Celina, Texas

Celina, Texas
Downtown Celina
Downtown Celina
Location of Celina in Collin County, Texas
Location of Celina in Collin County, Texas
Coordinates: 33°19′09″N 96°47′44″W / 33.31917°N 96.79556°W / 33.31917; -96.79556
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCollin, Denton
Established1876
FoundedOctober 1879
Incorporated1907
Government
 • MayorRyan Tubbs
Area
 • Total48.216 sq mi (124.879 km2)
 • Land47.725 sq mi (123.607 km2)
 • Water0.491 sq mi (1.273 km2)
Elevation673 ft (205 m)
Population
 • Total16,739
 • Estimate 
(2023)[4]
43,317
 • RankUS: 930th
TX: 81st
 • Density891.0/sq mi (343.9/km2)
Time zoneUTC–6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
75009
Area code(s)214, 469, 972, & 945
FIPS code48-13684
GNIS feature ID2409421[2]
Sales tax8.25%[5]
Websitecelina-tx.gov

Celina (/sɪˈlnə/ sil-EYE-nə) is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Celina is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

The population was 16,739 at the 2020 census,[3] and according to 2023 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 43,317.[4]

The Dallas Business Journal has ranked Celina as the fastest-growing city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex for three consecutive years (2019-2021).[6] The population growth rate of Celina was 50.8% from 2015 to 2019. Celina's maximum project buildout population is approximately 378,000.[7]

Celina is the 1st gigabit city in the State of Texas and was recognized by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in May 2022.[8] In 2017, Celina passed a gigabit city ordinance, which was an innovative initiative to provide fiber, gigabit internet speed to all of its residential homes. As of 2021, approximately 9,300 homes have high speed fiber internet, and residents have pure fiber network with unlimited bandwidth and speeds of 1,000 megabits per second.[7]

  1. ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Celina, Texas
  3. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Celina (TX) sales tax rate". Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "Fastest-Growing Cities: Ranked by Five-Year Population Growth, 2016-2020" (PDF). November 12, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Celina, Texas – Economic Development Corporation". Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  8. ^ "City of Celina gets a shoutout from Gov. Greg Abbott, here's why". Star Local. May 11, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

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