COG,COG_Name,2000_census_count,july1_2007_pop_est,jan1_2008_pop_est,num_chg_00-07,num_chg_00-08,pct_chg_00-07,pct_chg_00-08
18,Alamo Area,1807868,2085038,2106735,277170,298867,15.3,16.5
05,Ark-Tex,270468,280965,281302,10497,10834,3.9,4.0
13,Brazos Valley,267085,290745,291641,23660,24556,8.9,9.2
12,Capital Area,1346833,1677743,1702636,330910,355803,24.6,26.4
23,Central Texas,374518,417553,420822,43035,46304,11.5,12.4
20,Coastal Bend,549012,559933,560568,10921,11556,2.0,2.1
10,Concho Valley,148212,147145,147240,-1067,-972,-0.7,-0.7
14,Deep East Texas,355862,371009,371663,15147,15801,4.3,4.4
06,East Texas,745180,801389,803804,56209,58624,7.5,7.9
17,Golden Crescent,183905,188462,188739,4557,4834,2.5,2.6
11,Heart of Texas,321536,338943,339730,17407,18194,5.4,5.7
16,Houston-Galveston,4854454,5739300,5796975,884846,942521,18.2,19.4
21,Lower Rio Grande Valley,924772,1132138,1138872,207366,214100,22.4,23.2
24,Middle Rio Grande,154381,162134,162498,7753,8117,5.0,5.3
03,Nortex,224366,223019,222992,-1347,-1374,-0.6,-0.6
04,North Central Texas,5309277,6297816,6367422,988539,1058145,18.6,19.9
01,Panhandle,402862,418924,420962,16062,18100,4.0,4.5
09,Permian Basin,376672,389036,390058,12364,13386,3.3,3.6
08,Rio Grande,704318,773497,775790,69179,71472,9.8,10.1
15,South East Texas,385090,381452,381731,-3638,-3359,-0.9,-0.9
02,South Plains,377871,390978,393665,13107,15794,3.5,4.2
19,South Texas,264177,319967,321935,55790,57758,21.1,21.9
22,Texoma,178200,193067,193467,14867,15267,8.3,8.6
07,West Central Texas,324901,324127,324170,-774,-731,-0.2,-0.2
99,State of Texas,20851820,23904380,24105417,3052560,3253597,14.6,15.6