Table 24: Population and Population Change in Counties in Texas, 1980-1990 and 1990-2000 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Population Numerical Change Percent Change __________________________________ _____________________ ____________________ County 1980 1990 2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Anderson 38,381 48,024 55,109 9,643 7,085 25.12 14.75 Andrews 13,323 14,338 13,004 1,015 -1,334 7.62 -9.30 Angelina 64,172 69,884 80,130 5,712 10,246 8.90 14.66 Aransas 14,260 17,892 22,497 3,632 4,605 25.47 25.74 Archer 7,266 7,973 8,854 707 881 9.73 11.05 Armstrong 1,994 2,021 2,148 27 127 1.35 6.28 Atascosa 25,055 30,533 38,628 5,478 8,095 21.86 26.51 Austin 17,726 19,832 23,590 2,106 3,758 11.88 18.95 Bailey 8,168 7,064 6,594 -1,104 -470 -13.52 -6.65 Bandera 7,084 10,562 17,645 3,478 7,083 49.10 67.06 Bastrop 24,726 38,263 57,733 13,537 19,470 54.75 50.88 Baylor 4,919 4,385 4,093 -534 -292 -10.86 -6.66 Bee 26,030 25,135 32,359 -895 7,224 -3.44 28.74 Bell 157,889 191,088 237,974 33,199 46,886 21.03 24.54 Bexar 988,800 1,185,394 1,392,931 196,594 207,537 19.88 17.51 Blanco 4,681 5,972 8,418 1,291 2,446 27.58 40.96 Borden 859 799 729 -60 -70 -6.98 -8.76 Bosque 13,401 15,125 17,204 1,724 2,079 12.86 13.75 Bowie 75,301 81,665 89,306 6,364 7,641 8.45 9.36 Brazoria 169,587 191,707 241,767 22,120 50,060 13.04 26.11 Brazos 93,588 121,862 152,415 28,274 30,553 30.21 25.07 Brewster 7,573 8,681 8,866 1,108 185 14.63 2.13 Briscoe 2,579 1,971 1,790 -608 -181 -23.58 -9.18 Brooks 8,428 8,204 7,976 -224 -228 -2.66 -2.78 Brown 33,057 34,371 37,674 1,314 3,303 3.97 9.61 Burleson 12,313 13,625 16,470 1,312 2,845 10.66 20.88 Burnet 17,803 22,677 34,147 4,874 11,470 27.38 50.58 Caldwell 23,637 26,392 32,194 2,755 5,802 11.66 21.98 Calhoun 19,574 19,053 20,647 -521 1,594 -2.66 8.37 Callahan 10,992 11,859 12,905 867 1,046 7.89 8.82 Cameron 209,727 260,120 335,227 50,393 75,107 24.03 28.87 Camp 9,275 9,904 11,549 629 1,645 6.78 16.61 Carson 6,672 6,576 6,516 -96 -60 -1.44 -0.91 Cass 29,430 29,982 30,438 552 456 1.88 1.52 Castro 10,556 9,070 8,285 -1,486 -785 -14.08 -8.65 Chambers 18,538 20,088 26,031 1,550 5,943 8.36 29.58 Cherokee 38,127 41,049 46,659 2,922 5,610 7.66 13.67 Childress 6,950 5,953 7,688 -997 1,735 -14.35 29.14 Clay 9,582 10,024 11,006 442 982 4.61 9.80 Cochran 4,825 4,377 3,730 -448 -647 -9.28 -14.78 Coke 3,196 3,424 3,864 228 440 7.13 12.85 Coleman 10,439 9,710 9,235 -729 -475 -6.98 -4.89 Collin 144,576 264,036 491,675 119,460 227,639 82.63 86.22 Collingsworth 4,648 3,573 3,206 -1,075 -367 -23.13 -10.27 Colorado 18,823 18,383 20,390 -440 2,007 -2.34 10.92 Comal 36,446 51,832 78,021 15,386 26,189 42.22 50.53 Comanche 12,617 13,381 14,026 764 645 6.06 4.82 Concho 2,915 3,044 3,966 129 922 4.43 30.29 Cooke 27,656 30,777 36,363 3,121 5,586 11.29 18.15 Coryell 56,767 64,213 74,978 7,446 10,765 13.12 16.76 Cottle 2,947 2,247 1,904 -700 -343 -23.75 -15.26 Crane 4,600 4,652 3,996 52 -656 1.13 -14.10 Crockett 4,608 4,078 4,099 -530 21 -11.50 0.51 Crosby 8,859 7,304 7,072 -1,555 -232 -17.55 -3.18 Culberson 3,315 3,407 2,975 92 -432 2.78 -12.68 Dallam 6,531 5,461 6,222 -1,070 761 -16.38 13.94 Dallas 1,556,390 1,852,810 2,218,899 296,420 366,089 19.05 19.76 Dawson 16,184 14,349 14,985 -1,835 636 -11.34 4.43 Deaf Smith 21,165 19,153 18,561 -2,012 -592 -9.51 -3.09 Delta 4,839 4,857 5,327 18 470 0.37 9.68 Denton 143,126 273,525 432,976 130,399 159,451 91.11 58.29 De Witt 18,903 18,840 20,013 -63 1,173 -0.33 6.23 Dickens 3,539 2,571 2,762 -968 191 -27.35 7.43 Dimmit 11,367 10,433 10,248 -934 -185 -8.22 -1.77 Donley 4,075 3,696 3,828 -379 132 -9.30 3.57 Duval 12,517 12,918 13,120 401 202 3.20 1.56 Eastland 19,480 18,488 18,297 -992 -191 -5.09 -1.03 Ector 115,374 118,934 121,123 3,560 2,189 3.09 1.84 Edwards 2,033 2,266 2,162 233 -104 11.46 -4.59 Ellis 59,743 85,167 111,360 25,424 26,193 42.56 30.75 El Paso 479,899 591,610 679,622 111,711 88,012 23.28 14.88 Erath 22,560 27,991 33,001 5,431 5,010 24.07 17.90 Falls 17,946 17,712 18,576 -234 864 -1.30 4.88 Fannin 24,285 24,804 31,242 519 6,438 2.14 25.96 Fayette 18,832 20,095 21,804 1,263 1,709 6.71 8.50 Fisher 5,891 4,842 4,344 -1,049 -498 -17.81 -10.29 Floyd 9,834 8,497 7,771 -1,337 -726 -13.60 -8.54 Foard 2,158 1,794 1,622 -364 -172 -16.87 -9.59 Fort Bend 130,846 225,421 354,452 94,575 129,031 72.28 57.24 Franklin 6,893 7,802 9,458 909 1,656 13.19 21.23 Freestone 14,830 15,818 17,867 988 2,049 6.66 12.95 Frio 13,785 13,472 16,252 -313 2,780 -2.27 20.64 Gaines 13,150 14,123 14,467 973 344 7.40 2.44 Galveston 195,940 217,399 250,158 21,459 32,759 10.95 15.07 Garza 5,336 5,143 4,872 -193 -271 -3.62 -5.27 Gillespie 13,532 17,204 20,814 3,672 3,610 27.14 20.98 Glasscock 1,304 1,447 1,406 143 -41 10.97 -2.83 Goliad 5,193 5,980 6,928 787 948 15.16 15.85 Gonzales 16,883 17,205 18,628 322 1,423 1.91 8.27 Gray 26,386 23,967 22,744 -2,419 -1,223 -9.17 -5.10 Grayson 89,796 95,021 110,595 5,225 15,574 5.82 16.39 Gregg 99,487 104,948 111,379 5,461 6,431 5.49 6.13 Grimes 13,580 18,828 23,552 5,248 4,724 38.65 25.09 Guadalupe 46,708 64,873 89,023 18,165 24,150 38.89 37.23 Hale 37,592 34,671 36,602 -2,921 1,931 -7.77 5.57 Hall 5,594 3,905 3,782 -1,689 -123 -30.19 -3.15 Hamilton 8,297 7,733 8,229 -564 496 -6.80 6.41 Hansford 6,209 5,848 5,369 -361 -479 -5.81 -8.19 Hardeman 6,368 5,283 4,724 -1,085 -559 -17.04 -10.58 Hardin 40,721 41,320 48,073 599 6,753 1.47 16.34 Harris 2,409,547 2,818,199 3,400,578 408,652 582,379 16.96 20.66 Harrison 52,265 57,483 62,110 5,218 4,627 9.98 8.05 Hartley 3,987 3,634 5,537 -353 1,903 -8.85 52.37 Haskell 7,725 6,820 6,093 -905 -727 -11.72 -10.66 Hays 40,594 65,614 97,589 25,020 31,975 61.63 48.73 Hemphill 5,304 3,720 3,351 -1,584 -369 -29.86 -9.92 Henderson 42,606 58,543 73,277 15,937 14,734 37.41 25.17 Hidalgo 283,229 383,545 569,463 100,316 185,918 35.42 48.47 Hill 25,024 27,146 32,321 2,122 5,175 8.48 19.06 Hockley 23,230 24,199 22,716 969 -1,483 4.17 -6.13 Hood 17,714 28,981 41,100 11,267 12,119 63.61 41.82 Hopkins 25,247 28,833 31,960 3,586 3,127 14.20 10.85 Houston 22,299 21,375 23,185 -924 1,810 -4.14 8.47 Howard 33,142 32,343 33,627 -799 1,284 -2.41 3.97 Hudspeth 2,728 2,915 3,344 187 429 6.85 14.72 Hunt 55,248 64,343 76,596 9,095 12,253 16.46 19.04 Hutchinson 26,304 25,689 23,857 -615 -1,832 -2.34 -7.13 Irion 1,386 1,629 1,771 243 142 17.53 8.72 Jack 7,408 6,981 8,763 -427 1,782 -5.76 25.53 Jackson 13,352 13,039 14,391 -313 1,352 -2.34 10.37 Jasper 30,781 31,102 35,604 321 4,502 1.04 14.47 Jeff Davis 1,647 1,946 2,207 299 261 18.15 13.41 Jefferson 250,938 239,397 252,051 -11,541 12,654 -4.60 5.29 Jim Hogg 5,168 5,109 5,281 -59 172 -1.14 3.37 Jim Wells 36,498 37,679 39,326 1,181 1,647 3.24 4.37 Johnson 67,649 97,165 126,811 29,516 29,646 43.63 30.51 Jones 17,268 16,490 20,785 -778 4,295 -4.51 26.05 Karnes 13,593 12,455 15,446 -1,138 2,991 -8.37 24.01 Kaufman 39,015 52,220 71,313 13,205 19,093 33.85 36.56 Kendall 10,635 14,589 23,743 3,954 9,154 37.18 62.75 Kenedy 543 460 414 -83 -46 -15.29 -10.00 Kent 1,145 1,010 859 -135 -151 -11.79 -14.95 Kerr 28,780 36,304 43,653 7,524 7,349 26.14 20.24 Kimble 4,063 4,122 4,468 59 346 1.45 8.39 King 425 354 356 -71 2 -16.71 0.56 Kinney 2,279 3,119 3,379 840 260 36.86 8.34 Kleberg 33,358 30,274 31,549 -3,084 1,275 -9.25 4.21 Knox 5,329 4,837 4,253 -492 -584 -9.23 -12.07 Lamar 42,156 43,949 48,499 1,793 4,550 4.25 10.35 Lamb 18,669 15,072 14,709 -3,597 -363 -19.27 -2.41 Lampasas 12,005 13,521 17,762 1,516 4,241 12.63 31.37 La Salle 5,514 5,254 5,866 -260 612 -4.72 11.65 Lavaca 19,004 18,690 19,210 -314 520 -1.65 2.78 Lee 10,952 12,854 15,657 1,902 2,803 17.37 21.81 Leon 9,594 12,665 15,335 3,071 2,670 32.01 21.08 Liberty 47,088 52,726 70,154 5,638 17,428 11.97 33.05 Limestone 20,224 20,946 22,051 722 1,105 3.57 5.28 Lipscomb 3,766 3,143 3,057 -623 -86 -16.54 -2.74 Live Oak 9,606 9,556 12,309 -50 2,753 -0.52 28.81 Llano 10,144 11,631 17,044 1,487 5,413 14.66 46.54 Loving 91 107 67 16 -40 17.58 -37.38 Lubbock 211,651 222,636 242,628 10,985 19,992 5.19 8.98 Lynn 8,605 6,758 6,550 -1,847 -208 -21.46 -3.08 McCulloch 8,735 8,778 8,205 43 -573 0.49 -6.53 McLennan 170,755 189,123 213,517 18,368 24,394 10.76 12.90 McMullen 789 817 851 28 34 3.55 4.16 Madison 10,649 10,931 12,940 282 2,009 2.65 18.38 Marion 10,360 9,984 10,941 -376 957 -3.63 9.59 Martin 4,684 4,956 4,746 272 -210 5.81 -4.24 Mason 3,683 3,423 3,738 -260 315 -7.06 9.20 Matagorda 37,828 36,928 37,957 -900 1,029 -2.38 2.79 Maverick 31,398 36,378 47,297 4,980 10,919 15.86 30.02 Medina 23,164 27,312 39,304 4,148 11,992 17.91 43.91 Menard 2,346 2,252 2,360 -94 108 -4.01 4.80 Midland 82,636 106,611 116,009 23,975 9,398 29.01 8.82 Milam 22,732 22,946 24,238 214 1,292 0.94 5.63 Mills 4,477 4,531 5,151 54 620 1.21 13.68 Mitchell 9,088 8,016 9,698 -1,072 1,682 -11.80 20.98 Montague 17,410 17,274 19,117 -136 1,843 -0.78 10.67 Montgomery 128,487 182,201 293,768 53,714 111,567 41.81 61.23 Moore 16,575 17,865 20,121 1,290 2,256 7.78 12.63 Morris 14,629 13,200 13,048 -1,429 -152 -9.77 -1.15 Motley 1,950 1,532 1,426 -418 -106 -21.44 -6.92 Nacogdoches 46,786 54,753 59,203 7,967 4,450 17.03 8.13 Navarro 35,323 39,926 45,124 4,603 5,198 13.03 13.02 Newton 13,254 13,569 15,072 315 1,503 2.38 11.08 Nolan 17,359 16,594 15,802 -765 -792 -4.41 -4.77 Nueces 268,215 291,145 313,645 22,930 22,500 8.55 7.73 Ochiltree 9,588 9,128 9,006 -460 -122 -4.80 -1.34 Oldham 2,283 2,278 2,185 -5 -93 -0.22 -4.08 Orange 83,838 80,509 84,966 -3,329 4,457 -3.97 5.54 Palo Pinto 24,062 25,055 27,026 993 1,971 4.13 7.87 Panola 20,724 22,035 22,756 1,311 721 6.33 3.27 Parker 44,609 64,785 88,495 20,176 23,710 45.23 36.60 Parmer 11,038 9,863 10,016 -1,175 153 -10.65 1.55 Pecos 14,618 14,675 16,809 57 2,134 0.39 14.54 Polk 24,407 30,687 41,133 6,280 10,446 25.73 34.04 Potter 98,637 97,874 113,546 -763 15,672 -0.77 16.01 Presidio 5,188 6,637 7,304 1,449 667 27.93 10.05 Rains 4,839 6,715 9,139 1,876 2,424 38.77 36.10 Randall 75,062 89,673 104,312 14,611 14,639 19.47 16.32 Reagan 4,135 4,514 3,326 379 -1,188 9.17 -26.32 Real 2,469 2,412 3,047 -57 635 -2.31 26.33 Red River 16,101 14,317 14,314 -1,784 -3 -11.08 -0.02 Reeves 15,801 15,852 13,137 51 -2,715 0.32 -17.13 Refugio 9,289 7,976 7,828 -1,313 -148 -14.13 -1.86 Roberts 1,187 1,025 887 -162 -138 -13.65 -13.46 Robertson 14,653 15,511 16,000 858 489 5.86 3.15 Rockwall 14,528 25,604 43,080 11,076 17,476 76.24 68.25 Runnels 11,872 11,294 11,495 -578 201 -4.87 1.78 Rusk 41,382 43,735 47,372 2,353 3,637 5.69 8.32 Sabine 8,702 9,586 10,469 884 883 10.16 9.21 San Augustine 8,785 7,999 8,946 -786 947 -8.95 11.84 San Jacinto 11,434 16,372 22,246 4,938 5,874 43.19 35.88 San Patricio 58,013 58,749 67,138 736 8,389 1.27 14.28 San Saba 6,204 5,401 6,186 -803 785 -12.94 14.53 Schleicher 2,820 2,990 2,935 170 -55 6.03 -1.84 Scurry 18,192 18,634 16,361 442 -2,273 2.43 -12.20 Shackelford 3,915 3,316 3,302 -599 -14 -15.30 -0.42 Shelby 23,084 22,034 25,224 -1,050 3,190 -4.55 14.48 Sherman 3,174 2,858 3,186 -316 328 -9.96 11.48 Smith 128,366 151,309 174,706 22,943 23,397 17.87 15.46 Somervell 4,154 5,360 6,809 1,206 1,449 29.03 27.03 Starr 27,266 40,518 53,597 13,252 13,079 48.60 32.28 Stephens 9,926 9,010 9,674 -916 664 -9.23 7.37 Sterling 1,206 1,438 1,393 232 -45 19.24 -3.13 Stonewall 2,406 2,013 1,693 -393 -320 -16.33 -15.90 Sutton 5,130 4,135 4,077 -995 -58 -19.40 -1.40 Swisher 9,723 8,133 8,378 -1,590 245 -16.35 3.01 Tarrant 860,880 1,170,103 1,446,219 309,223 276,116 35.92 23.60 Taylor 110,932 119,655 126,555 8,723 6,900 7.86 5.77 Terrell 1,595 1,410 1,081 -185 -329 -11.60 -23.33 Terry 14,581 13,218 12,761 -1,363 -457 -9.35 -3.46 Throckmorton 2,053 1,880 1,850 -173 -30 -8.43 -1.60 Titus 21,442 24,009 28,118 2,567 4,109 11.97 17.11 Tom Green 84,784 98,458 104,010 13,674 5,552 16.13 5.64 Travis 419,573 576,407 812,280 156,834 235,873 37.38 40.92 Trinity 9,450 11,445 13,779 1,995 2,334 21.11 20.39 Tyler 16,223 16,646 20,871 423 4,225 2.61 25.38 Upshur 28,595 31,370 35,291 2,775 3,921 9.70 12.50 Upton 4,619 4,447 3,404 -172 -1,043 -3.72 -23.45 Uvalde 22,441 23,340 25,926 899 2,586 4.01 11.08 Val Verde 35,910 38,721 44,856 2,811 6,135 7.83 15.84 Van Zandt 31,426 37,944 48,140 6,518 10,196 20.74 26.87 Victoria 68,807 74,361 84,088 5,554 9,727 8.07 13.08 Walker 41,789 50,917 61,758 9,128 10,841 21.84 21.29 Waller 19,798 23,390 32,663 3,592 9,273 18.14 39.65 Ward 13,976 13,115 10,909 -861 -2,206 -6.16 -16.82 Washington 21,998 26,154 30,373 4,156 4,219 18.89 16.13 Webb 99,258 133,239 193,117 33,981 59,878 34.24 44.94 Wharton 40,242 39,955 41,188 -287 1,233 -0.71 3.09 Wheeler 7,137 5,879 5,284 -1,258 -595 -17.63 -10.12 Wichita 121,082 122,378 131,664 1,296 9,286 1.07 7.59 Wilbarger 15,931 15,121 14,676 -810 -445 -5.08 -2.94 Willacy 17,495 17,705 20,082 210 2,377 1.20 13.43 Williamson 76,521 139,551 249,967 63,030 110,416 82.37 79.12 Wilson 16,756 22,650 32,408 5,894 9,758 35.18 43.08 Winkler 9,944 8,626 7,173 -1,318 -1,453 -13.25 -16.84 Wise 26,575 34,679 48,793 8,104 14,114 30.49 40.70 Wood 24,697 29,380 36,752 4,683 7,372 18.96 25.09 Yoakum 8,299 8,786 7,322 487 -1,464 5.87 -16.66 Young 19,083 18,126 17,943 -957 -183 -5.01 -1.01 Zapata 6,628 9,279 12,182 2,651 2,903 40.00 31.29 Zavala 11,666 12,162 11,600 496 -562 4.25 -4.62 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________