Table 29: Percent of Population Under 18 Years of Age for the State of Texas and Counties in Texas, 1990 and 2000 - Ranked by Percent of Population Under 18 Years of Age, 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ Percent of Population Under 18 Years of Age ___________________________________________ Rank State/County 1990 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ . State of Texas 28.47 28.23 1 Starr County 39.40 37.39 2 Maverick County 38.03 36.91 3 Webb County 36.68 36.18 4 Hidalgo County 36.61 35.30 6 Gaines County 36.40 35.01 6 Oldham County 41.26 35.01 7 Reagan County 38.02 34.19 8 Hudspeth County 31.84 34.12 9 Zavala County 35.74 34.10 10 Martin County 34.18 33.92 11 Cameron County 35.31 33.80 12 King County 30.79 33.71 13 Moore County 33.04 33.56 14 Glasscock County 35.31 33.50 15 Deaf Smith County 35.33 33.30 16 Dimmit County 36.34 33.19 17 Castro County 36.34 33.12 18 Zapata County 34.79 33.04 19 Parmer County 33.07 32.90 20 Presidio County 32.29 32.71 21 Culberson County 34.87 32.17 22 Yoakum County 34.84 32.10 23 Val Verde County 32.94 32.06 24 Fort Bend County 33.19 32.01 25 El Paso County 32.59 31.99 26 Crane County 34.69 31.88 27 Dallam County 30.40 31.79 28 Atascosa County 33.05 31.73 29 Willacy County 36.57 31.63 30 Jim Hogg County 32.65 31.58 31 Brooks County 33.08 31.56 32 Andrews County 34.61 31.54 33 Cochran County 33.33 31.53 34 Jim Wells County 32.52 31.41 36 Floyd County 31.61 31.39 36 Sherman County 29.25 31.39 37 Uvalde County 32.10 31.36 38 Lynn County 30.36 31.21 39 San Patricio County 32.33 31.10 40 Crosby County 31.24 30.74 41 Ward County 33.14 30.58 42 Ochiltree County 30.92 30.56 43 Ector County 31.71 30.40 45 Bailey County 31.85 30.29 45 Titus County 28.54 30.29 46 Hale County 32.20 30.24 47 Ellis County 31.00 30.21 48 Midland County 31.37 30.20 49 Rockwall County 29.38 30.07 50 Matagorda County 31.42 29.99 51 Williamson County 30.95 29.96 52 Reeves County 33.53 29.86 53 Winkler County 33.26 29.83 54 Lamb County 29.95 29.61 55 Montgomery County 29.69 29.52 56 Duval County 32.73 29.48 57 La Salle County 33.21 29.37 59 Hansford County 31.12 29.32 59 Upton County 35.71 29.32 60 Kenedy County 30.00 29.23 61 Kaufman County 29.42 29.21 62 Wilson County 30.96 29.17 63 Victoria County 30.31 29.14 64 Hockley County 32.29 29.13 66 Harris County 28.56 28.95 66 Medina County 29.67 28.95 67 Crockett County 30.80 28.91 68 Chambers County 29.74 28.90 69 Bell County 28.80 28.88 71 Johnson County 29.16 28.80 71 Lee County 29.67 28.80 72 Sutton County 30.69 28.77 74 Collin County 28.97 28.74 74 Wharton County 29.89 28.74 75 Sterling County 33.59 28.72 76 Frio County 34.78 28.67 77 Brazoria County 29.34 28.58 78 Edwards County 32.92 28.49 79 Calhoun County 29.49 28.48 80 Bexar County 29.18 28.46 81 Guadalupe County 28.50 28.45 82 Somervell County 32.03 28.42 83 Nueces County 30.51 28.41 85 Caldwell County 29.67 28.35 85 Terry County 33.09 28.35 86 Wise County 28.29 28.29 87 Robertson County 28.60 28.22 88 Archer County 27.99 28.19 89 Tarrant County 27.14 28.11 90 Garza County 31.65 28.04 91 Hemphill County 30.91 28.02 92 Potter County 28.75 28.01 93 Bastrop County 28.80 27.96 94 Gonzales County 28.80 27.95 95 Schleicher County 32.54 27.94 96 Swisher County 30.22 27.91 99 Dallas County 26.75 27.90 99 San Saba County 25.92 27.90 99 Wilbarger County 26.39 27.90 100 Carson County 29.91 27.87 101 Hardin County 29.32 27.79 102 Knox County 27.50 27.75 103 Denton County 26.92 27.74 104 Pecos County 34.52 27.66 106 Angelina County 28.64 27.65 106 Falls County 25.54 27.65 107 Liberty County 29.21 27.62 109 Lampasas County 27.71 27.58 109 Lipscomb County 29.11 27.58 110 Parker County 28.01 27.52 111 Milam County 28.22 27.46 112 Hutchinson County 29.09 27.44 113 Jackson County 28.19 27.40 114 Cooke County 28.30 27.34 115 Orange County 28.57 27.29 116 Kleberg County 29.22 27.26 117 Navarro County 26.94 27.24 118 Kendall County 26.25 27.23 119 Hall County 23.74 27.21 121 Briscoe County 27.96 27.09 121 Nolan County 27.83 27.09 122 Austin County 26.79 27.02 123 Upshur County 27.63 26.98 124 Runnels County 27.34 26.94 125 Camp County 26.32 26.86 126 Burleson County 27.25 26.85 127 Harrison County 28.80 26.84 128 Gregg County 27.37 26.75 129 Galveston County 27.55 26.73 130 Irion County 28.36 26.71 131 Shackelford County 26.78 26.68 132 McCulloch County 26.98 26.64 133 McLennan County 26.03 26.62 134 Smith County 26.62 26.61 135 Taylor County 27.25 26.60 136 Shelby County 26.16 26.59 137 Terrell County 29.57 26.55 138 Hunt County 26.43 26.54 139 Jasper County 28.32 26.51 140 Collingsworth County 26.62 26.39 141 Cherokee County 26.21 26.31 142 Coryell County 26.38 26.24 143 Callahan County 27.47 26.18 144 Newton County 29.55 26.17 145 Hopkins County 26.57 26.14 146 Lamar County 26.03 26.12 147 Refugio County 27.51 26.11 148 Randall County 27.33 26.09 149 Tom Green County 27.03 26.08 150 Armstrong County 27.81 26.02 151 Palo Pinto County 26.38 25.98 152 Jefferson County 27.02 25.92 153 Goliad County 27.37 25.88 154 Hill County 25.25 25.87 156 Brown County 26.87 25.83 156 Foard County 23.91 25.83 157 Kinney County 25.17 25.69 158 Waller County 25.35 25.67 159 Lubbock County 26.44 25.66 160 Dawson County 31.65 25.61 161 Colorado County 26.62 25.60 162 Delta County 24.23 25.59 164 Mills County 23.90 25.55 164 Van Zandt County 25.62 25.55 165 Comal County 25.57 25.52 166 Limestone County 26.30 25.40 167 Hardeman County 26.10 25.36 168 Comanche County 23.46 25.32 169 Grayson County 25.37 25.29 170 Panola County 27.86 25.23 171 Morris County 27.45 25.21 172 Throckmorton County 23.67 25.19 173 San Jacinto County 26.25 25.17 174 Scurry County 28.52 25.16 175 Wichita County 26.13 25.15 176 Roberts County 29.95 25.03 177 Young County 26.61 25.00 179 Rusk County 27.82 24.89 179 Wheeler County 26.65 24.89 180 Cass County 27.34 24.87 181 Clay County 26.35 24.85 182 Bowie County 27.18 24.83 183 Grimes County 26.23 24.78 184 Washington County 25.44 24.71 185 Bandera County 23.75 24.67 186 Erath County 23.93 24.58 187 Borden County 28.04 24.55 188 Burnet County 24.59 24.51 189 Hays County 24.37 24.50 191 Bosque County 23.55 24.42 191 Jeff Davis County 26.36 24.42 192 Stephens County 27.30 24.41 193 Coke County 23.13 24.38 194 Henderson County 24.02 24.36 195 Blanco County 24.95 24.35 196 Franklin County 25.47 24.31 197 Leon County 25.86 24.29 198 Menard County 24.38 24.24 200 Howard County 26.95 24.20 200 Lavaca County 24.63 24.20 201 Gray County 26.44 24.02 203 Montague County 24.58 24.00 203 Nacogdoches County 23.17 24.00 204 Motley County 23.30 23.98 205 Cottle County 25.72 23.95 206 Fisher County 25.86 23.94 207 Red River County 24.05 23.85 208 Hamilton County 22.32 23.81 209 De Witt County 26.84 23.78 211 Aransas County 25.18 23.76 211 Rains County 25.08 23.76 213 Haskell County 24.97 23.75 213 Travis County 23.98 23.75 214 San Augustine County 24.42 23.74 217 Coleman County 23.98 23.63 217 Freestone County 27.10 23.63 217 Kimble County 25.52 23.63 218 Hood County 25.54 23.58 219 Real County 23.42 23.43 221 Baylor County 22.33 23.41 221 Jack County 26.80 23.41 223 Bee County 31.53 23.38 223 McMullen County 24.72 23.38 225 Eastland County 23.27 23.21 225 Fannin County 24.08 23.21 226 Houston County 25.19 23.20 227 Fayette County 24.01 23.19 228 Tyler County 24.95 23.18 229 Polk County 24.78 22.94 230 Trinity County 23.42 22.89 231 Stonewall County 25.43 22.80 232 Kerr County 23.22 22.66 233 Jones County 27.60 22.49 235 Donley County 21.67 22.36 235 Mason County 23.52 22.36 236 Marion County 24.75 22.35 237 Live Oak County 27.37 22.25 238 Brewster County 23.64 22.15 239 Childress County 26.09 22.10 240 Wood County 24.04 21.84 241 Karnes County 30.49 21.79 242 Gillespie County 23.30 21.56 243 Brazos County 21.48 21.48 245 Madison County 21.52 21.12 245 Sabine County 21.01 21.12 246 Hartley County 28.98 20.81 247 Anderson County 23.49 20.74 248 Kent County 25.84 20.61 249 Mitchell County 27.48 19.81 250 Loving County 26.17 19.40 251 Dickens County 23.77 18.54 252 Walker County 19.02 18.00 253 Concho County 23.00 16.09 254 Llano County 16.35 15.91 ________________________________________________________________________________