Table 21: Population in 1990 and 2000, Numerical and Percent Change in Population 1990 to 2000 in Counties in Texas - Ranked by Population Size, 2000 ____________________________________________________________________________ Change in Population Population Rank Rank _____________________ _________________ 2000 1990 County 1990 2000 Number Percent ____________________________________________________________________________ 1 1 Harris 2,818,199 3,400,578 582,379 20.66 2 2 Dallas 1,852,810 2,218,899 366,089 19.76 3 4 Tarrant 1,170,103 1,446,219 276,116 23.60 4 3 Bexar 1,185,394 1,392,931 207,537 17.51 5 6 Travis 576,407 812,280 235,873 40.92 6 5 El Paso 591,610 679,622 88,012 14.88 7 7 Hidalgo 383,545 569,463 185,918 48.47 8 10 Collin 264,036 491,675 227,639 86.22 9 9 Denton 273,525 432,976 159,451 58.29 10 13 Fort Bend 225,421 354,452 129,031 57.24 11 11 Cameron 260,120 335,227 75,107 28.87 12 8 Nueces 291,145 313,645 22,500 7.73 13 19 Montgomery 182,201 293,768 111,567 61.23 14 12 Jefferson 239,397 252,051 12,654 5.29 15 15 Galveston 217,399 250,158 32,759 15.07 16 21 Williamson 139,551 249,967 110,416 79.12 17 14 Lubbock 222,636 242,628 19,992 8.98 18 16 Brazoria 191,707 241,767 50,060 26.11 19 17 Bell 191,088 237,974 46,886 24.54 20 18 McLennan 189,123 213,517 24,394 12.90 21 22 Webb 133,239 193,117 59,878 44.94 22 20 Smith 151,309 174,706 23,397 15.46 23 24 Brazos 121,862 152,415 30,553 25.07 24 23 Wichita 122,378 131,664 9,286 7.59 25 31 Johnson 97,165 126,811 29,646 30.51 26 25 Taylor 119,655 126,555 6,900 5.77 27 26 Ector 118,934 121,123 2,189 1.84 28 27 Midland 106,611 116,009 9,398 8.82 29 30 Potter 97,874 113,546 15,672 16.01 30 28 Gregg 104,948 111,379 6,431 6.13 31 34 Ellis 85,167 111,360 26,193 30.75 32 32 Grayson 95,021 110,595 15,574 16.39 33 33 Randall 89,673 104,312 14,639 16.32 34 29 Tom Green 98,458 104,010 5,552 5.64 35 39 Hays 65,614 97,589 31,975 48.73 36 35 Bowie 81,665 89,306 7,641 9.36 37 40 Guadalupe 64,873 89,023 24,150 37.23 38 41 Parker 64,785 88,495 23,710 36.60 39 36 Orange 80,509 84,966 4,457 5.54 40 37 Victoria 74,361 84,088 9,727 13.08 41 38 Angelina 69,884 80,130 10,246 14.66 42 50 Comal 51,832 78,021 26,189 50.53 43 42 Hunt 64,343 76,596 12,253 19.04 44 43 Coryell 64,213 74,978 10,765 16.76 45 45 Henderson 58,543 73,277 14,734 25.17 46 49 Kaufman 52,220 71,313 19,093 36.56 47 48 Liberty 52,726 70,154 17,428 33.05 48 44 San Patricio 58,749 67,138 8,389 14.28 49 46 Harrison 57,483 62,110 4,627 8.05 50 51 Walker 50,917 61,758 10,841 21.29 51 47 Nacogdoches 54,753 59,203 4,450 8.13 52 61 Bastrop 38,263 57,733 19,470 50.88 53 52 Anderson 48,024 55,109 7,085 14.75 54 57 Starr 40,518 53,597 13,079 32.28 55 67 Wise 34,679 48,793 14,114 40.70 56 53 Lamar 43,949 48,499 4,550 10.35 57 62 Van Zandt 37,944 48,140 10,196 26.87 58 55 Hardin 41,320 48,073 6,753 16.34 59 54 Rusk 43,735 47,372 3,637 8.32 60 65 Maverick 36,378 47,297 10,919 30.02 61 56 Cherokee 41,049 46,659 5,610 13.67 62 59 Navarro 39,926 45,124 5,198 13.02 63 60 Val Verde 38,721 44,856 6,135 15.84 64 66 Kerr 36,304 43,653 7,349 20.24 65 87 Rockwall 25,604 43,080 17,476 68.25 66 58 Wharton 39,955 41,188 1,233 3.09 67 74 Polk 30,687 41,133 10,446 34.04 68 79 Hood 28,981 41,100 12,119 41.82 69 63 Jim Wells 37,679 39,326 1,647 4.37 70 82 Medina 27,312 39,304 11,992 43.91 71 75 Atascosa 30,533 38,628 8,095 26.51 72 64 Matagorda 36,928 37,957 1,029 2.79 73 69 Brown 34,371 37,674 3,303 9.61 74 78 Wood 29,380 36,752 7,372 25.09 75 68 Hale 34,671 36,602 1,931 5.57 76 73 Cooke 30,777 36,363 5,586 18.15 77 72 Jasper 31,102 35,604 4,502 14.47 78 71 Upshur 31,370 35,291 3,921 12.50 79 97 Burnet 22,677 34,147 11,470 50.58 80 70 Howard 32,343 33,627 1,284 3.97 81 81 Erath 27,991 33,001 5,010 17.90 82 94 Waller 23,390 32,663 9,273 39.65 83 98 Wilson 22,650 32,408 9,758 43.08 84 88 Bee 25,135 32,359 7,224 28.74 85 83 Hill 27,146 32,321 5,175 19.06 86 84 Caldwell 26,392 32,194 5,802 21.98 87 80 Hopkins 28,833 31,960 3,127 10.85 88 76 Kleberg 30,274 31,549 1,275 4.21 89 90 Fannin 24,804 31,242 6,438 25.96 90 77 Cass 29,982 30,438 456 1.52 91 85 Washington 26,154 30,373 4,219 16.13 92 92 Titus 24,009 28,118 4,109 17.11 93 89 Palo Pinto 25,055 27,026 1,971 7.87 94 104 Chambers 20,088 26,031 5,943 29.58 95 95 Uvalde 23,340 25,926 2,586 11.08 96 100 Shelby 22,034 25,224 3,190 14.48 97 96 Milam 22,946 24,238 1,292 5.63 98 86 Hutchinson 25,689 23,857 -1,832 -7.13 99 133 Kendall 14,589 23,743 9,154 62.75 100 105 Austin 19,832 23,590 3,758 18.95 101 109 Grimes 18,828 23,552 4,724 25.09 102 101 Houston 21,375 23,185 1,810 8.47 103 99 Panola 22,035 22,756 721 3.27 104 93 Gray 23,967 22,744 -1,223 -5.10 105 91 Hockley 24,199 22,716 -1,483 -6.13 106 115 Aransas 17,892 22,497 4,605 25.74 107 125 San Jacinto 16,372 22,246 5,874 35.88 108 102 Limestone 20,946 22,051 1,105 5.28 109 103 Fayette 20,095 21,804 1,709 8.50 110 122 Tyler 16,646 20,871 4,225 25.38 111 121 Gillespie 17,204 20,814 3,610 20.98 112 124 Jones 16,490 20,785 4,295 26.05 113 107 Calhoun 19,053 20,647 1,594 8.37 114 113 Colorado 18,383 20,390 2,007 10.92 115 116 Moore 17,865 20,121 2,256 12.63 116 118 Willacy 17,705 20,082 2,377 13.43 117 108 De Witt 18,840 20,013 1,173 6.23 118 110 Lavaca 18,690 19,210 520 2.78 119 119 Montague 17,274 19,117 1,843 10.67 120 120 Gonzales 17,205 18,628 1,423 8.27 121 117 Falls 17,712 18,576 864 4.88 122 106 Deaf Smith 19,153 18,561 -592 -3.09 123 112 Eastland 18,488 18,297 -191 -1.03 124 114 Young 18,126 17,943 -183 -1.01 125 127 Freestone 15,818 17,867 2,049 12.95 126 140 Lampasas 13,521 17,762 4,241 31.37 127 157 Bandera 10,562 17,645 7,083 67.06 128 129 Bosque 15,125 17,204 2,079 13.75 129 153 Llano 11,631 17,044 5,413 46.54 130 132 Pecos 14,675 16,809 2,134 14.54 131 138 Burleson 13,625 16,470 2,845 20.88 132 111 Scurry 18,634 16,361 -2,273 -12.20 133 141 Frio 13,472 16,252 2,780 20.64 134 128 Robertson 15,511 16,000 489 3.15 135 123 Nolan 16,594 15,802 -792 -4.77 136 148 Lee 12,854 15,657 2,803 21.81 137 150 Karnes 12,455 15,446 2,991 24.01 138 149 Leon 12,665 15,335 2,670 21.08 139 139 Newton 13,569 15,072 1,503 11.08 140 134 Dawson 14,349 14,985 636 4.43 141 131 Lamb 15,072 14,709 -363 -2.41 142 130 Wilbarger 15,121 14,676 -445 -2.94 143 137 Gaines 14,123 14,467 344 2.44 144 146 Jackson 13,039 14,391 1,352 10.37 145 136 Red River 14,317 14,314 -3 -0.02 146 142 Comanche 13,381 14,026 645 4.82 147 154 Trinity 11,445 13,779 2,334 20.39 148 126 Reeves 15,852 13,137 -2,715 -17.13 149 147 Duval 12,918 13,120 202 1.56 150 144 Morris 13,200 13,048 -152 -1.15 151 135 Andrews 14,338 13,004 -1,334 -9.30 152 156 Madison 10,931 12,940 2,009 18.38 153 152 Callahan 11,859 12,905 1,046 8.82 154 143 Terry 13,218 12,761 -457 -3.46 155 165 Live Oak 9,556 12,309 2,753 28.81 156 166 Zapata 9,279 12,182 2,903 31.29 157 151 Zavala 12,162 11,600 -562 -4.62 158 161 Camp 9,904 11,549 1,645 16.61 159 155 Runnels 11,294 11,495 201 1.78 160 159 Clay 10,024 11,006 982 9.80 161 160 Marion 9,984 10,941 957 9.59 162 145 Ward 13,115 10,909 -2,206 -16.82 163 164 Sabine 9,586 10,469 883 9.21 164 158 Dimmit 10,433 10,248 -185 -1.77 165 162 Parmer 9,863 10,016 153 1.55 166 177 Mitchell 8,016 9,698 1,682 20.98 167 169 Stephens 9,010 9,674 664 7.37 168 181 Franklin 7,802 9,458 1,656 21.23 169 163 Coleman 9,710 9,235 -475 -4.89 170 188 Rains 6,715 9,139 2,424 36.10 171 167 Ochiltree 9,128 9,006 -122 -1.34 172 178 San Augustine 7,999 8,946 947 11.84 173 172 Brewster 8,681 8,866 185 2.13 174 180 Archer 7,973 8,854 881 11.05 175 185 Jack 6,981 8,763 1,782 25.53 176 192 Blanco 5,972 8,418 2,446 40.96 177 176 Swisher 8,133 8,378 245 3.01 178 168 Castro 9,070 8,285 -785 -8.65 179 182 Hamilton 7,733 8,229 496 6.41 180 171 McCulloch 8,778 8,205 -573 -6.53 181 175 Brooks 8,204 7,976 -228 -2.78 182 179 Refugio 7,976 7,828 -148 -1.86 183 174 Floyd 8,497 7,771 -726 -8.54 184 193 Childress 5,953 7,688 1,735 29.14 185 170 Yoakum 8,786 7,322 -1,464 -16.66 186 189 Presidio 6,637 7,304 667 10.05 187 173 Winkler 8,626 7,173 -1,453 -16.84 188 183 Crosby 7,304 7,072 -232 -3.18 189 191 Goliad 5,980 6,928 948 15.85 190 198 Somervell 5,360 6,809 1,449 27.03 191 184 Bailey 7,064 6,594 -470 -6.65 192 187 Lynn 6,758 6,550 -208 -3.08 193 190 Carson 6,576 6,516 -60 -0.91 194 196 Dallam 5,461 6,222 761 13.94 195 197 San Saba 5,401 6,186 785 14.53 196 186 Haskell 6,820 6,093 -727 -10.66 197 200 La Salle 5,254 5,866 612 11.65 198 219 Hartley 3,634 5,537 1,903 52.37 199 195 Hansford 5,848 5,369 -479 -8.19 200 204 Delta 4,857 5,327 470 9.68 201 194 Wheeler 5,879 5,284 -595 -10.12 202 202 Jim Hogg 5,109 5,281 172 3.37 203 208 Mills 4,531 5,151 620 13.68 204 201 Garza 5,143 4,872 -271 -5.27 205 203 Martin 4,956 4,746 -210 -4.24 206 199 Hardeman 5,283 4,724 -559 -10.58 207 214 Kimble 4,122 4,468 346 8.39 208 205 Fisher 4,842 4,344 -498 -10.29 209 206 Knox 4,837 4,253 -584 -12.07 210 215 Crockett 4,078 4,099 21 0.51 211 211 Baylor 4,385 4,093 -292 -6.66 212 213 Sutton 4,135 4,077 -58 -1.40 213 207 Crane 4,652 3,996 -656 -14.10 214 227 Concho 3,044 3,966 922 30.29 215 221 Coke 3,424 3,864 440 12.85 216 218 Donley 3,696 3,828 132 3.57 217 216 Hall 3,905 3,782 -123 -3.15 218 222 Mason 3,423 3,738 315 9.20 219 212 Cochran 4,377 3,730 -647 -14.78 220 210 Upton 4,447 3,404 -1,043 -23.45 221 226 Kinney 3,119 3,379 260 8.34 222 217 Hemphill 3,720 3,351 -369 -9.92 223 229 Hudspeth 2,915 3,344 429 14.72 224 209 Reagan 4,514 3,326 -1,188 -26.32 225 224 Shackelford 3,316 3,302 -14 -0.42 226 220 Collingsworth 3,573 3,206 -367 -10.27 227 230 Sherman 2,858 3,186 328 11.48 228 225 Lipscomb 3,143 3,057 -86 -2.74 229 232 Real 2,412 3,047 635 26.33 230 223 Culberson 3,407 2,975 -432 -12.68 231 228 Schleicher 2,990 2,935 -55 -1.84 232 231 Dickens 2,571 2,762 191 7.43 233 235 Menard 2,252 2,360 108 4.80 234 240 Jeff Davis 1,946 2,207 261 13.41 235 233 Oldham 2,278 2,185 -93 -4.08 236 234 Edwards 2,266 2,162 -104 -4.59 237 237 Armstrong 2,021 2,148 127 6.28 238 236 Cottle 2,247 1,904 -343 -15.26 239 241 Throckmorton 1,880 1,850 -30 -1.60 240 239 Briscoe 1,971 1,790 -181 -9.18 241 243 Irion 1,629 1,771 142 8.72 242 238 Stonewall 2,013 1,693 -320 -15.90 243 242 Foard 1,794 1,622 -172 -9.59 244 244 Motley 1,532 1,426 -106 -6.92 245 245 Glasscock 1,447 1,406 -41 -2.83 246 246 Sterling 1,438 1,393 -45 -3.13 247 247 Terrell 1,410 1,081 -329 -23.33 248 248 Roberts 1,025 887 -138 -13.46 249 249 Kent 1,010 859 -151 -14.95 250 250 McMullen 817 851 34 4.16 251 251 Borden 799 729 -70 -8.76 252 252 Kenedy 460 414 -46 -10.00 253 253 King 354 356 2 0.56 254 254 Loving 107 67 -40 -37.38 ____________________________________________________________________________