Texas Water Development Board:           
1997 State Water Plan             
Population Projections for 1990 - 2050 by County      
               
COUNTY NAME P1990 P2000 P2010 P2020 P2030 P2040 P2050
ANDERSON 48,024 52,721 54,273 55,744 56,301 56,525 56,608
ANDREWS 14,338 15,796 17,314 18,472 18,998 19,290 19,328
ANGELINA 69,884 77,252 82,800 88,464 94,101 99,436 105,173
ARANSAS 17,892 24,458 28,016 32,576 37,418 41,938 47,646
ARCHER 7,973 8,185 8,453 8,494 8,428 8,243 7,969
ARMSTRONG 2,021 2,028 2,036 2,022 1,978 1,894 1,835
ATASCOSA 30,533 35,893 41,807 47,587 52,911 57,037 59,560
AUSTIN 19,832 22,305 25,197 28,698 32,266 36,061 40,577
BAILEY 7,064 7,315 7,463 7,416 6,358 4,821 3,555
BANDERA 10,562 14,947 17,801 21,754 24,413 27,397 30,745
BASTROP 38,263 47,917 59,430 71,679 83,583 90,915 98,331
BAYLOR 4,385 4,110 3,929 3,420 3,025 2,921 2,822
BEE 25,135 28,291 31,256 34,386 37,002 39,567 42,188
BELL 191,088 231,977 254,642 279,238 297,304 308,139 324,850
BEXAR 1,185,394 1,474,512 1,776,965 2,130,820 2,491,291 2,817,680 3,081,381
BLANCO 5,972 7,468 8,998 10,667 11,910 12,549 12,418
BORDEN 799 807 816 752 661 557 468
BOSQUE 15,125 17,069 19,196 21,542 23,893 25,174 28,142
BOWIE 81,665 86,295 90,607 94,486 97,184 99,122 101,218
BRAZORIA 191,707 227,929 263,258 303,383 355,395 397,728 459,117
BRAZOS 121,862 145,683 179,458 213,466 235,683 259,607 279,145
BREWSTER 8,681 10,330 12,374 14,262 15,777 17,203 18,059
BRISCOE 1,971 1,977 2,043 2,051 2,009 1,964 1,915
BROOKS 8,204 8,981 9,727 10,239 10,385 10,593 10,561
BROWN 34,371 35,189 36,002 36,828 37,065 36,904 36,575
BURLESON 13,625 14,914 16,089 17,210 18,107 18,754 20,056
BURNET 22,677 28,055 34,010 40,536 45,936 47,834 49,810
CALDWELL 26,392 32,158 37,872 43,279 47,086 47,220 47,355
CALHOUN 19,053 21,941 23,864 26,027 28,245 30,576 33,334
CALLAHAN 11,859 11,860 12,230 12,154 11,889 11,130 10,887
CAMERON 260,120 335,173 402,596 473,775 550,913 610,631 648,823
CAMP 9,904 10,552 11,070 11,457 11,651 11,733 13,760
CARSON 6,576 6,804 7,191 7,383 7,538 7,602 7,598
CASS 29,982 30,982 32,163 32,961 33,577 33,806 34,091
CASTRO 9,070 10,000 11,076 11,830 12,126 12,334 12,372
CHAMBERS 20,088 25,271 31,799 40,005 45,081 48,993 51,897
CHEROKEE 41,049 44,077 46,113 48,372 50,782 53,183 55,766
CHILDRESS 5,953 6,085 6,398 6,596 6,784 6,995 7,219
CLAY 10,024 9,610 9,305 8,758 7,917 7,056 6,195
COCHRAN 4,377 4,763 5,158 5,408 5,475 5,499 5,453
COKE 3,424 3,212 3,089 2,984 2,788 2,608 2,420
COLEMAN 9,710 9,203 9,017 8,877 8,581 8,336 8,051
COLLIN 264,036 387,598 527,712 706,997 873,323 1,019,350 1,162,482
COLLINGSWORTH 3,573 3,544 3,627 3,726 3,743 3,735 3,715
COLORADO 18,383 20,028 21,054 22,221 23,204 24,014 24,630
COMAL 51,832 79,378 106,558 144,869 187,464 226,133 267,843
COMANCHE 13,381 13,188 13,312 13,596 13,957 14,293 14,697
CONCHO 3,044 3,116 3,229 3,344 3,385 3,359 3,543
COOKE 30,777 32,139 33,714 35,241 36,360 37,142 37,821
CORYELL 64,213 74,511 86,839 101,400 115,585 122,651 129,454
COTTLE 2,247 2,139 2,076 1,958 1,812 1,638 1,476
CRANE 4,652 5,062 5,864 6,471 7,014 7,348 7,681
CROCKETT 4,078 4,345 4,869 5,146 5,299 5,387 5,464
CROSBY 7,304 7,448 7,486 7,348 6,951 6,899 6,850
CULBERSON 3,407 3,813 4,165 4,395 4,422 4,402 4,314
DALLAM 5,461 5,724 6,090 6,300 6,278 6,206 6,093
DALLAS 1,852,810 2,074,858 2,286,828 2,556,793 2,784,704 3,045,931 3,259,995
DAWSON 14,349 15,009 15,952 16,572 16,710 16,885 16,953
DEAF SMITH 19,153 21,405 23,924 26,098 27,471 28,706 29,769
DELTA 4,857 4,845 4,832 4,848 4,812 4,710 4,560
DENTON 273,525 385,876 523,205 679,279 845,595 985,370 1,135,566
DEWITT 18,840 20,242 21,206 22,367 23,579 24,803 26,061
DICKENS 2,571 2,555 2,580 2,565 2,562 2,547 2,514
DIMMIT 10,433 12,072 13,925 15,791 17,902 20,112 22,546
DONLEY 3,696 3,624 3,495 3,396 3,185 2,964 2,712
DUVAL 12,918 14,510 16,127 17,647 18,950 20,050 21,054
EASTLAND 18,488 17,940 17,546 17,256 16,557 15,792 14,952
ECTOR 118,934 132,668 146,361 159,975 173,892 185,865 193,567
EDWARDS 2,266 2,544 2,833 3,033 3,224 3,355 3,481
EL PASO 591,610 770,533 921,780 1,082,445 1,254,503 1,391,586 1,536,423
ELLIS 84,188 105,805 129,698 155,320 180,459 193,595 204,156
ERATH 27,991 31,253 35,036 36,619 37,324 37,714 38,104
FALLS 17,712 19,014 19,912 20,963 22,163 23,388 24,644
FANNIN 24,804 26,692 26,966 27,408 27,835 28,173 28,396
FAYETTE 20,095 22,628 25,232 28,735 32,214 35,874 40,467
FISHER 4,842 4,842 4,684 4,617 4,397 4,213 4,007
FLOYD 8,497 8,789 9,321 9,625 9,622 9,369 9,101
FOARD 1,794 1,741 1,736 1,731 1,667 1,604 1,513
FORT BEND 225,421 307,920 412,765 545,413 704,684 884,530 1,078,868
FRANKLIN 7,802 9,242 10,760 12,263 13,950 14,886 15,885
FREESTONE 15,818 17,291 17,854 18,382 18,848 19,164 19,433
FRIO 13,472 15,421 17,356 18,993 19,918 20,733 21,343
GAINES 14,123 15,380 16,603 17,262 17,300 17,369 17,438
GALVESTON 217,399 249,048 287,678 335,000 383,957 417,360 438,975
GARZA 5,143 5,302 5,573 5,676 5,545 5,377 5,167
GILLESPIE 17,204 20,700 22,730 25,433 27,153 31,367 34,344
GLASSCOCK 1,447 1,614 1,820 1,971 2,038 2,093 2,139
GOLIAD 5,980 6,408 6,784 7,089 7,161 7,368 7,892
GONZALES 17,205 17,817 18,647 19,305 19,405 19,843 20,292
GRAY 23,967 24,944 26,071 27,146 24,307 23,783 23,291
GRAYSON 95,021 102,119 106,277 110,643 114,702 117,864 120,982
GREGG 104,948 113,599 120,886 128,699 135,804 142,277 149,065
GRIMES 18,828 21,545 24,534 27,302 29,814 29,233 31,926
GUADALUPE 64,873 86,668 111,437 140,370 176,873 203,201 235,139
HALE 34,671 37,246 39,602 41,946 43,598 44,194 44,798
HALL 3,905 3,716 3,666 3,599 3,482 3,366 3,270
HAMILTON 7,733 7,342 7,247 7,193 6,177 5,864 5,447
HANSFORD 5,848 6,069 6,390 6,476 6,381 6,225 5,998
HARDEMAN 5,283 5,265 5,382 5,550 5,650 5,749 5,828
HARDIN 41,320 49,143 53,986 58,387 62,991 68,583 74,674
HARRIS 2,818,199 3,217,689 3,707,869 4,315,000 4,667,749 5,109,533 5,404,722
HARRISON 57,483 61,882 66,131 68,443 67,634 65,217 62,886
HARTLEY 3,634 4,213 4,793 4,862 4,922 5,008 5,089
HASKELL 6,820 6,736 6,881 7,087 7,297 7,514 7,769
HAYS 65,614 88,614 117,201 145,619 180,349 219,637 250,091
HEMPHILL 3,720 3,884 4,119 4,175 4,086 4,003 3,891
HENDERSON 58,543 65,502 72,003 77,767 80,502 81,887 84,567
HIDALGO 383,545 544,999 694,491 858,591 1,054,404 1,228,620 1,404,297
HILL 27,146 27,636 28,572 29,881 31,362 32,840 34,417
HOCKLEY 24,199 26,567 27,983 29,082 28,939 28,402 27,467
HOOD 28,981 35,954 44,229 53,440 62,658 68,568 72,353
HOPKINS 28,833 29,734 30,714 31,382 31,490 31,217 30,759
HOUSTON 21,375 22,800 23,570 24,512 25,552 26,448 27,509
HOWARD 32,343 33,178 34,136 34,617 33,974 33,164 32,264
HUDSPETH 2,915 3,282 3,631 3,884 3,995 4,054 4,060
HUNT 64,343 71,333 78,035 83,252 87,034 88,519 91,693
HUTCHINSON 25,689 26,101 26,862 27,112 26,538 25,763 24,883
IRION 1,629 1,676 1,661 1,601 1,553 1,397 1,292
JACK 6,981 7,148 7,530 7,896 8,358 8,865 9,352
JACKSON 13,039 14,748 14,984 15,040 15,058 15,076 15,085
JASPER 31,102 33,154 34,985 36,754 38,780 40,509 42,257
JEFF DAVIS 1,946 2,188 2,355 2,473 2,487 2,479 2,489
JEFFERSON 239,397 258,663 268,015 277,369 283,123 289,570 296,555
JIM HOGG 5,109 6,176 7,401 8,717 9,791 10,499 11,238
JIM WELLS 37,679 40,757 43,592 45,733 46,100 46,071 45,645
JOHNSON 98,144 120,594 146,621 173,369 200,978 225,253 245,332
JONES 16,490 17,113 18,100 18,935 19,809 20,618 21,557
KARNES 12,455 14,578 14,835 16,322 17,460 18,457 19,353
KAUFMAN 52,220 63,741 76,272 89,203 100,144 107,283 112,964
KENDALL 14,589 17,129 19,752 22,435 25,007 27,906 31,140
KENEDY 460 485 520 504 457 405 357
KENT 1,010 979 976 906 819 735 635
KERR 36,304 43,278 50,096 58,053 65,707 70,238 71,993
KIMBLE 4,122 4,011 4,005 4,000 3,865 3,736 3,632
KING 354 362 350 325 270 213 165
KINNEY 3,119 3,350 3,500 3,584 3,092 2,668 2,302
KLEBERG 30,274 36,272 42,058 46,262 49,750 52,585 55,313
KNOX 4,837 4,905 5,134 5,339 5,512 5,617 5,731
LA SALLE 5,254 6,092 6,748 7,285 7,562 7,854 8,034
LAMAR 43,949 46,148 48,553 51,303 54,061 56,792 59,499
LAMB 15,072 15,701 16,812 17,666 18,150 18,613 18,934
LAMPASAS 13,521 16,785 18,317 19,509 20,154 20,820 21,935
LAVACA 18,690 20,764 21,507 22,193 23,264 24,398 25,648
LEE 12,854 14,133 15,586 16,984 18,144 19,408 20,812
LEON 12,665 14,254 16,061 17,937 19,637 21,459 23,199
LIBERTY 52,726 58,738 66,053 75,000 85,158 92,600 100,691
LIMESTONE 20,946 22,501 23,500 24,625 25,785 26,814 27,883
LIPSCOMB 3,143 3,243 3,384 3,418 3,408 3,353 3,243
LIVE OAK 9,556 10,019 10,526 10,954 11,266 11,583 11,857
LLANO 11,631 12,887 13,372 14,538 14,800 15,361 16,745
LOVING 107 105 98 84 74 62 49
LUBBOCK 222,636 242,837 261,695 279,223 294,044 306,038 315,784
LYNN 6,758 7,057 7,401 7,612 7,529 7,375 7,145
MADISON 10,931 11,210 11,547 11,684 11,548 11,161 10,543
MARION 9,984 9,702 9,422 9,111 8,547 8,018 7,456
MARTIN 4,956 5,359 5,796 6,118 6,144 6,150 6,068
MASON 3,423 3,343 3,379 3,399 3,394 3,367 3,340
MATAGORDA 36,928 41,018 45,805 51,008 56,834 63,211 70,902
MAVERICK 36,378 47,836 57,220 65,076 71,224 79,559 89,760
MCCULLOCH 8,778 8,780 8,783 8,840 8,642 8,470 8,199
MCLENNAN 189,123 219,037 244,417 259,381 275,041 288,276 300,877
MCMULLEN 817 792 769 700 577 463 363
MEDINA 27,312 33,349 38,069 42,299 44,945 46,969 49,556
MENARD 2,252 2,263 2,283 2,321 2,310 2,304 2,301
MIDLAND 106,611 129,180 146,713 164,643 182,463 203,973 223,094
MILAM 22,946 25,200 26,490 27,631 28,825 29,975 31,072
MILLS 4,531 4,774 4,888 5,049 5,154 5,200 5,247
MITCHELL 8,016 9,935 10,062 10,092 9,853 9,642 9,322
MONTAGUE 17,274 16,583 16,243 15,911 15,228 14,566 13,869
MONTGOMERY 182,201 252,890 329,131 419,954 522,783 632,174 742,588
MOORE 17,865 20,262 22,828 25,448 27,879 30,212 32,865
MORRIS 13,200 13,265 13,319 13,068 12,681 12,150 11,617
MOTLEY 1,532 1,474 1,416 1,322 1,229 1,106 967
NACOGDOCHES 54,753 63,382 72,560 82,400 95,373 107,184 117,624
NAVARRO 39,926 42,441 45,665 48,265 50,691 51,563 53,312
NEWTON 13,569 14,284 14,914 15,186 15,244 14,980 14,579
NOLAN 16,594 17,155 17,792 18,224 18,034 17,723 17,305
NUECES 291,145 332,581 374,552 422,288 470,779 520,861 565,502
OCHILTREE 9,128 9,647 10,235 10,584 10,534 10,391 10,162
OLDHAM 2,278 2,393 2,538 2,563 2,531 2,418 2,280
ORANGE 80,509 89,511 96,702 101,613 107,413 113,998 120,056
PALO PINTO 25,055 26,661 28,449 30,123 31,886 33,052 34,741
PANOLA 22,035 23,600 24,757 25,349 25,400 24,692 23,983
PARKER 64,785 80,436 99,095 118,287 139,094 156,023 171,216
PARMER 9,863 10,686 11,643 12,438 12,770 13,066 13,276
PECOS 14,675 16,598 18,415 19,584 19,941 20,154 20,150
POLK 30,687 39,486 44,080 49,619 55,863 60,733 65,124
POTTER 97,874 105,666 112,611 121,963 129,728 137,989 145,299
PRESIDIO 6,637 8,706 11,175 14,055 17,064 17,929 18,799
RAINS 6,715 7,444 8,210 8,870 9,436 9,807 10,506
RANDALL 89,673 109,206 129,031 148,527 167,741 190,200 216,418
REAGAN 4,514 5,032 5,566 5,960 6,095 6,782 7,008
REAL 2,412 2,534 2,599 2,654 2,706 2,758 2,809
RED RIVER 14,317 13,871 13,529 13,113 12,277 11,395 10,483
REEVES 15,852 17,580 19,356 20,812 21,541 22,127 22,546
REFUGIO 7,976 8,421 8,844 9,110 9,081 9,020 8,896
ROBERTS 1,025 1,056 1,111 1,088 1,033 961 847
ROBERTSON 15,511 16,631 17,977 19,252 20,195 21,078 22,273
ROCKWALL 25,604 41,174 61,392 88,135 121,288 160,588 203,530
RUNNELS 11,294 11,678 12,329 13,038 13,811 14,532 15,299
RUSK 43,735 47,194 49,939 54,285 58,722 61,532 63,245
SABINE 9,586 10,686 11,575 12,202 12,447 12,775 13,137
SAN AUGUSTINE 7,999 8,245 8,661 8,994 9,472 9,681 9,892
SAN JACINTO 16,372 21,450 26,625 31,711 36,222 40,573 45,406
SAN PATRICIO 58,749 69,951 79,414 89,780 96,762 106,481 118,085
SAN SABA 5,401 5,497 5,470 5,419 5,247 5,144 4,989
SCHLEICHER 2,990 3,190 3,459 3,613 3,650 3,664 3,656
SCURRY 18,634 19,953 21,311 22,349 23,082 23,487 24,028
SHACKELFORD 3,316 3,252 3,248 3,179 2,955 2,709 2,459
SHELBY 22,034 23,059 23,937 24,942 26,043 27,033 28,017
SHERMAN 2,858 2,963 3,048 3,052 2,910 2,768 2,608
SMITH 151,309 170,890 185,669 195,005 202,477 208,824 212,895
SOMERVELL 5,360 5,849 6,398 6,784 6,852 6,986 7,705
STARR 40,518 57,899 80,028 108,820 145,805 169,221 187,771
STEPHENS 9,010 9,152 9,306 9,314 9,207 9,077 8,954
STERLING 1,438 1,558 1,721 1,836 1,876 1,899 1,846
STONEWALL 2,013 2,017 2,021 1,986 1,918 1,823 1,725
SUTTON 4,135 4,577 4,954 5,197 5,187 5,149 5,073
SWISHER 8,133 8,794 9,385 9,964 10,462 10,986 11,431
TARRANT 1,170,103 1,415,759 1,594,218 1,798,893 1,915,375 2,111,193 2,205,610
TAYLOR 119,655 138,592 147,793 157,596 166,192 172,239 177,265
TERRELL 1,410 1,482 1,582 1,603 1,581 1,561 1,541
TERRY 13,218 14,616 16,072 17,271 18,309 19,172 19,914
THROCKMORTON 1,880 1,857 1,851 1,810 1,737 1,655 1,577
TITUS 24,009 25,612 27,412 29,391 30,638 31,517 32,186
TOM GREEN 98,458 114,654 130,224 144,696 158,615 172,681 185,762
TRAVIS 576,407 744,080 892,047 1,096,329 1,288,441 1,413,420 1,550,521
TRINITY 11,445 12,084 12,652 13,078 13,527 14,156 15,064
TYLER 16,646 18,860 21,094 24,053 26,490 27,788 28,447
UPSHUR 31,370 35,160 38,348 41,271 43,680 45,394 46,810
UPTON 4,447 4,894 5,411 5,728 5,812 5,847 5,837
UVALDE 23,340 26,466 29,756 32,788 35,595 38,087 40,565
VAL VERDE 38,721 47,276 51,550 55,033 56,895 61,625 66,846
VAN ZANDT 37,944 42,451 45,922 48,123 47,520 45,684 43,713
VICTORIA 74,361 81,909 89,539 96,977 104,205 111,710 120,836
WALKER 50,917 62,556 71,180 78,858 89,636 96,932 101,630
WALLER 23,390 28,260 36,337 44,071 52,016 60,549 71,245
WARD 13,115 13,969 14,822 15,206 14,956 14,508 13,885
WASHINGTON 26,154 30,126 33,180 35,599 36,561 35,711 33,006
WEBB 133,239 202,873 271,481 354,901 463,015 486,960 529,549
WHARTON 39,955 42,673 46,218 49,845 53,608 57,491 61,759
WHEELER 5,879 5,919 5,959 5,974 6,021 6,032 6,043
WICHITA 122,378 130,193 136,455 142,350 145,473 147,740 146,874
WILBARGER 15,121 15,515 16,069 16,649 16,982 17,093 17,103
WILLACY 17,705 20,158 22,585 24,630 26,015 26,991 27,789
WILLIAMSON 139,551 226,842 347,410 520,307 631,068 722,719 805,868
WILSON 22,650 26,578 30,757 34,597 36,953 39,332 42,972
WINKLER 8,626 9,282 10,042 10,599 10,764 10,875 10,820
WISE 34,679 39,743 45,428 50,540 55,596 56,476 56,631
WOOD 29,380 32,875 35,454 37,085 36,720 34,613 30,898
YOAKUM 8,786 9,976 11,417 12,567 13,600 14,466 15,353
YOUNG 18,126 18,012 17,997 17,849 17,699 17,550 17,225
ZAPATA 9,279 13,328 18,900 26,399 35,353 48,159 66,036
ZAVALA 12,162 13,619 14,584 15,117 15,789 16,770 18,203
TEXAS STATE TOTAL 16,986,510 20,230,584 23,491,920 27,280,478 30,673,901 33,839,709 36,670,967