Table 4

Texas Metropolitan Area Population Estimates
April 1, 1990 to July 1, 1999

Ranked by Size (Top 25)

Source:
Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233

Chart Compiled by Russ Long, April 2001
  7/1/99 4/1/90 7/1/90 to 7/1/99
  Estimated Estimates Numeric Percent
  Population Base Change Change
1 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 4,909,523 4,037,282 872,241 21.6
2 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 4,493,741 3,731,014 762,727 20.4
3 San Antonio, TX MSA 1,564,949 1,324,749 240,200 18.1
4 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 1,146,050 846,227 299,823 35.4
5 El Paso, TX MSA 701,908 591,610 110,298 18.6
6 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA 534,907 383,545 151,362 39.5
7 Corpus Christi, TX MSA 387,105 349,894 37,211 10.6
8 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA 376,256 361,218 15,038 4.2
9 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX 329,131 260,120 69,011 26.5
10 Killeen-Temple, TX MSA 296,316 255,299 41,017 16.1
15 Odessa-Midland, TX MSA 242,238 225,545 16,693 7.4
16 Lubbock, TX MSA 227,890 222,636 5,254 2.4
17 Longview-Marshall, TX MSA 209,493 193,801 15,692 8.1
18 Amarillo, TX MSA 208,691 187,514 21,177 11.3
19 Waco, TX MSA 204,244 189,123 15,121 8.0
20 Laredo, TX MSA 193,180 133,239 59,941 45.0
21 Tyler, TX MSA 169,693 151,309 18,384 12.1
22 Wichita Falls, TX MSA 136,493 130,351 6,142 4.7
23 Bryan-College Station, TX MSA 134,213 121,862 12,351 10.1
24 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA 122,886 120,132 2,754 2.3
25 Victoria, TX MSA 82,087 74,361 7,726 10.4