COG,COG_Name,2000_census_count,july1_2006_pop_est,jan1_2007_pop_est,num_chg_00-06,num_chg_00-07,pct_chg_00-06,pct_chg_00-07 18,Alamo Area,1807868,2041711,2070722,233843,262854,12.9,14.5 05,Ark-Tex,270468,280405,281688,9937,11220,3.7,4.1 13,Brazos Valley,267085,288235,291720,21150,24635,7.9,9.2 12,Capital Area,1346833,1628754,1660876,281921,314043,20.9,23.3 23,Central Texas,374518,410981,415966,36463,41448,9.7,11.1 20,Coastal Bend,549012,558894,559624,9882,10612,1.8,1.9 10,Concho Valley,148212,146676,146647,-1536,-1565,-1.0,-1.1 14,Deep East Texas,355862,369852,370552,13990,14690,3.9,4.1 06,East Texas,745180,796519,802803,51339,57623,6.9,7.7 17,Golden Crescent,183905,187987,188408,4082,4503,2.2,2.4 11,Heart of Texas,321536,337119,338314,15583,16778,4.8,5.2 16,Houston-Galveston,4854454,5625949,5734497,771495,880043,15.9,18.1 21,Lower Rio Grande Valley,924772,1118690,1139581,193918,214809,21.0,23.2 24,Middle Rio Grande,154381,161429,161272,7048,6891,4.6,4.5 03,Nortex,224366,223143,224229,-1223,-137,-0.5,-0.1 04,North Central Texas,5309277,6161799,6258112,852522,948835,16.1,17.9 01,Panhandle,402862,414473,416129,11611,13267,2.9,3.3 09,Permian Basin,376672,387043,391199,10371,14527,2.8,3.9 08,Rio Grande,704318,769270,777528,64952,73210,9.2,10.4 15,South East Texas,385090,380367,379709,-4723,-5381,-1.2,-1.4 02,South Plains,377871,385869,387190,7998,9319,2.1,2.5 19,South Texas,264177,316145,319768,51968,55591,19.7,21.0 22,Texoma,178200,192332,193405,14132,15205,7.9,8.5 07,West Central Texas,324901,324141,324267,-760,-634,-0.2,-0.2 99,State of Texas,20851820,23507783,23834206,2655963,2982386,12.7,14.3