COG03,COG,2000_census_count,july1_2004_pop_est,jan1_2005_pop_est,num_chg_00-04,num_chg_00-05,pct_chg_00-04,pct_chg_00-05 18,Alamo Area,1807868,1950684,1969797,142816,161929,7.9,9.0 05,Ark-Tex,270468,276933,278270,6465,7802,2.4,2.9 13,Brazos Valley,267085,280681,281392,13596,14307,5.1,5.4 12,Capital Area,1346833,1513038,1531329,166205,184496,12.3,13.7 23,Central Texas,374518,391528,392473,17010,17955,4.5,4.8 20,Coastal Bend,549012,556774,558875,7762,9863,1.4,1.8 10,Concho Valley,148212,147789,147741,-423,-471,-0.3,-0.3 14,Deep East Texas,355862,366762,368842,10900,12980,3.1,3.6 06,East Texas,745180,777657,781684,32477,36504,4.4,4.9 17,Golden Crescent,183905,186947,187003,3042,3098,1.7,1.7 11,Heart of Texas,321536,331449,331213,9913,9677,3.1,3.0 16,Houston-Galveston,4854454,5312294,5369746,457840,515292,9.4,10.6 21,Lower Rio Grande Valley,924772,1050830,1065858,126058,141086,13.6,15.3 24,Middle Rio Grande,154381,160891,162225,6510,7844,4.2,5.1 03,Nortex,224366,220803,219364,-3563,-5002,-1.6,-2.2 04,North Central Texas,5309277,5853796,5910328,544519,601051,10.3,11.3 01,Panhandle,402862,409383,410058,6521,7196,1.6,1.8 09,Permian Basin,376672,379383,379720,2711,3048,0.7,0.8 08,Rio Grande,704318,740795,744871,36477,40553,5.2,5.8 15,South East Texas,385090,385336,385300,246,210,0.1,0.1 02,South Plains,377871,382452,382006,4581,4135,1.2,1.1 19,South Texas,264177,300701,305301,36524,41124,13.8,15.6 22,Texoma,178200,188273,189461,10073,11261,5.7,6.3 07,West Central Texas,324901,324843,325794,-58,893,-0.0,0.3 99,State of Texas,20851820,22490022,22678651,1638202,1826831,7.9,8.8