve. The
Plano Balloon Festival, which happens every September, also takes place at Oak Point Park and Preserve. Another open space is Haggard Park, which hosts the annual Plano AsiaFest in May. Acreage of all spaces the Parks Department manages totals 3,830.81. The Plano Master Plan has the acreage growing to 4,092.63 when complete.
There are five recreation centers: Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center, Carpenter Park Recreation Center, Oak Point Recreation Center, Liberty Recreation Center, and Douglass Community Center. While Oak Point Recreation Center and Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center have both indoor and outdoor pools, Carpenter Park Recreation Center and Liberty Recreation Center has only an indoor and outdoor pool, respectively. Plano Senior Recreation Center is a recreation center dedicated to seniors. There are three swimming pools owned by Plano Parks & Recreation: Harry Rowlinson Community Natatorium, Jack Carter Pool, and Plano Aquatic Center. All the pools are indoor except Jack Carter Pool. Douglass Community Center houses the
Boys & Girls Club of Collin County. For pet owners, there are The Dog Park at Jack Carter Park, The Dog Park at Bob Woodruff, and Dog Park at Windhaven Meadows Park.
The City of Plano also owns and operates four performing arts venues and a conference center under the auspices of the Parks and Recreation Department: the Courtyard Theater, the Cox Playhouse, McCall Plaza, The Nature & Retreat Center and the Red Tail Pavilion.
Government
Local government
Plano has a
council-manager form of government, with a part-time city council that sets city policy and a city manager responsible for city operations. The
Plano City Council has eight members elected on a nonpartisan basis in staggered odd-year elections every other May. Council members and the mayor are elected by and serve the city at large. Council members serving in places one, two, three, and four must reside in that district, and the mayor always serves in place six. The mayor receives a yearly stipend of $8,400, and each council member receives $6,000.
All council members, including the mayor, serve a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms.
The mayor and city council members could serve for a maximum of three consecutive three-year terms until voters approved changes to the city charter in 2011.
Mark Israelson has served as city manager of the city of Plano since May 2019.
The 38th
mayor of Plano was businessman
Harry LaRosiliere
Harry LaRosiliere (born May 6, 1962) was the 39th List of mayors of Plano, Texas, mayor of Plano, Texas, the first African-American to hold the office. He was elected in 2013 and served until 2021 after reaching his term limit.
Biography
LaRos ...
, who was elected the first African-American mayor of Plano in 2013.
Plano elected its first African-American city council member, David Perry, in 1990.
On December 8, 2014, the
city council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough counc ...
passed an amendment to its
civil rights
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act to include
sexual orientation and gender identity as protected. The ordinance drew the ire of conservative groups such as the Liberty Institute, which argued that it infringed on business owners' religious rights. Many civil rights organizations were not supportive either, such as the Human Rights Campaign, which argued that the policy's exclusion of transgender individuals from being able to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity rendered the ordinance not worth defending.
In the 2008 fiscal year
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Plano reported $194 million in revenue, $212 million in expenditures, $278 million in total assets, $31.4 million in total liabilities, and $337 million in cash and investments.
Plano is a voluntary member of the
North Central Texas Council of Governments association, the purpose of which is to coordinate individual and collective local governments and facilitate regional solutions, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and enable joint decisions.
In 2020, Police Chief Ed Drain announced the Plano Police Department would no longer make arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Politics
Dallas's wealthy northern suburbs were solidly
Republican, and in 2005, the Bay Area Center for Voting Research ranked Plano, the largest of them, the United States' fifth-most conservative city. It has recently become more competitive in national elections as its population has diversified, shifting toward the
Democratic Party since 2016, when
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...
won the city by a narrow margin. In
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
Beto O'Rourke became the first Democrat to win the city in a statewide election in the 21st century, and in
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
,
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
won the city by an even larger margin. But in local and state elections, Plano still leans Republican, voting to reelect Governor
Greg Abbott
Gregory Wayne Abbott ( ; born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist who has served since 2015 as the 48th governor of Texas. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served from 2002 to ...
in
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
and narrowly reelecting Republicans to the
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no Term limits in the United States, term limits. The ...
and
Texas Senate
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives functioning as the lower house. Together, they form the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the state of Texas.
The Senate ...
in
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
and
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
.
State representation
Plano is split between the
33rd,
65th,
66th,
67th,
70th, and
89th Districts in the
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no Term limits in the United States, term limits. The ...
. The part of Plano in Collin County is wholly contained in
Texas Senate, District 8, while the Denton County portion is in
Texas Senate, District 30.
Republican Justin Holland represents Texas House District 33, Republican
Kronda Thimesch represents Texas House District 65, Republican
Matt Shaheen represents Texas House District 66, Republican
Jeff Leach has represented Texas House District 67 since 2013,
Democrat Mihaela Plesa represents Texas House District 70, and Republican
Candy Noble represents Texas House District 89. Republican
Angela Paxton represents Texas Senate District 8 and Republican
Drew Springer represents Texas Senate District 30.
Federal representation
Plano is split between Texas's
3rd,
4th,
26th, and
32nd congressional districts, represented by Republicans
Keith Self,
Pat Fallon, and
Brandon Gill, and Democrat
Julie Johnson respectively. Plano is represented in the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
by Republicans
Ted Cruz
Rafael Edward Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 ...
and
John Cornyn
John Cornyn III ( ; born February 2, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and former jurist serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Texas, a seat he has held since 2002. ...
.
Education
Plano has 70 public schools, 16 private schools, and two campuses of
Collin College.
Primary and secondary schools
The
Plano Independent School District serves most of the city.
Student enrollment has increased dramatically till 2012.
However, the district has seen a decline since then, which resulted in two middle schools and two elementary schools to be closed for the 2025-2026 school year.
Plano has a unique high school system, in which grades 9–10 attend a high school and grades 11–12 attend a senior high.
There are three senior high schools (grades 11–12) in PISD:
Plano East,
Plano, and
Plano West.
Small portions of Plano are served by the
Lewisville Independent School District,
Frisco Independent School District
Frisco Independent School District is a public school district based in Frisco, Texas, United States. The district covers portions of Denton County, Texas, Denton and Collin County, Texas, Collin counties, including portions of the cities of Fr ...
, and
Allen Independent School District.
[
Plano schools graduate more of their students than comparable districts. In 2010, 93% of Plano Independent School District students graduated from high school, 18 percentage points higher than Dallas ISD's rate. In 2012, Plano Independent School District announced that 128 seniors were selected as National Merit Semifinalists.
Plano has given $1.2 billion in property tax revenue to other school districts through Texas's "]Robin Hood
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" law, which requires school districts designated as affluent to give a percentage of their property tax revenue to other districts outside the county. In 2008, PISD gave $86 million. Controversy erupted when the salaries of teachers in less affluent districts—such as Garland ISD—exceeded the salaries of teachers in districts that had to pay into "Robin Hood".
In the 2013–14 school year, Plano ISD opened two four-year high school academies, one focusing on STEAM ( STEM education plus Media Arts) called Plano ISD Academy High School, and the other on health science. Additionally, the district modified its International Baccalaureate
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program to allow freshmen and sophomores in the program to be housed at Plano East Senior High School.
In addition to Catholic primary and middle schools, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas operates John Paul II High School in Plano. Non-Catholic private schools in Plano include Great Lakes Academy, Spring Creek Academy, Yorktown Education, and Prestonwood Christian Academy. In addition, the Collin County campus of Coram Deo Academy is in the One Church (previously Four Corners Church) facility in Plano.
Colleges and universities
Plano is the home to two campuses of Collin College, one at the Courtyard Center on Preston Park Boulevard and the larger Spring Creek Campus on Spring Creek Parkway at Jupiter. DBU North, a satellite campus of Dallas Baptist University, is in west Plano, and offers undergraduate and graduate courses and houses the admissions and academic counseling offices.
As defined by the Texas Legislature
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, all of Collin County is in the Collin College district. The portion of Plano within Denton County is zoned to North Central Texas College.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Plano is one of 12 suburbs of Dallas that opt into the Dallas Area Rapid Transit
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(DART) public transportation system. During its early membership in DART, Plano was lightly served by bus lines, but in 2002, the Red Line of the DART light rail
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project opened stations in Downtown Plano and at Parker Road, which provide access to commuters traveling to work elsewhere in the Dallas area. The Orange Line traverses the same route for selected weekday/peak hour trips. Bus routes serve areas of downtown, south central, and west Plano, but no bus routes serve the far north, north central, and far east areas. Instead, DART's GoLink on-demand service serves these areas. The Silver Line is also planned to run through Southern Plano. Approximately 1% of the city's population uses DART. The Parker Road station charged for parking for non-member city residents from April 2, 2012, to April 3, 2014, as a part of the Fair Share Parking initiative. Two DART park-and-ride bus facilities, separate from the rail lines, are in Plano: Jack Hatchell Transit Center and Northwest Plano Park & Ride.
Plano was the first city in Collin County to adopt a master plan for its road system. The use of multi-lane, divided highways for all major roads allows for higher speed limits, generally , but sometimes up to on the northern section of Preston Road. Plano is served directly by several major roadways and freeways. Central Plano is bordered to the east by U.S. Highway 75, the west by Dallas North Tollway, the south by President George Bush Turnpike ( Texas State Highway 190 (east of Coit Road)), and the north by Sam Rayburn Tollway ( Texas State Highway 121). Preston Road ( Texas State Highway 289) is a major thoroughfare that runs through the city. Plano is Texas's largest city without an interstate highway
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.
Plano opened a new interchange at Parker Rd. and U.S. 75 in December 2010. The single-point interchange is the first of its kind in Texas. The design is intended to reduce severe congestion at this interchange. According t
reports
traffic congestion has been reduced by 50-75%.
Plano is roughly 30 miles northeast of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the primary airport serving Plano residents and visitors.
Fire department
Plano Fire-Rescue has 386 full-time firefighters who operate out of 13 stations. The department is responsible for a population of 271,000 residents spread across . It is also the 10th-largest department (by number of firefighters) in the state of Texas.
Police
The Plano Police Department is an accredited agency and Plano's principal law enforcement agency. The department is led by Chief Ed Drain. The department has authorized staff of 414 sworn officers, 178 full-time civilian employees, and 79 civilian part-time employees. It is a member of the North Texas Crime Commission and uses the Crime Stoppers program.
Water
Plano is part of the North Texas Municipal Water District, headquartered in Wylie, Texas. Lake Lavon is the district's principal source of raw water. Plano's water distribution system includes:
* 10 elevated towers
* 12 ground storage tanks
* 54.5 million-gallon water storage capacity
* 5 pump stations
* 225 million-gallon daily pumping capacity
* 1,080 miles of water mains
* 65,965 metered service connections
Notable people
* Kellyn Acosta, soccer player
* Kristin Adams, actress and ''American Idol
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'' contestant
* Jeran Akers, politician
* Anousheh Ansari, engineer and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems
* Bryn Apprill
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, voice actress affiliated with Funimation
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* Lance Armstrong, former professional cyclist
* Jake Arrieta, Cy Young Award-winning baseball pitcher, Plano East alumnus
* Aaron Aryanpur, stand-up comedian
* Laura Bailey, voice actress
* Alyssa Baumann, gymnast
* Andrew Beal, founder and chairman of Beal Bank
* Justin Blalock, NFL player
* Spencer Boldman, actor
* Corben Bone, soccer player
* Matt Borne, professional wrestler
* Lauri Bonacorsi, ice dancer
* Kyle Bosworth, NFL player
* Edward Boyden, neuroscientist
* Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, TV host
* Charlie Bradshaw, NFL player
* Jake Brendel, NFL player
* Rebecca Bross, gymnast
* Bob Bruce, former professional baseball
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pitcher
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* Kingsley Bryce, soccer player
* James Buescher, former professional stock car racing
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driver
* Rex Burkhead, NFL player
* Carl Bussey, soccer player
* Marion Campbell, NFL player and head coach
* Danny Cater
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, former professional baseball
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player
* Caesar Cervin, soccer forward and coach
* Eve Chalom, a former competitive ice dancer who trained in Plano in the 1990s
* Andrew Chandler, actor
* Karen Chau, artist, showrunner, and Disney
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executive
* Jay Chern, director
* Arden Cho, actress
* T. J. Cline, American-Israeli basketball player
* Blake Coleman, NHL player
* Comer Cottrell, founder, Pro-Line Corp.
* Fred Couples
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, professional golfer, formerly lived in Plano
* Chace Crawford, actor
* Tyler Davis, basketball player
* Christopher Dean, retired ice dancer who coached in Plano in the 1990s
* Chad Deering, former soccer player
* Rob Dickerman, spinal surgeon
* Robert Dodd, former professional baseball
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pitcher
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* Kenton Duty, actor
* Phil Dyer, politician
* Chuck Easttom, Scientist
* Arlo Eisenberg, street skating pioneer
* Pat Evans, politician
* Tyler Ewing, composer
* Connor Fields, professional BMX racer
* Keith Flowers, football player
* Karith Foster, comedian
* Alyson Fox, illustrator
* Ben Fricke, NFL player
* Anson Funderburgh, blues guitarplayer and bandleader of Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets
* Nick Garcia, soccer player
* Gayle, singer
* Mathew Gates, ice dancer who trained in Plano in the 1990s
* John Georgelas, jihadist[
* Gene Gibson, basketball coach
* Mónica González, soccer player
* ]Amber Glenn
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, figure skater
* Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church
* C. H. Greenblatt, TV writer
* Bob Guccione, publisher of '' Penthouse''
* Kerri Hanks, soccer forward
* Cody Hanson, musician and songwriter
* Dick Haugland, biomedical researcher
* Brad Hawkins, actor, country singer and martial artist
* Sara Payne Hayden, female test pilot
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* Fred E. Haynes Jr., Marine Corps general
* Marques Haynes
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, former professional basketball player
* Mark "Haz" Hazinski, professional table tennis
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athlete
* Lorraine Heath, author
* George H. Heilmeier, inventor of liquid crystal displays
* John Herrington, retired astronaut
* John Benjamin Hickey, actor
* Sam Honaker, NFL player and consul general
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to Turkey
* Elise Hu
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, broadcast journalist who hosts the TED Talks Daily podcast
* Rashad Hussain, associate White House Counsel
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and diplomat
* Michael Irvin, NFL player
* Casey James, singer and American Idol
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contestant
* Stephen H. Jecko, Episcopal bishop
* Sam Johnson, former U.S. representative and P.O.W. cellmate of John McCain
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* Tania Joya, former jihadist
* Hunter Jumper, soccer player
* Stephen Katz, TV screenwriter
* Marklen Kennedy, actor
* Gerald Ketchum, Antarctic explorer
* Jimmy King, NBA player and former Michigan Fab Five member
* Madison Kocian, gymnast
* Harry LaRosiliere
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, politician
* Muhammed Lawal, MMA fighter, professional wrestler, NCAA wrestler and coach
* Jeff Leach, politician
* John Leake, NFL player
* Brad Leland, actor
* Ruifeng Li, chess grandmaster
* Will Licon, American Record-holder in the 200-yard breaststroke
* Per Lindstrand, aeronautical engineer, pilot, adventurer and entrepreneur who set a new world altitude record for hot-air balloons on June 6, 1988, ascending from Plano
* Nastia Liukin
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, gymnast
* Valeri Liukin, gymnastics coach
* John S. Loisel, World War II fighter ace
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* Bronko Lubich, wrestler
* Katie Lund, professional soccer player
* D'Anton Lynn, former American football cornerback
* Merlyn Mantle, author and widow of Mickey Mantle
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* Yevgeny Marchenko, gymnastics coach
* Warren Maxwell, ice dancer who coached in Plano in the 1990s
* Harold Mayo, former football coach
* Kevin McCarthy
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, radio broadcaster
* Molly McClure, actress
* Glenn McCuen, actor and gymnast
* Kenny McEntyre, football player
* Kevin McHale, actor and singer
* Billy McKinney, Major League Baseball outfielder
* Scott Mechlowicz, actor
* Doug Mellard, stand-up comedian
* Adam Miller, professional baseball pitcher
* Robert J. Morris, founder of the now-defunct University of Plano
* Asif Mujtaba, cricketer and founder of the Dallas Youth Cricket League
* Kevin Murphy, football player
* William Murrah, professional football player
* Takudzwa Ngwenya, rugby player
* Cody Nickson, TV personality
* Otho Nitcholas, baseball pitcher and first city chief of police
* Stefan Noesen, NHL player
* Joseph Noteboom, football player
* Katelyn Ohashi, gymnast
* Toben Opurum, football player
* Hunter Parrish, actor
* Keaton Parks, soccer player
* James Parrish, football player
* Candice Patton, actress
* Drew Pearson, football player
* Charlie Peprah, NFL player
* Ross Perot
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, founder, Perot Systems
* Christopher Pettiet, actor
* Billy Phillips, former U.S. soccer
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goalkeeper
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* Paige Pierce, professional disc golfer, five-time PDGA World Champion
* Patrice Pike, singer
* Dillon Powers, soccer player
* Jordan Pugh, football player
* Penny Ramsey, contestant on Survivor: Thailand
* Julius Randle, NBA player
* John Henry Rasor, pioneer, cotton farmer, and namesake of many Plano locations
* Greg Ray, IndyCar Series
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driver
* Alex Reid, singer
* Alan Reuber, football player
* Stephen Rippy, composer
* Keenan Robinson, football player
* Devorah Rose, editor-in-chief of ''Social Life'' magazine, television personality, and entrepreneur
* Cameron Rupp, professional baseball catcher
* Rusty Russell
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, football coach
* Chris Sampson, professional baseball pitcher
* Boz Scaggs, musician
* Bill Sefton, pole vaulter
* Meenakshi Seshadri, Bollywood actress
* Matt Shaheen, Republican member of Texas House of Representatives
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from Plano; former Collin County precinct commissioner
* Howie Shannon, basketball player and coach
* Florence Shapiro, Republican member of Texas Senate
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, known for sponsoring "Ashley's Laws"
* Charlie Shepard, Canadian football player
* Joseph W. Shepard, pioneer, horse and mule breeder, and namesake of many Plano locations
* Abby Smith, soccer player
* Billy Ray Smith Jr., NFL player
* Brian J. Smith, actor
* Eric M. Smith, 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps
* Lyon Sprague de Camp, fantasy writer
* Barbara Staff, co-chair of Ronald Reagan
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's 1976 Texas presidential primary campaign
* Russell A. Steindam, Medal of Honor recipient
* Jonathan Stickland, member of Texas House of Representatives from Tarrant County; born in Plano in 1983
* Tyson Sullivan, actor
* Jordan Tata
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, professional baseball pitcher
* Terry Tausch, football player
* Van Taylor, Republican former state senator from Plano; former state representative; Iraq War
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officer
* George Teague, football player
* Pat Thomas, football player
* T.J. Thyne, actor
* Austin Bennett Tice, journalist kidnapped while reporting in Syria
* Travis Tope, actor
* Alan Tudyk, actor
* Mark Tuinei, football player
* Michael Urie
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, actor
* Grant Van De Casteele, soccer player
* Vickiel Vaughn, football player
* Chris Valletta, co-founder of Mission, a consumer products company, and a contestant on The Apprentice
* Michael Viscardi, mathematician
* Terrence Wheatley, football player
* G. Clifton Wisler, historical novelist
* Dudley Wysong, professional golfer
* Jeffery Xiong, chess grandmaster
* Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker, businessman
Sister cities
Plano's sister cities
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are:
* Hsinchu
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, Taiwan (2003)
* San Pedro Garza García
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, Mexico (1995)
Brampton
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, Canada, was also a sister city to Plano until 2018.
See also
* Frisco, Texas
Frisco is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Collin County, Texas, Collin and Denton County, Texas, Denton counties. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex (DFW) and about from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth In ...
* Allen, Texas
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* McKinney, Texas
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* List of companies in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
References
Bibliography
External links
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