Table 26: Population 1990 and 2000, Numerical and Percent Change in Population from 1990 to 2000 by Race/Ethnicity for the State of Texas and Council of Government Regions in Texas ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Population Change in Population ____________________________ _______________________ Region 1990 2000 Numerical Percent ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total State of Texas 16,986,510 20,851,820 3,865,310 22.76 Panhandle 371,956 402,862 30,906 8.31 South Plains 362,182 377,871 15,689 4.33 Nortex 211,586 224,366 12,780 6.04 North Central Texas 4,111,750 5,309,277 1,197,527 29.12 Ark-Tex 248,614 270,468 21,854 8.79 East Texas 652,423 745,180 92,757 14.22 West Central Texas 312,220 324,901 12,681 4.06 Rio Grande 615,196 704,318 89,122 14.49 Permian Basin 370,784 376,672 5,888 1.59 Concho Valley 142,285 148,212 5,927 4.17 Heart of Texas 285,870 321,536 35,666 12.48 Capital Area 919,456 1,346,833 427,377 46.48 Brazos Valley 219,576 267,085 47,509 21.64 Deep East Texas 305,452 355,862 50,410 16.50 South East Texas 361,226 385,090 23,864 6.61 Houston-Galveston 3,897,146 4,854,454 957,308 24.56 Golden Crescent 167,168 183,905 16,737 10.01 Alamo Area 1,487,180 1,807,868 320,688 21.56 South Texas 188,145 264,177 76,032 40.41 Coastal Bend 500,805 549,012 48,207 9.63 Lower Rio Grande Valley 661,370 924,772 263,402 39.83 Texoma 150,602 178,200 27,598 18.33 Central Texas 309,433 374,518 65,085 21.03 Middle Rio Grande 134,085 154,381 20,296 15.14 Anglo State of Texas 10,291,680 11,074,716 783,036 7.61 Panhandle 287,284 280,519 -6,765 -2.35 South Plains 232,341 222,776 -9,565 -4.12 Nortex 178,169 177,785 -384 -0.22 North Central Texas 2,901,598 3,203,159 301,561 10.39 Ark-Tex 197,008 202,570 5,562 2.82 East Texas 502,961 551,053 48,092 9.56 West Central Texas 247,884 243,287 -4,597 -1.85 Rio Grande 160,403 127,187 -33,216 -20.71 Permian Basin 231,473 204,766 -26,707 -11.54 Concho Valley 97,233 94,577 -2,656 -2.73 Heart of Texas 208,343 217,328 8,985 4.31 Capital Area 633,154 848,497 215,343 34.01 Brazos Valley 154,564 179,746 25,182 16.29 Deep East Texas 236,678 262,411 25,733 10.87 South East Texas 255,481 248,509 -6,972 -2.73 Houston-Galveston 2,269,951 2,383,452 113,501 5.00 Golden Crescent 104,702 107,013 2,311 2.21 Alamo Area 695,183 769,661 74,478 10.71 South Texas 10,578 13,098 2,520 23.82 Coastal Bend 209,623 211,723 2,100 1.00 Lower Rio Grande Valley 102,261 112,088 9,827 9.61 Texoma 134,601 151,821 17,220 12.79 Central Texas 211,124 232,968 21,844 10.35 Middle Rio Grande 29,083 28,722 -361 -1.24 Black State of Texas 1,976,360 2,421,653 445,293 22.53 Panhandle 13,486 18,996 5,510 40.86 South Plains 22,390 24,546 2,156 9.63 Nortex 13,448 16,641 3,193 23.74 North Central Texas 559,666 733,657 173,991 31.09 Ark-Tex 42,569 45,866 3,297 7.75 East Texas 116,135 122,190 6,055 5.21 West Central Texas 13,409 17,648 4,239 31.61 Rio Grande 20,621 20,062 -559 -2.71 Permian Basin 17,054 18,795 1,741 10.21 Concho Valley 4,305 4,825 520 12.08 Heart of Texas 43,698 48,260 4,562 10.44 Capital Area 80,399 105,005 24,606 30.60 Brazos Valley 34,125 37,734 3,609 10.58 Deep East Texas 52,715 58,721 6,006 11.39 South East Texas 83,972 95,835 11,863 14.13 Houston-Galveston 681,101 823,761 142,660 20.95 Golden Crescent 11,615 12,321 706 6.08 Alamo Area 86,979 110,387 23,408 26.91 South Texas 81 376 295 364.20 Coastal Bend 15,567 20,925 5,358 34.42 Lower Rio Grande Valley 1,158 3,453 2,295 198.19 Texoma 9,285 10,487 1,202 12.95 Central Texas 51,420 69,989 18,569 36.11 Middle Rio Grande 1,162 1,173 11 0.95 Hispanic State of Texas 4,339,905 6,669,666 2,329,761 53.68 Panhandle 64,786 96,005 31,219 48.19 South Plains 103,043 125,376 22,333 21.67 Nortex 16,638 25,271 8,633 51.89 North Central Texas 534,208 1,137,181 602,973 112.87 Ark-Tex 7,081 19,212 12,131 171.32 East Texas 29,020 64,942 35,922 123.78 West Central Texas 48,091 60,191 12,100 25.16 Rio Grande 425,862 547,124 121,262 28.47 Permian Basin 118,372 148,982 30,610 25.86 Concho Valley 39,244 47,054 7,810 19.90 Heart of Texas 31,453 51,962 20,509 65.21 Capital Area 183,708 340,603 156,895 85.40 Brazos Valley 25,743 41,712 15,969 62.03 Deep East Texas 13,850 31,203 17,353 125.29 South East Texas 15,241 30,832 15,591 102.30 Houston-Galveston 803,080 1,389,915 586,835 73.07 Golden Crescent 49,487 62,413 12,926 26.12 Alamo Area 684,191 894,135 209,944 30.68 South Texas 176,637 249,428 72,791 41.21 Coastal Bend 269,862 308,190 38,328 14.20 Lower Rio Grande Valley 554,904 803,045 248,141 44.72 Texoma 4,688 12,899 8,211 175.15 Central Texas 38,332 58,932 20,600 53.74 Middle Rio Grande 102,384 123,059 20,675 20.19 Other State of Texas 378,565 685,785 307,220 81.15 Panhandle 6,400 7,342 942 14.72 South Plains 4,408 5,173 765 17.35 Nortex 3,331 4,669 1,338 40.17 North Central Texas 116,278 235,280 119,002 102.34 Ark-Tex 1,956 2,820 864 44.17 East Texas 4,307 6,995 2,688 62.41 West Central Texas 2,836 3,775 939 33.11 Rio Grande 8,310 9,945 1,635 19.68 Permian Basin 3,885 4,129 244 6.28 Concho Valley 1,503 1,756 253 16.83 Heart of Texas 2,376 3,986 1,610 67.76 Capital Area 22,195 52,728 30,533 137.57 Brazos Valley 5,144 7,893 2,749 53.44 Deep East Texas 2,209 3,527 1,318 59.67 South East Texas 6,532 9,914 3,382 51.78 Houston-Galveston 143,014 257,326 114,312 79.93 Golden Crescent 1,364 2,158 794 58.21 Alamo Area 20,827 33,685 12,858 61.74 South Texas 849 1,275 426 50.18 Coastal Bend 5,753 8,174 2,421 42.08 Lower Rio Grande Valley 3,047 6,186 3,139 103.02 Texoma 2,028 2,993 965 47.58 Central Texas 8,557 12,629 4,072 47.59 Middle Rio Grande 1,456 1,427 -29 -1.99 ________________________________________________________________________________________________