cog,2000_census_count,july1_2003_pop_est,jan1_2004_pop_est,num_chg_00-03,num_chg_00-04,pct_chg_00-03,pct_chg_00-04 Alamo Area,1807868,1912543,1928895,104675,121027,5.8,6.7 Ark-Tex,270468,274327,274610,3859,4142,1.4,1.5 Brazos Valley,267085,279499,280128,12414,13043,4.6,4.9 Capital Area,1346833,1476863,1498632,130030,151799,9.7,11.3 Central Texas,374518,389242,391437,14724,16919,3.9,4.5 Coastal Bend,549012,552673,552657,3661,3645,0.7,0.7 Concho Valley,148212,147753,147563,-459,-649,-0.3,-0.4 Deep East Texas,355862,362633,362801,6771,6939,1.9,1.9 East Texas,745180,768941,770568,23761,25388,3.2,3.4 Golden Crescent,183905,186872,186932,2967,3027,1.6,1.6 Heart of Texas,321536,331361,332614,9825,11078,3.1,3.4 Houston-Galveston,4854454,5200509,5247859,346055,393405,7.1,8.1 Lower Rio Grande Valley,924772,1021478,1036636,96706,111864,10.5,12.1 Middle Rio Grande,154381,158369,159374,3988,4993,2.6,3.2 Nortex,224366,223769,223397,-597,-969,-0.3,-0.4 North Central Texas,5309277,5743153,5799738,433876,490461,8.2,9.2 Panhandle,402862,408167,408684,5305,5822,1.3,1.4 Permian Basin,376672,378853,379345,2181,2673,0.6,0.7 Rio Grande,704318,732890,737203,28572,32885,4.1,4.7 South East Texas,385090,385097,384428,7,-662,0.0,-0.2 South Plains,377871,383159,384483,5288,6612,1.4,1.7 South Texas,264177,291774,296234,27597,32057,10.4,12.1 Texoma,178200,186047,186825,7847,8625,4.4,4.8 West Central Texas,324901,322537,321977,-2364,-2924,-0.7,-0.9 State of Texas,20851820,22118509,22293020,1266689,1441200,6.1,6.9