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About Plano
City in Texas, United StatesPlano ( PLAY-noh; Spanish for 'flat surface') is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, where it is the largest city in Collin County. A small portion of Plano is located in Denton County. Plano is one of the principal suburbs of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. With a population of 285,494 at the 2020 census, it is the ninth most-populous city in Texas, and, respectively, the 74th most populous city in the United States. Plano serves as an important hub of the economy of Dallas. It is home to the headquarters of Frito-Lay, JCPenney, Pizza Hut, and Toyota Motor North America.
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How Plano ranks
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Housing in Plano
The typical Plano home is worth about $493,000, down 3.8% in a year, 65% above the Texas typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Plano
Safety Grade B-
Plano reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 53% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 86%.
Health in Plano
Health Grade A
Healthier than 90% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Texas
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 11 are too close to call.
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Schools in Plano
All Plano schools →School Grade A-
The public schools Plano’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 79% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.
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