Table 7: Population in 1990 and 2000, Numerical and Percent Change in Population 1990 to 2000 in Council of Governments Regions in Texas ___________________________________________________________________________ Change in Population Population _____________________ ________________ Region 1990 2000 Number Percent ___________________________________________________________________________ Alamo Area 1,487,180 1,807,868 320,688 21.56 Ark-Tex 248,614 270,468 21,854 8.79 Brazos Valley 219,576 267,085 47,509 21.64 Capital Area 919,456 1,346,833 427,377 46.48 Central Texas 309,433 374,518 65,085 21.03 Coastal Bend 500,805 549,012 48,207 9.63 Concho Valley 142,285 148,212 5,927 4.17 Deep East Texas 305,452 355,862 50,410 16.50 East Texas 652,423 745,180 92,757 14.22 Golden Crescent 167,168 183,905 16,737 10.01 Heart of Texas 285,870 321,536 35,666 12.48 Houston-Galveston 3,897,146 4,854,454 957,308 24.56 Lower Rio Grande Valley 661,370 924,772 263,402 39.83 Middle Rio Grande 134,085 154,381 20,296 15.14 Nortex 211,586 224,366 12,780 6.04 North Central Texas 4,111,750 5,309,277 1,197,527 29.12 Panhandle 371,956 402,862 30,906 8.31 Permian Basin 370,784 376,672 5,888 1.59 Rio Grande 615,196 704,318 89,122 14.49 South East Texas 361,226 385,090 23,864 6.61 South Plains 362,182 377,871 15,689 4.33 South Texas 188,145 264,177 76,032 40.41 Texoma 150,602 178,200 27,598 18.33 West Central Texas 312,220 324,901 12,681 4.06 ___________________________________________________________________________