Carrollton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 109,215 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Carrollton is the 22nd largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities, Carrollton isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Carrollton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Carrollton is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carrollton who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.18%), sales jobs (14.31%), and management occupations (12.67%).

Also of interest is that Carrollton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing noticeable about Carrollton, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Carrollton is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Carrollton a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Carrollton Information and Demographics

The education level of Carrollton citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 36.98% of adults in Carrollton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Carrollton in 2000 was $26,746, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,984 for a family of four. However, Carrollton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Carrollton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Carrollton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Carrollton is White, followed by Asian. Carrollton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.37% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Carrollton include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Carrollton's cultural character, accounting for 19.96% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Carrollton is English. Some people also speak Spanish.