COG,COG_Name,2000_census_count,july1_2001_pop_est,jan1_2002_pop_est,num_chg_00-01,num_chg_00-02,pct_chg_00-01,pct_chg_00-02 18,Alamo Area,1807868,1842798,1857448,34930,49580,1.9,2.7 05,Ark-Tex,270468,271930,271693,1462,1225,0.5,0.5 13,Brazos Valley,267085,271300,273208,4215,6123,1.6,2.3 12,Capital Area,1346833,1405701,1428551,58868,81718,4.4,6.1 23,Central Texas,374518,381511,384588,6993,10070,1.9,2.7 20,Coastal Bend,549012,550473,551986,1461,2974,0.3,0.5 10,Concho Valley,148212,147931,148128,-281,-84,-0.2,-0.1 14,Deep East Texas,355862,359383,361181,3521,5319,1.0,1.5 06,East Texas,745180,755281,759903,10101,14723,1.4,2.0 17,Golden Crescent,183905,185593,186537,1688,2632,0.9,1.4 11,Heart of Texas,321536,325242,326973,3706,5437,1.2,1.7 16,Houston-Galveston,4854454,4967948,5013590,113494,159136,2.3,3.3 21,Lower Rio Grande Valley,924772,955874,967926,31102,43154,3.4,4.7 24,Middle Rio Grande,154381,156290,157260,1909,2879,1.2,1.9 03,Nortex,224366,224244,224519,-122,153,-0.1,0.1 04,North Central Texas,5309277,5488028,5557320,178751,248043,3.4,4.7 01,Panhandle,402862,404108,405110,1246,2248,0.3,0.6 09,Permian Basin,376672,375095,375027,-1577,-1645,-0.4,-0.4 08,Rio Grande,704318,713054,717261,8736,12943,1.2,1.8 15,South East Texas,385090,385208,386022,118,932,0.0,0.2 02,South Plains,377871,379043,379929,1172,2058,0.3,0.5 19,South Texas,264177,273745,277476,9568,13299,3.6,5.0 22,Texoma,178200,181054,182411,2854,4211,1.6,2.4 07,West Central Texas,324901,324184,324508,-717,-393,-0.2,-0.1 99,State of Texas,20851820,21325018,21518555,473198,666735,2.3,3.2