County

2000 Census Count

July1,2001  Population Estimate

July1,2002  Population Estimate

July1,2003 Population Estimate

Numerical Change 2000-03

Numerical Change 2000-04

Percent Change 2000-03

Percent Change 2000-04

Aransas

22,497

22,695

23,153

23,877

1,380

  1,746

 6.1

 7.8

Bee

32,359

32,314

32,413

32,958

599

    483

 1.9

 1.5

Brooks

7,976

7,683

7,806

7,827

-149

  -140

-1.9

-1.8

Cameron

335,227

344,782

356,745

365,095

29,868

34,223

8.9

10.2

Duval

13,120

12,996

13,027

12,971

-149

-225

-1.1

-1.7

Hidalgo

569,463

590,285

615,343

635,851

66,388

77,056

11.7

13.5

Jim Hogg

5,281

5,161

5,347

5,230

-51

-108

-1.0

-2.0

Jim Wells

39,326

21,325,018

40,186

39,770

444

249

1.1

0.6

Kenedy

414

413

407

398

-16

-19

-3.9

-4.6

Kleberg

31,549

31,015

31,343

31,511

-38

61

-0.1

0.2

Live Oak

12,309

12,177

12,322

12,417

108

155

0.9

1.3

McMullen

851

849

871

872

21

25

2.5

2.9

Nueces

313,645

312,470

315,290

314,339

694

225

0.2

0.1

Refugio

7,828

7,729

7,588

7,482

-346

-406

-4.4

-5.2

San Patricio

67,138

67,120

67,529

68,251

1,113

1,491

1.7

2.2

Starr

53,597

54,671

56,167

57,541

3,944

4,648

7.4

8.7

Webb

193,117

201,292

208,605

215,269

22,152

22,587

11.5

13.2

Willacy

20,082

19,905

20,288

20,532

450

585

2.2

2.9

Zapata

12,182

12,461

13,016

13,734

1,552

1,930

12.7

15.8

Texas

20,851,820

21,325,018

21,779,893

22,118,509

1,266,689

1,441,200

6.1

6.9