Table 41: Number of Family Households with Children Under 18, and Numerical and Percent Change for the State of Texas and Counties in Texas, 1990 and 2000 - Ranked by Numerical Change, 1990-2000 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Family Households with Children Under 18 Change _________________________________________ ___________________ Rank State/County 1990 2000 Number Percent ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ . State of Texas 2,266,899 2,723,330 456,431 20.13 1 Harris County 381,511 454,928 73,417 19.24 2 Dallas County 237,960 283,142 45,182 18.99 3 Tarrant County 158,842 196,662 37,820 23.81 4 Collin County 40,476 73,864 33,388 82.49 5 Hidalgo County 53,376 77,947 24,571 46.03 6 Travis County 69,576 93,970 24,394 35.06 7 Denton County 39,135 62,069 22,934 58.60 8 Bexar County 158,071 178,876 20,805 13.16 9 Fort Bend County 37,196 55,249 18,053 48.53 10 Williamson County 21,985 38,105 16,120 73.32 11 Montgomery County 26,628 41,892 15,264 57.32 12 El Paso County 83,600 94,242 10,642 12.73 13 Cameron County 35,068 44,550 9,482 27.04 14 Webb County 18,527 26,971 8,444 45.58 15 Bell County 27,969 34,294 6,325 22.61 16 Brazoria County 27,363 33,397 6,034 22.05 17 Hays County 7,460 11,351 3,891 52.16 18 Johnson County 13,851 17,237 3,386 24.45 19 Comal County 6,450 9,685 3,235 50.16 20 Ellis County 12,372 15,569 3,197 25.84 21 Galveston County 29,049 32,077 3,028 10.42 22 Guadalupe County 8,831 11,822 2,991 33.87 23 McLennan County 23,289 26,055 2,766 11.88 24 Parker County 9,078 11,827 2,749 30.28 25 Brazos County 12,686 15,376 2,690 21.20 26 Rockwall County 3,849 6,452 2,603 67.63 27 Kaufman County 7,153 9,637 2,484 34.73 28 Smith County 19,552 21,761 2,209 11.30 29 Bastrop County 5,035 7,207 2,172 43.14 30 Wise County 4,682 6,565 1,883 40.22 31 Starr County 6,208 7,885 1,677 27.01 32 Liberty County 7,193 8,858 1,665 23.15 33 Henderson County 6,713 8,359 1,646 24.52 34 Grayson County 12,149 13,755 1,606 13.22 35 Maverick County 5,240 6,755 1,515 28.91 36 Lubbock County 27,856 29,365 1,509 5.42 37 Medina County 3,581 5,040 1,459 40.74 38 Burnet County 2,632 3,954 1,322 50.23 39 Hunt County 8,179 9,453 1,274 15.58 40 Wilson County 3,181 4,417 1,236 38.86 41 Kendall County 1,917 3,129 1,212 63.22 42 Potter County 12,951 14,161 1,210 9.34 43 Coryell County 8,337 9,524 1,187 14.24 44 Randall County 12,795 13,969 1,174 9.18 45 Waller County 2,615 3,702 1,087 41.57 46 Atascosa County 4,265 5,341 1,076 25.23 47 Van Zandt County 4,718 5,779 1,061 22.49 48 San Patricio County 8,136 9,184 1,048 12.88 49 Polk County 3,383 4,359 976 28.85 50 Hood County 3,731 4,656 925 24.79 51 Angelina County 9,510 10,344 834 8.77 52 Bandera County 1,214 2,037 823 67.79 53 Chambers County 2,904 3,714 810 27.89 54 Midland County 15,841 16,645 804 5.08 55 Hardin County 5,883 6,630 747 12.70 56 Val Verde County 5,362 6,068 706 13.17 57 Victoria County 10,529 11,186 657 6.24 58 San Jacinto County 1,937 2,593 656 33.87 59 Hill County 3,112 3,752 640 20.57 61 Erath County 3,258 3,896 638 19.58 61 Walker County 4,611 5,249 638 13.84 62 Caldwell County 3,365 4,002 637 18.93 63 Navarro County 4,968 5,602 634 12.76 64 Kerr County 3,923 4,534 611 15.57 65 Titus County 3,127 3,737 610 19.51 66 Cooke County 4,034 4,622 588 14.58 67 Cherokee County 4,992 5,561 569 11.40 68 Grimes County 2,143 2,685 542 25.29 69 Nacogdoches County 6,181 6,704 523 8.46 70 Lamar County 5,640 6,161 521 9.24 71 Wood County 3,375 3,894 519 15.38 72 Austin County 2,521 3,039 518 20.55 73 Lampasas County 1,788 2,300 512 28.64 74 Fannin County 2,964 3,456 492 16.60 75 Taylor County 15,900 16,383 483 3.04 77 Jasper County 4,043 4,495 452 11.18 77 Upshur County 4,005 4,457 452 11.29 78 Washington County 3,144 3,578 434 13.80 79 Shelby County 2,679 3,107 428 15.98 80 Wichita County 15,845 16,261 416 2.63 81 Llano County 937 1,333 396 42.26 82 Jefferson County 30,267 30,662 395 1.31 83 Tyler County 1,925 2,309 384 19.95 84 Burleson County 1,647 2,028 381 23.13 85 Aransas County 2,083 2,462 379 18.19 86 Zapata County 1,321 1,694 373 28.24 87 Lee County 1,676 2,020 344 20.53 89 Gillespie County 1,869 2,203 334 17.87 89 Moore County 2,703 3,037 334 12.36 90 Bosque County 1,677 1,982 305 18.19 91 Blanco County 734 1,004 270 36.78 92 Uvalde County 3,188 3,443 255 8.00 93 Rains County 792 1,041 249 31.44 94 Trinity County 1,226 1,470 244 19.90 95 Tom Green County 12,795 13,025 230 1.80 96 Leon County 1,519 1,743 224 14.75 97 Gonzales County 2,112 2,322 210 9.94 98 Harrison County 7,740 7,946 206 2.66 99 Colorado County 2,170 2,375 205 9.45 100 Camp County 1,168 1,365 197 16.87 101 Madison County 1,042 1,234 192 18.43 102 Gregg County 14,107 14,296 189 1.34 103 Jackson County 1,670 1,850 180 10.78 104 Franklin County 952 1,130 178 18.70 105 Brown County 4,316 4,488 172 3.99 107 Comanche County 1,481 1,648 167 11.28 107 Hopkins County 3,827 3,994 167 4.36 108 Fayette County 2,339 2,489 150 6.41 109 Dallam County 756 903 147 19.44 110 Montague County 2,090 2,233 143 6.84 111 Hale County 4,694 4,836 142 3.03 112 Archer County 1,106 1,246 140 12.66 113 San Augustine County 825 958 133 16.12 115 Palo Pinto County 3,090 3,221 131 4.24 115 Somervell County 782 913 131 16.75 116 Calhoun County 2,520 2,638 118 4.68 117 Milam County 2,869 2,985 116 4.04 118 Presidio County 918 1,021 103 11.22 119 Hudspeth County 399 495 96 24.06 120 Bowie County 10,832 10,925 93 0.86 121 Goliad County 784 874 90 11.48 125 Frio County 1,845 1,930 85 4.61 125 Hamilton County 840 925 85 10.12 125 Jack County 911 996 85 9.33 125 Sabine County 972 1,057 85 8.74 126 Lavaca County 2,219 2,301 82 3.70 127 Delta County 554 633 79 14.26 128 Robertson County 1,898 1,975 77 4.06 129 Live Oak County 1,233 1,307 74 6.00 130 Real County 258 330 72 27.91 131 Childress County 705 775 70 9.93 132 Hartley County 511 569 58 11.35 133 Mills County 493 550 57 11.56 134 Coke County 363 419 56 15.43 136 Callahan County 1,561 1,614 53 3.40 136 Sherman County 404 457 53 13.12 137 Parmer County 1,376 1,426 50 3.63 138 Anderson County 5,292 5,341 49 0.93 139 Kimble County 487 526 39 8.01 140 Limestone County 2,489 2,527 38 1.53 142 Lynn County 880 916 36 4.09 142 San Saba County 631 667 36 5.71 144 Gaines County 2,090 2,120 30 1.44 144 Willacy County 2,364 2,394 30 1.27 146 Marion County 1,099 1,128 29 2.64 146 Menard County 253 282 29 11.46 147 Shackelford County 404 426 22 5.45 149 Armstrong County 252 272 20 7.94 149 Jeff Davis County 225 245 20 8.89 150 Jim Wells County 5,189 5,208 19 0.37 151 Clay County 1,311 1,328 17 1.30 152 Kinney County 344 358 14 4.07 153 Hall County 424 437 13 3.07 154 Mason County 406 417 11 2.71 155 Newton County 1,795 1,805 10 0.56 156 Falls County 1,983 1,991 8 0.40 157 Donley County 387 391 4 1.03 159 Lamb County 1,896 1,896 0 0.00 159 Motley County 161 161 0 0.00 160 McMullen County 93 92 -1 -1.08 161 Kenedy County 52 49 -3 -5.77 162 Loving County 11 5 -6 -54.55 163 Jim Hogg County 705 698 -7 -0.99 164 La Salle County 693 685 -8 -1.15 166 Cottle County 239 230 -9 -3.77 166 Throckmorton County 232 223 -9 -3.88 168 Foard County 203 193 -10 -4.93 168 Martin County 703 693 -10 -1.42 170 Borden County 99 88 -11 -11.11 170 King County 56 45 -11 -19.64 172 Concho County 327 315 -12 -3.67 172 Irion County 237 225 -12 -5.06 173 Runnels County 1,404 1,391 -13 -0.93 174 Oldham County 273 258 -15 -5.49 175 Freestone County 2,015 1,999 -16 -0.79 176 Glasscock County 220 203 -17 -7.73 177 Pecos County 2,130 2,112 -18 -0.85 178 Crockett County 576 556 -20 -3.47 179 Swisher County 1,068 1,045 -23 -2.15 181 Briscoe County 237 212 -25 -10.55 181 Stephens County 1,168 1,143 -25 -2.14 182 Coleman County 1,085 1,059 -26 -2.40 183 Sutton County 605 578 -27 -4.46 184 Crosby County 922 894 -28 -3.04 185 Red River County 1,663 1,634 -29 -1.74 186 Kent County 123 92 -31 -25.20 187 De Witt County 2,269 2,235 -34 -1.50 188 Baylor County 488 452 -36 -7.38 189 Nueces County 40,098 40,061 -37 -0.09 190 Brewster County 1,014 976 -38 -3.75 191 Sterling County 228 189 -39 -17.11 193 Roberts County 155 115 -40 -25.81 193 Schleicher County 422 382 -40 -9.48 194 Refugio County 983 942 -41 -4.17 196 Lipscomb County 434 392 -42 -9.68 196 Wharton County 5,332 5,290 -42 -0.79 199 Carson County 928 884 -44 -4.74 199 Jones County 2,097 2,053 -44 -2.10 199 Matagorda County 5,145 5,101 -44 -0.86 200 Eastland County 2,071 2,025 -46 -2.22 201 Edwards County 301 254 -47 -15.61 203 Dickens County 275 226 -49 -17.82 203 Karnes County 1,563 1,514 -49 -3.13 204 Wilbarger County 1,835 1,784 -51 -2.78 205 Ochiltree County 1,386 1,333 -53 -3.82 206 Terrell County 187 132 -55 -29.41 207 Stonewall County 244 188 -56 -22.95 208 Collingsworth County 444 386 -58 -13.06 209 Cochran County 558 499 -59 -10.57 210 Hardeman County 644 581 -63 -9.78 212 Brooks County 1,124 1,054 -70 -6.23 212 Houston County 2,438 2,368 -70 -2.87 214 Floyd County 1,147 1,075 -72 -6.28 214 McCulloch County 1,077 1,005 -72 -6.69 215 Culberson County 484 411 -73 -15.08 217 Knox County 593 518 -75 -12.65 217 Rusk County 5,712 5,637 -75 -1.31 218 Garza County 675 598 -77 -11.41 219 Fisher County 573 492 -81 -14.14 220 Panola County 2,916 2,827 -89 -3.05 221 Zavala County 1,596 1,500 -96 -6.02 222 Dimmit County 1,487 1,390 -97 -6.52 224 Haskell County 806 704 -102 -12.66 224 Wheeler County 739 637 -102 -13.80 226 Bee County 3,533 3,428 -105 -2.97 226 Hansford County 844 739 -105 -12.44 227 Mitchell County 977 867 -110 -11.26 228 Bailey County 986 872 -114 -11.56 229 Hemphill County 539 419 -120 -22.26 230 Crane County 716 590 -126 -17.60 231 Duval County 1,728 1,600 -128 -7.41 232 Kleberg County 3,935 3,799 -136 -3.46 233 Nolan County 2,124 1,985 -139 -6.54 234 Cass County 3,859 3,684 -175 -4.53 235 Morris County 1,716 1,539 -177 -10.31 237 Castro County 1,329 1,129 -200 -15.05 237 Young County 2,410 2,210 -200 -8.30 238 Winkler County 1,222 1,012 -210 -17.18 239 Reagan County 737 518 -219 -29.72 240 Ector County 17,270 17,042 -228 -1.32 241 Upton County 685 456 -229 -33.43 242 Dawson County 1,893 1,658 -235 -12.41 243 Orange County 11,402 11,162 -240 -2.10 244 Howard County 3,984 3,736 -248 -6.22 245 Terry County 1,834 1,532 -302 -16.47 246 Deaf Smith County 2,835 2,531 -304 -10.72 247 Yoakum County 1,379 1,072 -307 -22.26 248 Hutchinson County 3,540 3,227 -313 -8.84 249 Andrews County 2,197 1,871 -326 -14.84 250 Hockley County 3,411 3,043 -368 -10.79 251 Ward County 1,878 1,450 -428 -22.79 252 Gray County 3,105 2,637 -468 -15.07 253 Scurry County 2,458 1,949 -509 -20.71 254 Reeves County 2,115 1,589 -526 -24.87 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________