Table 38: Percent of Family Households with Children Under 18, for the State of Texas and Counties in Texas, 1990 and 2000 - Ranked by Percent, 2000 _____________________________________________________________________________ Percent of Family Households with Children Under 18 _______________________________ Rank State/County 1990 2000 _____________________________________________________________________________ . State of Texas 37.34 36.83 1 Starr County 60.09 54.72 2 Webb County 53.80 53.16 3 Maverick County 53.71 51.61 4 Fort Bend County 52.82 49.81 5 Hidalgo County 51.58 49.70 6 Coryell County 49.96 47.74 7 Reagan County 54.27 46.79 8 Cameron County 47.86 45.80 9 Hudspeth County 42.18 45.33 10 Gaines County 46.42 45.29 11 El Paso County 46.87 44.87 12 Moore County 44.30 44.83 13 Rockwall County 43.55 44.40 14 Williamson County 45.06 43.92 15 Zavala County 47.56 43.76 16 Yoakum County 48.57 43.42 17 Crane County 46.58 43.38 18 Zapata County 46.16 43.20 19 Parmer County 42.46 42.93 20 Val Verde County 45.29 42.88 21 Willacy County 46.82 42.87 22 Martin County 43.08 42.67 23 Ellis County 43.28 42.06 24 Glasscock County 48.25 42.03 25 Dimmit County 48.40 42.02 27 Atascosa County 42.91 41.67 27 King County 45.16 41.67 28 San Patricio County 43.33 41.57 29 Pecos County 45.20 40.99 30 Deaf Smith County 45.86 40.95 31 Castro County 46.19 40.89 32 Ochiltree County 41.65 40.88 33 Brazoria County 42.74 40.75 34 Frio County 44.68 40.69 35 Andrews County 46.17 40.67 36 Sherman County 38.37 40.66 37 Chambers County 41.90 40.64 38 Collin County 42.25 40.59 39 Montgomery County 41.89 40.56 40 Hale County 40.11 40.38 41 Presidio County 40.71 40.36 42 Uvalde County 42.21 40.23 43 Jim Wells County 43.32 40.18 44 Bell County 41.60 40.11 45 Wilson County 42.52 40.02 46 Kaufman County 40.12 39.55 47 Johnson County 41.39 39.50 48 Floyd County 38.46 39.38 49 Winkler County 41.55 39.16 50 Medina County 39.31 39.13 51 Titus County 36.75 39.12 52 Culberson County 44.98 39.07 53 Denton County 38.37 39.06 54 Dallam County 35.63 38.97 55 Midland County 40.70 38.94 56 Lynn County 36.93 38.91 57 Brooks County 42.05 38.88 58 Ector County 40.81 38.87 59 Reeves County 43.72 38.84 60 Jim Hogg County 42.09 38.46 61 Guadalupe County 38.97 38.26 62 Wise County 38.46 38.22 63 Sutton County 41.27 38.15 64 Cochran County 39.02 38.12 65 Liberty County 38.80 38.11 66 Hockley County 42.70 38.07 67 Parker County 39.39 37.99 68 Bee County 41.12 37.83 69 Harris County 37.17 37.74 70 La Salle County 40.74 37.66 71 Somervell County 41.11 37.45 72 Archer County 37.40 37.25 73 Hardin County 40.04 37.24 74 Victoria County 40.14 37.20 75 Bailey County 40.18 37.14 76 Caldwell County 38.48 37.00 77 Hansford County 39.96 36.86 79 Sterling County 46.15 36.84 79 Tarrant County 36.21 36.84 80 Duval County 41.55 36.78 81 Matagorda County 39.08 36.70 83 Bexar County 38.64 36.58 83 Ward County 42.26 36.58 84 Crockett County 39.75 36.48 85 Kendall County 35.89 36.33 86 Upton County 46.54 36.31 87 Nueces County 40.20 36.30 88 Angelina County 38.03 36.06 89 Garza County 37.05 35.96 90 Bastrop County 37.63 35.86 91 Terry County 40.96 35.81 92 Carson County 38.63 35.79 93 Wharton County 37.52 35.75 94 Swisher County 35.68 35.73 95 Lee County 35.61 35.67 96 Crosby County 36.65 35.59 97 Kenedy County 35.86 35.51 98 Hartley County 38.36 35.47 99 Calhoun County 37.18 35.45 100 Lamb County 34.55 35.37 101 Orange County 39.28 35.28 102 Oldham County 40.09 35.10 103 Lampasas County 35.35 35.09 104 Dawson County 37.23 35.08 105 Waller County 35.33 35.07 106 Dallas County 33.91 35.06 107 Kleberg County 39.12 34.87 108 Hutchinson County 36.71 34.76 110 Austin County 33.71 34.74 110 Potter County 34.68 34.74 111 Jackson County 34.55 34.67 112 Taylor County 36.72 34.66 113 Grimes County 35.48 34.63 114 Harrison County 37.38 34.42 115 Schleicher County 40.15 34.26 116 Gonzales County 33.90 34.24 117 Anderson County 37.21 34.07 118 Karnes County 36.04 33.99 120 Hays County 33.58 33.97 120 Navarro County 33.40 33.97 121 Armstrong County 32.81 33.92 122 Cooke County 34.94 33.88 123 Randall County 37.03 33.87 124 Scurry County 38.60 33.86 125 Galveston County 35.66 33.84 126 Wichita County 35.00 33.57 127 Upshur County 35.26 33.54 128 Gregg County 35.24 33.49 129 Jones County 33.93 33.44 130 Jasper County 35.38 33.42 131 Cherokee County 33.32 33.40 132 Comal County 33.39 33.32 133 Smith County 34.42 33.13 134 Goliad County 35.51 33.06 135 Bowie County 35.40 33.05 136 McLennan County 33.17 33.04 137 Jefferson County 33.44 33.01 138 Tom Green County 36.14 32.97 139 Hunt County 33.97 32.89 140 Howard County 34.71 32.80 141 Shackelford County 30.24 32.77 142 Hemphill County 39.99 32.73 143 Jack County 33.43 32.69 144 Lipscomb County 35.28 32.53 145 Hopkins County 34.90 32.51 146 Rusk County 34.98 32.46 147 Milam County 33.03 32.45 148 Irion County 39.43 32.42 149 Shelby County 31.61 32.38 150 Newton County 36.56 32.33 151 Lamar County 33.58 32.30 152 Wilbarger County 31.96 32.22 153 Nolan County 34.35 32.17 154 Grayson County 32.97 32.10 155 Panola County 35.38 32.05 157 Limestone County 32.23 31.96 157 Robertson County 32.76 31.96 158 Callahan County 34.19 31.89 159 Burleson County 31.82 31.87 160 Roberts County 39.64 31.77 161 Van Zandt County 32.88 31.76 162 Lubbock County 34.16 31.74 163 Edwards County 37.86 31.71 164 Washington County 32.69 31.60 165 Refugio County 33.47 31.56 166 Madison County 31.11 31.53 167 Camp County 30.96 31.48 168 Runnels County 32.31 31.41 169 Brown County 32.95 31.37 170 Childress County 28.95 31.33 171 Stephens County 32.85 31.22 172 Fannin County 30.59 31.12 173 Colorado County 30.89 31.08 174 De Witt County 31.54 31.01 175 Erath County 29.95 31.00 176 Live Oak County 34.73 30.90 177 Young County 33.94 30.84 178 Hill County 30.31 30.74 179 Clay County 34.43 30.72 180 McCulloch County 31.59 30.67 182 Falls County 30.55 30.65 182 Knox County 31.43 30.65 183 Mitchell County 31.99 30.56 184 Nacogdoches County 30.71 30.46 186 Blanco County 31.39 30.40 186 Palo Pinto County 32.42 30.40 187 Freestone County 33.23 30.34 188 Delta County 29.14 30.23 189 Cass County 34.09 30.22 190 Borden County 33.67 30.14 191 Burnet County 29.07 30.11 192 Franklin County 31.55 30.10 193 Lavaca County 30.19 30.00 194 Gray County 32.52 29.99 195 San Jacinto County 31.01 29.97 196 Hardeman County 30.65 29.90 197 Comanche County 27.85 29.84 198 Collingsworth County 30.68 29.83 199 Terrell County 35.69 29.80 200 Concho County 30.76 29.77 201 Tyler County 29.80 29.70 202 Wheeler County 31.45 29.60 203 Morris County 34.40 29.51 204 Bosque County 28.00 29.47 205 Travis County 29.88 29.30 206 Briscoe County 30.04 29.28 207 Throckmorton County 29.37 29.15 208 San Saba County 29.74 29.14 209 Foard County 27.47 29.07 210 Bandera County 29.04 29.06 211 Henderson County 29.25 29.02 212 Polk County 28.54 28.83 214 Hood County 33.50 28.78 214 Rains County 30.36 28.78 215 Montague County 30.48 28.74 216 Walker County 30.91 28.68 217 Houston County 31.29 28.67 218 Fayette County 28.87 28.54 219 Menard County 27.00 28.48 220 Hall County 25.40 28.23 221 Kimble County 29.99 28.19 222 Leon County 30.34 28.16 223 Cottle County 26.12 28.05 224 Red River County 29.24 28.04 225 Brazos County 29.01 27.85 226 Eastland County 28.16 27.66 227 Fisher County 30.29 27.56 228 Mills County 27.67 27.49 229 Hamilton County 25.85 27.42 230 Haskell County 29.28 27.40 231 Jeff Davis County 28.88 27.34 232 Kinney County 28.98 27.25 233 Coleman County 26.95 27.23 234 Coke County 26.42 27.14 235 Aransas County 30.02 26.96 236 San Augustine County 26.85 26.80 237 Wood County 29.54 26.70 238 Brewster County 30.27 26.60 239 Motley County 24.88 26.57 240 Real County 27.92 26.51 241 Stonewall County 30.27 26.37 242 Kent County 30.83 26.06 243 Mason County 28.29 25.95 244 McMullen County 29.15 25.92 245 Gillespie County 27.85 25.85 246 Trinity County 26.38 25.69 247 Kerr County 27.27 25.45 248 Baylor County 25.60 25.24 249 Donley County 25.54 24.78 250 Marion County 27.15 24.47 251 Sabine County 24.39 23.57 252 Dickens County 25.63 23.06 253 Llano County 17.75 16.92 254 Loving County 26.19 16.13 _____________________________________________________________________________