Health Currents - Demographic Measures

Population

	Year	Texas	Non-Metro Counties	Metro Counties
Total Population	2009	24,782,302	3,050,229	21,732,073
Male Population	2009	12,431,061	1,548,147	10,882,914
Female Population	2009	12,351,241	1,502,082	10,849,159
Median Age	2009	33.5	37.8	33.0
Population Rank Among Counties	2009	NA	NA	NA
Population Per Square Mile	2009	94.7	15.8	318.5
Area in Square Miles	2000	261,797.1	193,567.7	68,230.9

Population Sources and Links to More Detailed Data

Marriage and Divorce

	Year	Texas	Non-Metro Counties	Metro Counties
Marriages	2008	177,030	21,559	155,471
Divorces	2008	79,438	9,590	69,848
Marriage Rate per 1,000 Residents	2008	7.3	7.1	7.3
Divorce Rate per 1,000 Residents	2008	3.3	3.2	3.3

Marriage and Divorce Sources and Links to More Detailed Data

Population Change

	Year	Texas	Non-Metro Counties	Metro Counties
Census Population	2000	20,851,820	2,907,272	17,944,548
Change Since Census	2000-2009	3,930,482	142,957	3,787,525
Change Since Census (%)	2000-2009	18.8%	4.9%	21.1%
Population Projection	2015	28,015,550	3,251,101	24,764,449
Projected Change	2009-2015	3,233,248	200,872	3,032,376
Projected Change (%)	2009-2015	13.0%	6.6%	14.0%

Population Change Sources and Links to More Detailed Data

Population by Race/Ethnicity

	Year	Texas	Non-Metro Counties	Metro Counties
Total Anglo	2009	11,362,445	1,838,703	9,523,742
Total Black	2009	2,862,310	261,226	2,601,084
Total Hispanic	2009	9,461,097	921,982	8,539,115
Total Other	2009	1,096,450	28,318	1,068,132
Total Anglo (%)	2009	45.8%	60.3%	43.8%
Total Black (%)	2009	11.5%	8.6%	12.0%
Total Hispanic (%)	2009	38.2%	30.2%	39.3%
Total Other (%)	2009	4.4%	0.9%	4.9%

Population by Race/Ethnicity Sources and Links to More Detailed Data

Population by Select Age Groups

	Year	Texas	Non-Metro Counties	Metro Counties
Age 0-4	2009	1,948,201	211,765	1,736,436
Age 5-14	2009	3,500,868	395,028	3,105,840
Age 15-44	2009	11,041,617	1,176,026	9,865,591
Age 45-64	2009	5,817,827	770,441	5,047,386
Age 65+	2009	2,473,789	496,969	1,976,820
Age 13-17	2009	1,808,514	212,166	1,596,348
Age 13-19	2009	2,583,076	307,851	2,275,225
Age <18	2009	6,557,436	738,163	5,819,273
Age 85+	2009	297,259	61,857	235,402

Population by Select Age Groups Sources and Links to More Detailed Data

Population by Percent of Total Population for Select Age Groups

	Year	Texas	Non-Metro Counties	Metro Counties
Age 0-4 (%)	2009	7.9%	6.9%	8.0%
Age 5-14 (%)	2009	14.1%	13.0%	14.3%
Age 15-44 (%)	2009	44.6%	38.6%	45.4%
Age 45-64 (%)	2009	23.5%	25.3%	23.2%
Age 65+ (%)	2009	10.0%	16.3%	9.1%
Age 13-17 (%)	2009	7.3%	7.0%	7.3%
Age 13-19 (%)	2009	10.4%	10.1%	10.5%
Age <18 (%)	2009	26.5%	24.2%	26.8%
Age 85+ (%)	2009	1.2%	2.0%	1.1%

Population by Percent Sources and Links to More Detailed Data

Foreign Born Population by Region and Selected Countries of Origin

	Year	Texas	Non-Metro Counties	Metro Counties
Total Foreign Born Population (ACS)	2005-2009	3,765,037	257,652	3,507,385
Total Foreign Born Population (ACS %)	2005-2009	15.8%	8.7%	16.8%
Total Foreign Born Population	2000	2,899,642	213,632	2,686,010
Total Foreign Born Population (%)	2000	13.9%	7.3%	15.0%
Africa	2005-2009	112,754	1,997	110,757
Nigeria	2005-2009	33,285	307	32,978
Asia	2005-2009	632,224	12,030	620,194
China	2005-2009	56,796	672	56,124
Taiwan	2005-2009	27,670	324	27,346
Japan	2005-2009	12,687	436	12,251
Korea	2005-2009	47,021	789	46,232
India	2005-2009	124,610	1,932	122,678
Iran	2005-2009	20,511	168	20,343
Pakistan	2005-2009	38,034	337	37,697
Phillipines	2005-2009	68,324	2,717	65,607
Vietnam	2005-2009	126,893	2,309	124,584
Australia and New Zealand Subregion	2005-2009	6,042	281	5,761
Caribbean	2005-2009	50,952	1,369	49,583
Cuba	2005-2009	18,932	510	18,422
Central America	2005-2009	2,638,592	230,085	2,408,507
Mexico	2005-2009	2,333,387	221,419	2,111,968
El Salvador	2005-2009	158,902	3,801	155,101
Guatemala	2005-2009	49,200	1,456	47,744
Honduras	2005-2009	68,922	2,412	66,510
Europe	2005-2009	171,082	7,414	163,668
United Kingdom	2005-2009	43,200	2,065	41,135
Germany	2005-2009	35,928	2,138	33,790
North America	2005-2009	43,302	2,209	41,093
Canada	2005-2009	43,031	2,169	40,862
South America	2005-2009	106,597	2,147	104,450
Colombia	2005-2009	33,696	717	32,979

Foreign Born by Region and Selected Countries Sources and Links to More Detailed Data