Table 2.13 Population in 2000 and Projected Population in 2040 by Race/Ethnicity, and Numerical and Percent Change in Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2000-2040, under the 1.0 Projection Scenario for Council of Government Regions in Texas, Ranked by Percent Population Change, 2000-2040 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Change in Population Population ______________________ ______________________ Rank COG 2000 2040 Number Percent _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Anglo 1 Capital Area Planning Council 848,497 1,812,033 963,536 113.6 2 North Central Texas Council of Governments 3,203,159 4,443,409 1,240,250 38.7 3 Alamo Area Council of Governments 769,661 875,144 105,483 13.7 4 Brazos Valley Council of Governments 179,746 203,432 23,686 13.2 5 Deep East Texas Council of Governments 262,411 281,720 19,309 7.4 6 East Texas Council of Governments 551,053 536,200 -14,853 -2.7 7 Central Texas Council of Governments 232,968 226,044 -6,924 -3.0 8 South Texas Development Council 13,098 12,235 -863 -6.6 9 Texoma Council of Governments 151,821 135,259 -16,562 -10.9 10 Houston-Galveston Area Council 2,383,452 2,122,363 -261,089 -11.0 11 Panhandle Regional Planning Commission 280,519 214,842 -65,677 -23.4 12 Coastal Bend Council of Governments 211,723 157,344 -54,379 -25.7 13 Heart of Texas Council of Governments 217,328 160,422 -56,906 -26.2 14 Middle Rio Grande Development Council 28,722 20,012 -8,710 -30.3 15 NORTEX Regional Planning Commission 177,785 122,346 -55,439 -31.2 16 Ark-Tex Council of Governments 202,570 137,395 -65,175 -32.2 17 Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission 107,013 71,008 -36,005 -33.6 18 West Central Texas Council of Governments 243,287 161,324 -81,963 -33.7 19 Concho Valley Council of Governments 94,577 59,159 -35,418 -37.4 20 South East Texas Regional Planning Commission 248,509 149,035 -99,474 -40.0 21 Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council 112,088 65,900 -46,188 -41.2 22 South Plains Association of Governments 222,776 128,014 -94,762 -42.5 23 Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission 204,766 93,467 -111,299 -54.4 24 Rio Grande Council of Governments 127,187 37,379 -89,808 -70.6 Black 1 Capital Area Planning Council 105,005 260,329 155,324 147.9 2 Central Texas Council of Governments 69,989 164,393 94,404 134.9 3 North Central Texas Council of Governments 733,657 1,514,683 781,026 106.5 4 Houston-Galveston Area Council 823,761 1,234,771 411,010 49.9 5 Alamo Area Council of Governments 110,387 163,728 53,341 48.3 6 Middle Rio Grande Development Council 1,173 1,676 503 42.9 7 Panhandle Regional Planning Commission 18,996 26,666 7,670 40.4 8 West Central Texas Council of Governments 17,648 23,998 6,350 36.0 9 Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council 3,453 4,450 997 28.9 10 Coastal Bend Council of Governments 20,925 26,681 5,756 27.5 11 NORTEX Regional Planning Commission 16,641 20,852 4,211 25.3 12 Concho Valley Council of Governments 4,825 5,996 1,171 24.3 13 Brazos Valley Council of Governments 37,734 46,690 8,956 23.7 14 South Plains Association of Governments 24,546 28,925 4,379 17.8 15 South East Texas Regional Planning Commission 95,835 112,534 16,699 17.4 16 Texoma Council of Governments 10,487 12,159 1,672 15.9 17 Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission 12,321 14,241 1,920 15.6 18 Heart of Texas Council of Governments 48,260 55,354 7,094 14.7 19 South Texas Development Council 376 428 52 13.8 20 Deep East Texas Council of Governments 58,721 62,486 3,765 6.4 21 East Texas Council of Governments 122,190 129,203 7,013 5.7 22 Ark-Tex Council of Governments 45,866 47,769 1,903 4.1 23 Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission 18,795 19,545 750 4.0 24 Rio Grande Council of Governments 20,062 17,792 -2,270 -11.3 Hispanic 1 East Texas Council of Governments 64,942 577,898 512,956 789.9 2 North Central Texas Council of Governments 1,137,181 9,420,583 8,283,402 728.4 3 South East Texas Regional Planning Commission 30,832 234,609 203,777 660.9 4 Capital Area Planning Council 340,603 2,375,420 2,034,817 597.4 5 Texoma Council of Governments 12,899 74,940 62,041 481.0 6 Houston-Galveston Area Council 1,389,915 7,919,349 6,529,434 469.8 7 Deep East Texas Council of Governments 31,203 166,005 134,802 432.0 8 Heart of Texas Council of Governments 51,962 270,235 218,273 420.1 9 Central Texas Council of Governments 58,932 267,121 208,189 353.3 10 Brazos Valley Council of Governments 41,712 151,226 109,514 262.5 11 Ark-Tex Council of Governments 19,212 67,610 48,398 251.9 12 Panhandle Regional Planning Commission 96,005 323,046 227,041 236.5 13 NORTEX Regional Planning Commission 25,271 83,706 58,435 231.2 14 Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council 803,045 2,484,939 1,681,894 209.4 15 South Texas Development Council 249,428 766,218 516,790 207.2 16 Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission 62,413 140,812 78,399 125.6 17 Rio Grande Council of Governments 547,124 1,177,045 629,921 115.1 18 Coastal Bend Council of Governments 308,190 642,168 333,978 108.4 19 Concho Valley Council of Governments 47,054 97,236 50,182 106.6 20 Alamo Area Council of Governments 894,135 1,844,808 950,673 106.3 21 Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission 148,982 304,146 155,164 104.1 22 West Central Texas Council of Governments 60,191 119,732 59,541 98.9 23 South Plains Association of Governments 125,376 228,922 103,546 82.6 24 Middle Rio Grande Development Council 123,059 188,436 65,377 53.1 Other 1 Alamo Area Council of Governments 33,685 252,844 219,159 650.6 2 North Central Texas Council of Governments 235,280 1,712,423 1,477,143 627.8 3 Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council 6,186 44,087 37,901 612.7 4 Central Texas Council of Governments 12,629 87,714 75,085 594.5 5 Capital Area Planning Council 52,728 354,753 302,025 572.8 6 Houston-Galveston Area Council 257,326 1,607,007 1,349,681 524.5 7 South Texas Development Council 1,275 7,460 6,185 485.1 8 Coastal Bend Council of Governments 8,174 47,466 39,292 480.7 9 South East Texas Regional Planning Commission 9,914 56,668 46,754 471.6 10 Heart of Texas Council of Governments 3,986 20,013 16,027 402.1 11 Texoma Council of Governments 2,993 14,547 11,554 386.0 12 East Texas Council of Governments 6,995 32,501 25,506 364.6 13 Rio Grande Council of Governments 9,945 41,967 32,022 322.0 14 West Central Texas Council of Governments 3,775 15,757 11,982 317.4 15 Concho Valley Council of Governments 1,756 6,923 5,167 294.2 16 Panhandle Regional Planning Commission 7,342 28,915 21,573 293.8 17 NORTEX Regional Planning Commission 4,669 18,363 13,694 293.3 18 Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission 2,158 7,885 5,727 265.4 19 South Plains Association of Governments 5,173 18,345 13,172 254.6 20 Deep East Texas Council of Governments 3,527 11,841 8,314 235.7 21 Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission 4,129 13,858 9,729 235.6 22 Brazos Valley Council of Governments 7,893 24,063 16,170 204.9 23 Middle Rio Grande Development Council 1,427 3,773 2,346 164.4 24 Ark-Tex Council of Governments 2,820 6,743 3,923 139.1 ___________________________________ Source: Texas Population Estimates and Projections Program, Projections of the Population of Texas and Counties in Texas by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity for 2000-2040, 2001. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________