COG,COG_Name,2000_census_count,july1_2005_pop_est,jan1_2006_pop_est,num_chg_00-05,num_chg_00-06,pct_chg_00-05,pct_chg_00-06 18,Alamo Area,1807868,1983712,2000230,175844,192362,9.7,10.6 05,Ark-Tex,270468,277653,278045,7185,7577,2.7,2.8 13,Brazos Valley,267085,281276,281574,14191,14489,5.3,5.4 12,Capital Area,1346833,1565700,1592836,218867,246003,16.3,18.3 23,Central Texas,374518,401153,406099,26635,31581,7.1,8.4 20,Coastal Bend,549012,556982,557081,7970,8069,1.5,1.5 10,Concho Valley,148212,146764,146278,-1448,-1934,-1.0,-1.3 14,Deep East Texas,355862,367942,368675,12080,12813,3.4,3.6 06,East Texas,745180,783533,786563,38353,41383,5.1,5.6 17,Golden Crescent,183905,187104,187123,3199,3218,1.7,1.7 11,Heart of Texas,321536,334580,336165,13044,14629,4.1,4.5 16,Houston-Galveston,4854454,5413203,5463804,558749,609350,11.5,12.6 21,Lower Rio Grande Valley,924772,1076639,1089631,151867,164859,16.4,17.8 24,Middle Rio Grande,154381,161595,161909,7214,7528,4.7,4.9 03,Nortex,224366,220871,220866,-3495,-3500,-1.6,-1.6 04,North Central Texas,5309277,5972378,6032590,663101,723313,12.5,13.6 01,Panhandle,402862,410936,411663,8074,8801,2.0,2.2 09,Permian Basin,376672,378897,378751,2225,2079,0.6,0.6 08,Rio Grande,704318,751925,757506,47607,53188,6.8,7.6 15,South East Texas,385090,381764,379920,-3326,-5170,-0.9,-1.3 02,South Plains,377871,382941,383062,5070,5191,1.3,1.4 19,South Texas,264177,308443,312279,44266,48102,16.8,18.2 22,Texoma,178200,190006,190850,11806,12650,6.6,7.1 07,West Central Texas,324901,323971,323643,-930,-1258,-0.3,-0.4 99,State of Texas,20851820,22859968,23047143,2008148,2195323,9.6,10.5