Table 10: Population and Population Change in Council of Governments Regions in Texas, 1980-1990 and 1990-2000 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Population Numerical Change Percent Change _________________________________ ______________________ ________________________ Region 1980 1990 2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alamo Area 1,224,338 1,487,180 1,807,868 262,842 320,688 21.47 21.56 Ark-Tex 236,038 248,614 270,468 12,576 21,854 5.33 8.79 Brazos Valley 176,375 219,576 267,085 43,201 47,509 24.49 21.64 Capital Area 647,463 919,456 1,346,833 271,993 427,377 42.01 46.48 Central Texas 268,371 309,433 374,518 41,062 65,085 15.30 21.03 Coastal Bend 477,546 500,805 549,012 23,259 48,207 4.87 9.63 Concho Valley 129,007 142,285 148,212 13,278 5,927 10.29 4.17 Deep East Texas 279,377 305,452 355,862 26,075 50,410 9.33 16.50 East Texas 570,530 652,423 745,180 81,893 92,757 14.35 14.22 Golden Crescent 161,716 167,168 183,905 5,452 16,737 3.37 10.01 Heart of Texas 262,180 285,870 321,536 23,690 35,666 9.04 12.48 Houston-Galveston 3,276,239 3,897,146 4,854,454 620,907 957,308 18.95 24.56 Lower Rio Grande Valley 510,451 661,370 924,772 150,919 263,402 29.57 39.83 Middle Rio Grande 125,077 134,085 154,381 9,008 20,296 7.20 15.14 Nortex 214,154 211,586 224,366 -2,568 12,780 -1.20 6.04 North Central Texas 3,116,152 4,111,750 5,309,277 995,598 1,197,527 31.95 29.12 Panhandle 377,124 371,956 402,862 -5,168 30,906 -1.37 8.31 Permian Basin 345,900 370,784 376,672 24,884 5,888 7.19 1.59 Rio Grande 500,350 615,196 704,318 114,846 89,122 22.95 14.49 South East Texas 375,497 361,226 385,090 -14,271 23,864 -3.80 6.61 South Plains 365,563 362,182 377,871 -3,381 15,689 -0.92 4.33 South Texas 138,320 188,145 264,177 49,825 76,032 36.02 40.41 Texoma 141,737 150,602 178,200 8,865 27,598 6.25 18.33 West Central Texas 309,686 312,220 324,901 2,534 12,681 0.82 4.06 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________