COG,COG_Name,2000_census_count,july1_2002_pop_est,jan1_2003_pop_est,num_chg_00-02,num_chg_00-03,pct_chg_00-02,pct_chg_00-03 18,Alamo Area,1807868,1881067,1901127,73199,93259,4.0,5.2 05,Ark-Tex,270468,273852,274901,3384,4433,1.3,1.6 13,Brazos Valley,267085,278096,281380,11011,14295,4.1,5.4 12,Capital Area,1346833,1434342,1448465,87509,101632,6.5,7.5 23,Central Texas,374518,384789,386469,10271,11951,2.7,3.2 20,Coastal Bend,549012,551935,552677,2923,3665,0.5,0.7 10,Concho Valley,148212,148216,148273,4,61,0.0,0.0 14,Deep East Texas,355862,362256,363828,6394,7966,1.8,2.2 06,East Texas,745180,764599,769636,19419,24456,2.6,3.3 17,Golden Crescent,183905,186839,187491,2934,3586,1.6,1.9 11,Heart of Texas,321536,328907,330879,7371,9343,2.3,2.9 16,Houston-Galveston,4854454,5108560,5182676,254106,328222,5.2,6.8 21,Lower Rio Grande Valley,924772,992376,1011316,67604,86544,7.3,9.4 24,Middle Rio Grande,154381,156500,156611,2119,2230,1.4,1.4 03,Nortex,224366,224625,224884,259,518,0.1,0.2 04,North Central Texas,5309277,5635922,5712976,326645,403699,6.2,7.6 01,Panhandle,402862,406462,407736,3600,4874,0.9,1.2 09,Permian Basin,376672,377720,379153,1048,2481,0.3,0.7 08,Rio Grande,704318,724772,730908,20454,26590,2.9,3.8 15,South East Texas,385090,386433,386848,1343,1758,0.3,0.5 02,South Plains,377871,380619,381556,2748,3685,0.7,1.0 19,South Texas,264177,283135,287990,18958,23813,7.2,9.0 22,Texoma,178200,184352,186002,6152,7802,3.5,4.4 07,West Central Texas,324901,323519,323129,-1382,-1772,-0.4,-0.5 99,State of Texas,20851820,21779893,22016911,928073,1165091,4.5,5.6