Texas Population Estimates and Projections Programs

1. To allow the State of Texas to actively participate in the U.S. Bureau of Census population estimates and projections programs.

2. To produce annual estimates of the total populations of counties and places in the state and estimates of county populations by age, sex, and race/ethnicity.

3. To produce biennial projections of the population of the state and all counties in the state by age, sex and race/ethnicity.

Estimates and projections of the programs are used by more than 500 entities per year. Some of the public agency users include:

• Governor's Office (for numerous purposes)
• Legislative Budget Board (for budget planning)
• Legislative Council (for redistricting planning)
• Comptroller's Office (as a basis for their estimates for regions)
• Texas Department of Transportation (for facility, route and highway construction planning)
• Texas National Guard (to guide their recruiting efforts and estimate future manpower needs)
• Department of Human Services (to increase accuracy of their service projections)
• Texas Department of Economic Development
• Numerous other state agencies and public organizations
• Numerous County Judges and Other local official (for redistricting and other purposes)

• Texas Population Estimates Program
  
• Texas Population Projections Program