Texas Water Development Board:
2002 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	379,018	416,870	453,496	481,637	515,393	552,072
Region B	Population	190,352	197,793	204,521	210,634	213,261	215,196	216,914
Region C	Population	4,076,586	5,012,917	5,887,611	6,942,162	7,867,310	8,800,489	9,511,535
North East Texas (D)	Population	622,239	687,105	757,522	821,294	887,169	952,818	1,017,477
Far West Texas (E)	Population	616,606	800,857	957,785	1,124,070	1,301,033	1,440,518	1,587,097
Region F	Population	565,212	638,203	704,249	766,269	823,181	877,342	921,907
Brazos (G)	Population	1,336,216	1,672,819	2,007,668	2,362,341	2,639,033	2,882,090	3,096,910
Region H	Population	3,871,883	4,780,084	5,692,447	6,830,796	7,846,384	8,838,048	9,700,277
East Texas (I)	Population	921,354	1,042,411	1,141,521	1,245,963	1,349,417	1,454,738	1,562,154
Plateau (J)	Population	93,384	120,510	145,747	159,075	173,151	190,814	210,085
Lower Colorado (K)	Population	810,328	1,041,948	1,243,247	1,505,722	1,751,931	1,923,941	2,107,106
South Central Texas (L)	Population	1,695,584	2,132,188	2,575,370	3,084,848	3,617,995	4,103,765	4,527,361
Rio Grande (M)	Population	885,893	1,264,582	1,600,077	1,976,791	2,425,604	2,735,506	3,046,680
Coastal Bend (N)	Population	492,829	569,292	645,175	724,702	797,761	872,568	943,912
Llano Estacato (O)	Population	438,490	474,897	510,605	540,942	560,759	575,188	586,156
Lavaca (P)	Population	45,039	50,366	52,164	53,817	55,757	57,851	60,124
State Total	Population	16,985,761	20,864,990	24,542,579	28,802,922	32,791,383	36,436,265	39,647,767
REGION WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS (in acft)
Region	Data Category	D1990	D2000	D2010	D2020	D2030	D2040	D2050
Panhandle (A)	Municipal Demand	75,393	84,814	88,201	91,003	94,525	99,088	105,268
Panhandle (A)	Manufacturing	33,637	37,493	40,910	43,210	45,176	49,131	53,009
Panhandle (A)	Steam Electric	3,887	18,500	22,632	25,587	27,004	28,608	30,211
Panhandle (A)	Mining	5,765	7,817	6,411	5,667	5,113	4,971	5,062
Panhandle (A)	Irrigation	1,838,113	1,522,985	1,522,985	1,522,985	1,522,985	1,522,985	1,522,985
Panhandle (A)	Livestock	30,093	46,793	63,593	71,412	78,788	87,055	96,414
Panhandle (A)	Total Demand	1,986,888	1,718,402	1,744,732	1,759,864	1,773,591	1,791,838	1,812,949
Region B	Municipal Demand	35,102	41,396	40,713	39,818	39,372	39,067	39,091
Region B	Manufacturing	2,808	3,266	3,547	3,755	3,968	4,260	4,524
Region B	Steam Electric	10,732	9,460	27,360	31,360	35,360	35,360	35,360
Region B	Mining	1,259	1,176	909	845	811	785	792
Region B	Irrigation	69,453	102,106	99,880	97,687	95,522	93,385	91,277
Region B	Livestock	9,863	12,169	12,169	12,169	12,169	12,169	12,169
Region B	Total Demand	129,217	169,573	184,578	185,634	187,202	185,026	183,213
Region C	Municipal Demand	844,219	1,162,513	1,402,646	1,628,236	1,812,375	1,993,762	2,132,267
Region C	Manufacturing	100,062	117,577	135,114	148,798	162,714	183,188	207,637
Region C	Steam Electric	46,959	59,800	122,300	132,700	139,700	156,192	162,192
Region C	Mining	7,153	13,046	13,231	14,190	15,294	16,515	17,950
Region C	Irrigation	5,434	5,382	5,344	5,318	5,306	5,305	5,318
Region C	Livestock	18,970	21,498	21,498	21,498	21,498	21,498	21,498
Region C	Total Demand	1,022,797	1,379,816	1,700,133	1,950,740	2,156,887	2,376,460	2,546,862
North East Texas (D)	Municipal Demand	98,697	118,802	124,560	128,928	135,498	141,548	149,108
North East Texas (D)	Manufacturing	308,611	355,258	385,363	390,601	392,864	409,173	427,613
North East Texas (D)	Steam Electric	46,029	52,432	72,033	74,033	82,033	82,033	89,533
North East Texas (D)	Mining	8,550	10,365	24,191	23,470	22,964	21,923	10,220
North East Texas (D)	Irrigation	11,646	12,566	12,734	12,684	12,637	12,471	12,127
North East Texas (D)	Livestock	24,603	29,671	29,899	29,951	30,006	29,714	29,273
North East Texas (D)	Total Demand	498,136	579,094	648,780	659,667	676,002	696,862	717,874
Far West Texas (E)	Municipal Demand	127,960	137,956	159,900	182,928	209,477	230,396	252,270
Far West Texas (E)	Manufacturing	13,245	14,793	16,200	17,156	17,915	19,155	20,348
Far West Texas (E)	Steam Electric	5,517	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000
Far West Texas (E)	Mining	2,417	3,366	3,208	3,315	3,436	3,608	3,813
Far West Texas (E)	Irrigation	374,372	342,848	323,972	317,805	313,274	304,476	298,848
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	509,426	513,743	531,667	554,565	568,098	585,742
Region F	Municipal Demand	116,551	147,106	154,464	159,889	167,837	175,951	185,258
Region F	Manufacturing	7,725	8,641	9,643	10,129	10,548	11,344	12,123
Region F	Steam Electric	12,075	21,355	27,331	29,421	31,929	34,938	38,550
Region F	Mining	21,372	31,236	25,696	22,785	21,557	21,001	21,161
Region F	Irrigation	352,901	648,652	642,648	636,643	630,636	624,633	618,629
Region F	Livestock	16,606	24,509	24,509	24,509	24,509	24,509	24,509
Region F	Total Demand	527,230	881,499	884,291	883,376	887,016	892,376	900,230
Brazos (G)	Municipal Demand	235,672	310,690	357,729	406,260	446,082	479,525	509,929
Brazos (G)	Manufacturing	32,240	21,309	23,197	27,579	30,171	32,562	36,238
Brazos (G)	Steam Electric	57,657	103,020	156,076	174,324	179,324	189,324	202,824
Brazos (G)	Mining	6,944	40,107	48,749	53,339	53,300	53,470	53,903
Brazos (G)	Irrigation	200,954	197,188	193,125	189,468	185,547	181,736	177,939
Brazos (G)	Livestock	46,770	53,766	53,766	53,766	53,766	53,766	53,766
Brazos (G)	Total Demand	580,237	726,080	832,642	904,736	948,190	990,383	1,034,599
Region H	Municipal Demand	655,936	897,209	1,006,520	1,139,092	1,263,941	1,367,342	1,485,639
Region H	Manufacturing	635,202	708,113	780,189	830,287	874,028	961,475	1,048,194
Region H	Steam Electric	82,718	95,100	96,100	98,600	101,100	101,500	105,000
Region H	Mining	13,084	33,826	30,131	29,951	31,242	32,852	35,243
Region H	Irrigation	498,513	501,053	488,604	478,122	474,102	471,679	471,679
Region H	Livestock	12,240	13,038	13,038	13,038	13,038	13,038	13,038
Region H	Total Demand	1,897,693	2,248,339	2,414,582	2,589,090	2,757,451	2,947,886	3,158,793
East Texas (I)	Municipal Demand	140,309	171,474	178,806	186,215	195,037	206,075	219,536
East Texas (I)	Manufacturing	286,146	312,056	335,166	354,309	369,902	402,791	436,465
East Texas (I)	Steam Electric	39,851	44,000	83,409	103,409	130,914	140,914	155,914
East Texas (I)	Mining	11,633	14,701	12,022	17,662	26,067	26,559	26,607
East Texas (I)	Irrigation	220,424	273,619	302,800	302,800	302,800	302,800	302,800
East Texas (I)	Livestock	17,290	20,813	22,056	23,527	25,271	27,338	29,795
East Texas (I)	Total Demand	715,653	836,663	934,259	987,922	1,049,991	1,106,477	1,171,117
Plateau (J)	Municipal Demand	19,554	29,783	33,242	34,471	36,586	39,394	42,643
Plateau (J)	Manufacturing	28	41	46	51	54	60	66
Plateau (J)	Steam Electric	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plateau (J)	Mining	188	336	283	283	290	302	323
Plateau (J)	Irrigation	11,973	11,478	11,002	10,546	10,109	9,692	9,290
Plateau (J)	Livestock	2,806	2,986	2,986	2,986	2,986	2,986	2,986
Plateau (J)	Total Demand	34,549	44,624	47,559	48,337	50,025	52,434	55,308
Lower Colorado (K)	Municipal Demand	153,577	227,616	258,794	302,075	346,430	375,510	409,297
Lower Colorado (K)	Manufacturing	16,318	33,833	55,841	57,903	60,165	63,185	66,962
Lower Colorado (K)	Steam Electric	55,670	81,000	90,500	95,500	110,500	110,500	118,500
Lower Colorado (K)	Mining	38,279	34,554	26,879	28,353	30,072	32,229	34,820
Lower Colorado (K)	Irrigation	656,524	588,635	559,238	538,196	517,895	498,331	479,453
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	979,913	1,005,527	1,036,302	1,079,337	1,094,030	1,123,307
South Central Texas (L)	Municipal Demand	318,430	434,748	481,360	539,875	625,626	704,809	769,522
South Central Texas (L)	Manufacturing	67,016	113,150	135,470	149,667	164,647	183,053	202,379
South Central Texas (L)	Steam Electric	43,451	82,260	90,660	99,660	104,660	112,660	125,660
South Central Texas (L)	Mining	7,795	17,470	16,174	16,360	16,784	14,970	14,308
South Central Texas (L)	Irrigation	669,440	649,878	617,745	589,680	563,609	539,196	516,349
South Central Texas (L)	Livestock	24,400	28,186	28,521	28,521	28,521	28,521	28,521
South Central Texas (L)	Total Demand	1,130,532	1,325,692	1,369,930	1,423,763	1,503,847	1,583,209	1,656,739
Rio Grande (M)	Municipal Demand	178,266	252,989	296,759	345,283	413,629	456,697	505,667
Rio Grande (M)	Manufacturing	4,474	5,084	5,635	6,029	6,345	6,936	7,528
Rio Grande (M)	Steam Electric	4,693	9,100	11,400	11,900	23,400	24,400	24,400
Rio Grande (M)	Mining	1,815	2,641	2,235	2,112	2,050	2,050	2,136
Rio Grande (M)	Irrigation	1,348,452	1,526,203	1,434,145	1,325,479	1,190,919	1,190,919	1,190,919
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	1,803,291	1,757,448	1,698,077	1,643,617	1,688,276	1,737,924
Coastal Bend (N)	Municipal Demand	108,620	119,464	125,329	132,200	143,113	154,695	164,901
Coastal Bend (N)	Manufacturing	43,611	67,785	76,502	85,652	95,058	106,487	118,641
Coastal Bend (N)	Steam Electric	2,404	3,300	3,300	3,300	3,300	3,300	3,300
Coastal Bend (N)	Mining	7,563	11,969	10,417	5,680	5,965	6,634	6,146
Coastal Bend (N)	Irrigation	14,237	13,009	11,880	10,928	10,026	9,219	8,496
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	223,797	235,698	246,030	265,732	288,605	309,754
Llano Estacado (O)	Municipal Demand	81,611	87,360	89,104	89,537	90,755	91,092	92,532
Llano Estacado (O)	Manufacturing	8,491	9,398	10,463	10,906	11,761	13,082	15,694
Llano Estacado (O)	Steam Electric	14,302	22,200	22,200	32,200	32,200	32,200	37,200
Llano Estacado (O)	Mining	14,851	30,384	24,989	20,629	17,077	14,181	11,824
Llano Estacado (O)	Irrigation	3,657,740	3,065,373	2,956,051	2,845,961	2,750,835	2,654,488	2,562,079
Llano Estacado (O)	Livestock	32,444	42,538	48,910	55,616	61,037	67,037	73,671
Llano Estacado (O)	Total Demand	3,809,439	3,257,253	3,151,717	3,054,849	2,963,665	2,872,080	2,793,000
Lavaca (P)	Municipal Demand	6,878	8,556	8,422	8,212	8,288	8,363	8,614
Lavaca (P)	Manufacturing	359	1,393	2,224	2,346	2,632	2,943	3,259
Lavaca (P)	Steam Electric	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lavaca (P)	Mining	171	155	93	67	41	29	21
Lavaca (P)	Irrigation	193,159	226,008	226,583	227,215	227,911	228,676	229,518
Lavaca (P)	Livestock	3,192	3,346	3,346	3,346	3,346	3,346	3,346
Lavaca (P)	Total Demand	203,759	239,458	240,668	241,186	242,218	243,357	244,758
Texas Total	Municipal Demand	3,196,775	4,232,476	4,806,549	5,414,022	6,028,571	6,563,314	7,071,542
Texas Total	Manufacturing	1,559,973	1,809,190	2,015,510	2,138,378	2,247,948	2,448,825	2,660,680
Texas Total	Steam Electric	425,945	607,527	831,301	917,994	1,007,424	1,057,929	1,134,644
Texas Total	Mining	148,839	253,149	245,618	244,708	252,063	252,079	244,329
Texas Total	Irrigation	10,123,335	9,686,983	9,408,736	9,111,517	8,814,113	8,649,991	8,497,706
Texas Total	Livestock	274,069	333,595	358,573	374,621	389,217	405,259	423,268
Texas Total	Total Demand	15,728,936	16,922,920	17,666,287	18,201,240	18,739,336	19,377,397	20,032,169
As of 11/19/2003