Table 18: Population and Population Change for Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Texas, 1980-1990 and 1990-2000 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Population Numerical Change Percent Change _______________________________ _____________________ ___________________ MSA 1980 1990 2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Abilene 110,932 119,655 126,555 8,723 6,900 7.86 5.77 Amarillo 173,699 187,547 217,858 13,848 30,311 7.97 16.16 Austin-San Marcos 585,051 846,227 1,249,763 261,176 403,536 44.64 47.69 Beaumont-Port Arthur 375,497 361,226 385,090 -14,271 23,864 -3.80 6.61 Brazoria 169,587 191,707 241,767 22,120 50,060 13.04 26.11 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito 209,727 260,120 335,227 50,393 75,107 24.03 28.87 Bryan-College Station 93,588 121,862 152,415 28,274 30,553 30.21 25.07 Corpus Christi 326,228 349,894 380,783 23,666 30,889 7.25 8.83 Dallas 2,055,232 2,676,248 3,519,176 621,016 842,928 30.22 31.50 El Paso 479,899 591,610 679,622 111,711 88,012 23.28 14.88 Ft. Worth-Arlington 990,852 1,361,034 1,702,625 370,182 341,591 37.36 25.10 Galveston-Texas City 195,940 217,399 250,158 21,459 32,759 10.95 15.07 Houston 2,754,304 3,322,025 4,177,646 567,721 855,621 20.61 25.76 Killeen-Temple 214,656 255,301 312,952 40,645 57,651 18.93 22.58 Laredo 99,258 133,239 193,117 33,981 59,878 34.24 44.94 Longview-Marshall 180,347 193,801 208,780 13,454 14,979 7.46 7.73 Lubbock 211,651 222,636 242,628 10,985 19,992 5.19 8.98 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 283,229 383,545 569,463 100,316 185,918 35.42 48.47 Odessa-Midland 198,010 225,545 237,132 27,535 11,587 13.91 5.14 San Angelo 84,784 98,458 104,010 13,674 5,552 16.13 5.64 San Antonio 1,088,710 1,324,749 1,592,383 236,039 267,634 21.68 20.20 Sherman-Denison 89,796 95,021 110,595 5,225 15,574 5.82 16.39 Texarkana 75,301 81,665 89,306 6,364 7,641 8.45 9.36 Tyler 128,366 151,309 174,706 22,943 23,397 17.87 15.46 Victoria 68,807 74,361 84,088 5,554 9,727 8.07 13.08 Waco 170,755 189,123 213,517 18,368 24,394 10.76 12.90 Wichita Falls 128,348 130,351 140,518 2,003 10,167 1.56 7.80 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________