Texas Water Development Board:
1997 State Water Plan Population and Water Demand Projections
for the State and 16 Regional Water Planning Groups
REGION POPULATION PROJECTIONS
Region	Data Category	P1990	P2000	P2010	P2020	P2030	P2040	P2050
Panhandle (A)	Population	323,766	357,091	391,483	425,410	451,007	481,868	515,359
Region B	Population	190,352	197,282	203,737	208,968	210,304	210,672	207,660
Region C	Population	4,078,314	4,870,498	5,634,284	6,547,997	7,331,328	8,158,567	8,843,253
North East Texas (D)	Population	622,239	670,413	713,254	748,144	767,691	775,288	784,058
Far West Texas (E)	Population	616,606	800,334	957,062	1,123,117	1,299,829	1,439,214	1,585,685
Region F	Population	565,212	631,807	692,907	749,153	797,323	845,717	884,707
Brazos (G)	Population	1,335,237	1,595,092	1,872,193	2,191,635	2,425,947	2,612,015	2,788,634
Region H	Population	3,871,883	4,536,402	5,326,112	6,291,650	7,055,922	7,903,416	8,627,029
East Texas (I)	Population	921,354	1,015,728	1,082,525	1,144,627	1,204,114	1,258,634	1,310,152
Plateau (J)	Population	93,384	113,929	128,379	144,111	156,037	168,041	178,176
Lower Colorado (K)	Population	810,328	1,023,941	1,219,981	1,478,673	1,721,689	1,890,821	2,069,951
South Central Texas (L)	Population	1,695,584	2,098,289	2,517,033	3,001,339	3,501,338	3,952,316	4,347,355
Rio Grande (M)	Population	885,893	1,228,442	1,554,702	1,920,909	2,356,520	2,660,640	2,965,263
Coastal Bend (N)	Population	492,829	567,097	636,557	711,069	779,446	850,597	918,571
Llano Estacato (O)	Population	438,490	474,897	510,605	540,942	560,759	575,188	586,156
Lavaca (P)	Population	45,039	49,342	51,106	52,734	54,647	56,715	58,958
State Total	Population	16,986,510	20,230,584	23,491,920	27,280,478	30,673,901	33,839,709	36,670,967
REGION WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS (in acft)
Region	Data Category	D1990	D2000	D2010	D2020	D2030	D2040	D2050
Panhandle (A)	Municipal	75,393	81,577	84,643	87,345	90,697	95,050	100,945
Panhandle (A)	Irrigation	1,838,113	1,786,904	1,737,689	1,690,576	1,645,031	1,601,256	1,559,170
Panhandle (A)	Manufacturing	33,637	37,258	40,675	42,975	44,941	48,896	52,774
Panhandle (A)	Mining	5,765	7,817	6,411	5,667	5,113	4,971	5,062
Panhandle (A)	Steam Electric	3,887	5,000	10,000	15,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
Panhandle (A)	Livestock	30,093	46,634	46,634	46,634	46,634	46,634	46,634
Panhandle (A)	Total Demand	1,986,888	1,965,190	1,926,052	1,888,197	1,852,416	1,816,807	1,784,585
Region B	Municipal	35,102	42,598	41,923	41,032	40,366	39,757	38,756
Region B	Irrigation	69,453	67,183	65,208	63,290	61,436	59,631	57,878
Region B	Manufacturing	2,808	3,119	3,400	3,608	3,821	4,113	4,406
Region B	Mining	1,259	1,613	1,145	956	888	845	854
Region B	Steam Electric	10,732	10,000	12,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	17,000
Region B	Livestock	9,863	10,350	10,350	10,350	10,350	10,350	10,350
Region B	Total Demand	129,217	134,863	134,026	136,236	133,861	131,696	129,244
Region C	Municipal	844,430	1,076,374	1,182,857	1,275,528	1,360,779	1,502,091	1,611,936
Region C	Irrigation	5,434	5,382	5,344	5,318	5,306	5,305	5,318
Region C	Manufacturing	100,062	117,577	135,114	148,798	162,714	183,188	207,637
Region C	Mining	7,153	13,046	13,231	14,190	15,294	16,515	17,950
Region C	Steam Electric	46,959	49,250	61,250	72,100	86,600	96,600	106,600
Region C	Livestock	18,970	18,475	18,475	18,475	18,475	18,475	18,475
Region C	Total Demand	1,023,008	1,280,104	1,416,271	1,534,409	1,649,168	1,822,174	1,967,916
North East Texas (D)	Municipal	98,697	112,128	112,597	112,056	112,171	110,773	111,683
North East Texas (D)	Irrigation	11,646	11,322	11,207	11,094	10,982	10,870	10,760
North East Texas (D)	Manufacturing	308,611	351,445	379,008	383,979	386,017	401,892	419,900
North East Texas (D)	Mining	8,550	10,357	24,006	23,207	22,650	21,593	9,885
North East Texas (D)	Steam Electric	46,029	47,800	58,000	58,500	63,500	75,500	94,000
North East Texas (D)	Livestock	24,603	26,872	26,872	26,872	26,872	26,872	26,872
North East Texas (D)	Total Demand	498,136	559,924	611,690	615,708	622,192	647,500	673,100
Far West Texas (E)	Municipal	127,960	164,098	180,008	197,597	224,111	245,337	267,422
Far West Texas (E)	Irrigation	374,372	342,848	323,972	317,805	313,274	304,476	298,848
Far West Texas (E)	Manufacturing	13,245	14,793	16,200	17,156	17,915	19,155	20,348
Far West Texas (E)	Mining	2,417	3,366	3,208	3,315	3,436	3,608	3,813
Far West Texas (E)	Steam Electric	5,517	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000
Far West Texas (E)	Livestock	3,751	4,463	4,463	4,463	4,463	4,463	4,463
Far West Texas (E)	Total Demand	527,262	535,568	533,851	546,336	569,199	583,039	600,894
Region F	Municipal	116,551	144,724	151,134	155,518	161,782	168,807	177,056
Region F	Irrigation	352,901	343,015	336,740	330,601	324,603	318,734	312,992
Region F	Manufacturing	7,725	8,529	9,251	9,737	10,156	10,952	11,731
Region F	Mining	21,372	31,236	25,696	22,785	21,557	21,001	21,161
Region F	Steam Electric	12,075	12,800	12,800	12,800	12,800	12,800	12,800
Region F	Livestock	16,606	20,424	20,424	20,424	20,424	20,424	20,424
Region F	Total Demand	527,230	560,728	556,045	551,865	551,322	552,718	556,164
Brazos (G)	Municipal	235,550	299,584	330,594	362,048	392,269	416,389	443,480
Brazos (G)	Irrigation	200,954	197,188	193,125	189,468	185,547	181,736	177,939
Brazos (G)	Manufacturing	32,240	35,729	38,896	40,508	42,099	44,017	46,091
Brazos (G)	Mining	6,944	10,107	8,749	8,339	8,300	8,470	8,903
Brazos (G)	Steam Electric	57,657	97,700	114,700	124,700	139,700	154,700	167,200
Brazos (G)	Livestock	46,770	53,766	53,766	53,766	53,766	53,766	53,766
Brazos (G)	Total Demand	580,115	694,074	739,830	778,829	821,681	859,078	897,379
Region H	Municipal	655,936	851,509	944,970	1,057,402	1,155,093	1,236,289	1,335,174
Region H	Irrigation	498,513	461,625	427,100	393,995	378,793	364,198	350,213
Region H	Manufacturing	635,202	708,113	780,189	830,287	874,028	961,475	1,048,194
Region H	Mining	13,084	33,826	30,105	29,951	31,242	32,852	35,243
Region H	Steam Electric	82,718	95,100	106,100	113,600	116,100	121,500	135,000
Region H	Livestock	12,240	13,038	13,038	13,038	13,038	13,038	13,038
Region H	Total Demand	1,897,693	2,163,211	2,301,502	2,438,273	2,568,294	2,729,352	2,916,862
East Texas (I)	Municipal	140,220	162,270	163,367	163,805	167,882	171,088	177,239
East Texas (I)	Irrigation	220,424	151,712	138,098	126,613	123,402	120,268	117,214
East Texas (I)	Manufacturing	286,146	307,837	327,624	344,164	355,981	386,684	417,587
East Texas (I)	Mining	11,633	14,677	11,945	17,518	25,870	26,302	26,289
East Texas (I)	Steam Electric	39,851	44,000	61,000	81,000	101,000	111,000	126,000
East Texas (I)	Livestock	17,290	17,924	17,924	17,924	17,924	17,924	17,924
East Texas (I)	Total Demand	715,564	698,420	719,958	751,024	792,059	833,266	882,253
Plateau (J)	Municipal	19,554	27,777	29,351	30,803	32,242	33,919	35,524
Plateau (J)	Irrigation	11,973	11,478	11,002	10,546	10,109	9,692	9,290
Plateau (J)	Manufacturing	28	41	46	51	54	60	66
Plateau (J)	Mining	188	336	283	283	290	302	323
Plateau (J)	Steam Electric	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plateau (J)	Livestock	2,806	2,986	2,986	2,986	2,986	2,986	2,986
Plateau (J)	Total Demand	34,549	42,618	43,668	44,669	45,681	46,959	48,189
Lower Colorado (K)	Municipal	153,577	224,742	255,135	297,638	341,248	369,695	402,559
Lower Colorado (K)	Irrigation	656,524	534,387	514,543	495,292	476,717	458,813	441,520
Lower Colorado (K)	Manufacturing	16,318	18,200	19,969	21,147	22,370	24,157	26,252
Lower Colorado (K)	Mining	38,279	29,554	20,179	21,653	23,372	25,529	28,120
Lower Colorado (K)	Steam Electric	55,670	62,500	72,000	77,000	92,000	92,000	100,000
Lower Colorado (K)	Livestock	13,436	14,275	14,275	14,275	14,275	14,275	14,275
Lower Colorado (K)	Total Demand	933,804	883,658	896,101	927,005	969,982	984,469	1,012,726
South Central Texas (L)	Municipal	318,430	433,634	482,122	542,974	624,098	698,018	758,130
South Central Texas (L)	Irrigation	669,440	618,095	586,216	558,611	529,577	505,612	482,979
South Central Texas (L)	Manufacturing	67,016	113,088	135,403	149,596	164,570	182,971	202,292
South Central Texas (L)	Mining	7,795	17,470	16,174	16,360	16,784	14,970	14,308
South Central Texas (L)	Steam Electric	43,451	71,500	73,500	82,500	87,500	95,500	108,500
South Central Texas (L)	Livestock	24,400	27,251	27,251	27,251	27,251	27,251	27,251
South Central Texas (L)	Total Demand	1,130,532	1,281,038	1,320,666	1,377,292	1,449,780	1,524,322	1,593,460
Rio Grande (M)	Municipal	178,266	253,360	297,364	330,598	400,191	443,474	490,987
Rio Grande (M)	Irrigation	1,348,452	1,387,943	1,345,411	1,297,791	1,246,206	1,200,241	1,154,348
Rio Grande (M)	Manufacturing	4,474	5,084	5,635	6,029	6,345	6,936	7,528
Rio Grande (M)	Mining	1,815	2,641	2,235	2,112	2,050	2,050	2,136
Rio Grande (M)	Steam Electric	4,693	4,650	5,150	6,500	6,500	6,500	6,500
Rio Grande (M)	Livestock	7,981	7,274	7,274	7,274	7,274	7,274	7,274
Rio Grande (M)	Total Demand	1,545,681	1,660,952	1,663,069	1,650,304	1,668,566	1,666,475	1,668,773
Coastal Bend (N)	Municipal	108,620	117,197	122,269	129,051	139,745	151,152	161,227
Coastal Bend (N)	Irrigation	14,237	13,009	11,880	10,928	10,026	9,219	8,496
Coastal Bend (N)	Manufacturing	43,611	61,647	70,018	79,168	88,574	100,003	112,157
Coastal Bend (N)	Mining	7,563	11,969	10,417	5,680	5,965	6,634	6,146
Coastal Bend (N)	Steam Electric	2,404	3,300	3,300	3,300	3,300	3,300	3,300
Coastal Bend (N)	Livestock	9,624	8,270	8,270	8,270	8,270	8,270	8,270
Coastal Bend (N)	Total Demand	186,059	215,392	226,154	236,397	255,880	278,578	299,596
Llano Estacado (O)	Municipal	81,611	87,360	89,104	89,537	90,755	91,092	92,532
Llano Estacado (O)	Irrigation	3,657,740	3,528,584	3,404,597	3,285,771	3,171,805	3,062,486	2,957,612
Llano Estacado (O)	Manufacturing	8,491	9,398	10,463	10,906	11,761	13,082	15,694
Llano Estacado (O)	Mining	14,851	17,203	12,800	9,771	8,628	7,917	7,829
Llano Estacado (O)	Steam Electric	14,302	20,000	20,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	35,000
Llano Estacado (O)	Livestock	32,444	54,957	54,957	54,957	54,957	54,957	54,957
Llano Estacado (O)	Total Demand	3,809,439	3,717,502	3,591,921	3,480,942	3,367,906	3,259,534	3,163,624
Lavaca (P)	Municipal	6,878	8,353	8,222	8,020	8,095	8,172	8,421
Lavaca (P)	Irrigation	193,159	179,897	171,773	164,143	156,966	150,199	143,810
Lavaca (P)	Manufacturing	359	1,393	2,224	2,346	2,632	2,943	3,259
Lavaca (P)	Mining	171	155	93	67	41	29	21
Lavaca (P)	Steam Electric	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lavaca (P)	Livestock	3,192	3,346	3,346	3,346	3,346	3,346	3,346
Lavaca (P)	Total Demand	203,759	193,144	185,658	177,922	171,080	164,689	158,857
Texas Total	Municipal	3,196,775	4,087,285	4,475,660	4,880,952	5,341,524	5,781,103	6,213,071
Texas Total	Irrigation	10,123,335	9,640,572	9,283,905	8,951,842	8,649,780	8,362,736	8,088,387
Texas Total	Manufacturing	1,559,973	1,793,251	1,974,115	2,090,455	2,193,978	2,390,524	2,595,916
Texas Total	Mining	148,839	205,373	186,677	181,854	191,480	193,588	188,043
Texas Total	Steam Electric	425,945	529,600	615,800	700,000	782,000	842,400	937,900
Texas Total	Livestock	274,069	330,305	330,305	330,305	330,305	330,305	330,305
Texas Total	Total Demand	15,728,936	16,586,386	16,866,462	17,135,408	17,489,067	17,900,656	18,353,622