Table 5: Percent of Population 65 Years of Age or Older for the State of Texas and Counties in Texas, 1990 and 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ Percent of Population 65 Years of Age or Older ______________________________________________ State/County 1990 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ State of Texas 10.11 9.94 Anderson County 12.69 11.67 Andrews County 9.49 12.47 Angelina County 12.99 12.60 Aransas County 18.51 19.70 Archer County 13.97 13.91 Armstrong County 21.77 19.23 Atascosa County 11.73 10.80 Austin County 17.70 14.82 Bailey County 13.73 15.23 Bandera County 17.67 16.17 Bastrop County 12.37 10.27 Baylor County 26.07 24.07 Bee County 11.39 10.18 Bell County 8.76 8.77 Bexar County 9.90 10.37 Blanco County 20.26 16.70 Borden County 14.14 16.32 Bosque County 24.57 20.55 Bowie County 14.38 13.79 Brazoria County 7.80 8.82 Brazos County 6.66 6.71 Brewster County 14.02 14.63 Briscoe County 20.75 19.27 Brooks County 13.12 14.42 Brown County 17.68 16.40 Burleson County 17.47 16.10 Burnet County 22.48 17.94 Caldwell County 13.60 12.48 Calhoun County 11.05 13.27 Callahan County 17.22 17.00 Cameron County 10.58 11.15 Camp County 17.78 16.28 Carson County 15.45 15.70 Cass County 17.12 17.57 Castro County 10.02 12.70 Chambers County 9.47 9.03 Cherokee County 17.47 15.06 Childress County 22.68 15.76 Clay County 17.02 16.07 Cochran County 12.54 14.42 Coke County 25.58 24.09 Coleman County 25.72 23.04 Collin County 5.21 5.26 Collingsworth County 23.73 21.96 Colorado County 19.94 18.59 Comal County 16.17 14.83 Comanche County 23.53 20.31 Concho County 19.38 13.79 Cooke County 15.86 14.89 Coryell County 5.58 5.70 Cottle County 24.17 25.58 Crane County 9.87 10.91 Crockett County 11.75 12.88 Crosby County 15.98 15.63 Culberson County 8.72 11.23 Dallam County 14.56 10.25 Dallas County 8.23 8.06 Dawson County 15.52 14.27 Deaf Smith County 10.81 12.11 Delta County 23.59 17.66 Denton County 5.04 5.01 De Witt County 21.10 18.89 Dickens County 25.32 18.97 Dimmit County 11.59 12.64 Donley County 25.57 21.73 Duval County 13.10 14.01 Eastland County 22.93 20.85 Ector County 9.29 10.93 Edwards County 12.49 16.19 Ellis County 10.11 9.24 El Paso County 8.16 9.72 Erath County 15.64 13.43 Falls County 19.75 16.87 Fannin County 20.96 16.08 Fayette County 23.30 22.01 Fisher County 21.44 22.67 Floyd County 16.48 16.16 Foard County 25.31 23.12 Fort Bend County 4.94 5.69 Franklin County 18.79 18.53 Freestone County 19.31 16.41 Frio County 11.05 10.58 Gaines County 9.17 10.30 Galveston County 10.47 11.10 Garza County 16.14 14.14 Gillespie County 24.37 25.51 Glasscock County 6.01 8.96 Goliad County 16.96 17.48 Gonzales County 17.72 16.76 Gray County 17.37 18.14 Grayson County 16.33 15.12 Gregg County 13.27 13.25 Grimes County 13.71 13.75 Guadalupe County 12.00 11.31 Hale County 12.40 12.88 Hall County 26.43 21.50 Hamilton County 27.22 23.58 Hansford County 12.84 15.24 Hardeman County 23.09 20.24 Hardin County 11.76 12.20 Harris County 7.03 7.44 Harrison County 13.54 13.10 Hartley County 15.66 11.88 Haskell County 24.60 25.49 Hays County 7.94 7.67 Hemphill County 13.25 14.74 Henderson County 19.21 18.23 Hidalgo County 10.02 9.71 Hill County 20.94 17.28 Hockley County 10.66 12.62 Hood County 16.11 17.88 Hopkins County 16.27 15.19 Houston County 19.21 17.97 Howard County 14.49 14.57 Hudspeth County 10.02 9.90 Hunt County 14.07 12.61 Hutchinson County 14.98 15.60 Irion County 13.20 15.58 Jack County 18.79 15.18 Jackson County 17.16 15.95 Jasper County 16.20 15.34 Jeff Davis County 18.96 16.27 Jefferson County 14.05 13.60 Jim Hogg County 13.54 14.62 Jim Wells County 11.66 12.38 Johnson County 10.38 9.97 Jones County 18.89 13.97 Karnes County 17.88 14.37 Kaufman County 11.86 10.64 Kendall County 16.10 13.87 Kenedy County 8.91 10.63 Kent County 21.49 25.49 Kerr County 24.69 24.87 Kimble County 21.23 20.86 King County 6.21 10.39 Kinney County 22.09 24.33 Kleberg County 9.82 10.58 Knox County 22.18 22.67 Lamar County 17.43 15.61 Lamb County 17.81 17.30 Lampasas County 15.72 14.52 La Salle County 13.44 11.63 Lavaca County 23.64 21.83 Lee County 15.90 14.38 Leon County 19.80 20.02 Liberty County 11.74 10.25 Limestone County 18.99 16.39 Lipscomb County 16.35 18.42 Live Oak County 16.37 15.97 Llano County 34.09 30.66 Loving County 13.08 16.42 Lubbock County 9.88 11.02 Lynn County 15.36 13.98 McCulloch County 22.27 19.52 McLennan County 13.55 12.86 McMullen County 14.93 17.86 Madison County 15.96 13.96 Marion County 19.64 19.20 Martin County 11.70 13.32 Mason County 24.51 23.52 Matagorda County 11.57 12.41 Maverick County 8.47 9.50 Medina County 14.03 12.41 Menard County 23.71 21.95 Midland County 8.94 11.61 Milam County 18.72 17.22 Mills County 26.68 23.10 Mitchell County 20.95 15.14 Montague County 21.96 19.79 Montgomery County 8.61 8.70 Moore County 9.89 10.56 Morris County 16.92 18.29 Motley County 26.24 23.70 Nacogdoches County 11.82 12.11 Navarro County 17.19 14.38 Newton County 13.47 14.16 Nolan County 16.52 16.36 Nueces County 10.11 11.16 Ochiltree County 10.90 11.66 Oldham County 10.54 11.26 Orange County 10.86 12.68 Palo Pinto County 17.02 16.39 Panola County 15.81 15.81 Parker County 10.95 10.53 Parmer County 12.48 12.72 Pecos County 9.85 10.83 Polk County 20.47 17.96 Potter County 13.08 11.72 Presidio County 13.86 13.92 Rains County 18.08 16.10 Randall County 9.93 11.90 Reagan County 7.53 10.28 Real County 20.52 20.81 Red River County 21.83 19.66 Reeves County 10.33 12.61 Refugio County 16.25 16.62 Roberts County 11.41 14.43 Robertson County 18.38 16.97 Rockwall County 7.72 8.56 Runnels County 20.71 19.54 Rusk County 17.23 15.65 Sabine County 25.44 24.93 San Augustine County 22.34 21.38 San Jacinto County 15.64 15.94 San Patricio County 10.38 10.49 San Saba County 23.14 20.30 Schleicher County 15.42 16.42 Scurry County 13.28 15.44 Shackelford County 20.51 18.23 Shelby County 19.30 16.58 Sherman County 13.61 13.62 Smith County 13.77 14.08 Somervell County 11.96 13.32 Starr County 7.05 8.21 Stephens County 19.22 17.67 Sterling County 12.31 14.64 Stonewall County 20.72 23.98 Sutton County 10.47 12.46 Swisher County 16.67 15.95 Tarrant County 8.33 8.34 Taylor County 12.02 12.42 Terrell County 14.18 17.58 Terry County 13.61 14.58 Throckmorton County 22.55 20.54 Titus County 15.56 12.52 Tom Green County 12.73 13.43 Travis County 7.26 6.75 Trinity County 21.85 22.00 Tyler County 20.20 17.83 Upshur County 14.60 14.30 Upton County 9.42 14.16 Uvalde County 12.49 13.63 Val Verde County 9.67 10.95 Van Zandt County 17.86 17.05 Victoria County 10.92 11.96 Walker County 8.83 8.95 Waller County 10.95 9.37 Ward County 11.13 14.28 Washington County 17.31 16.86 Webb County 7.88 7.59 Wharton County 14.40 13.89 Wheeler County 21.79 20.87 Wichita County 12.75 12.70 Wilbarger County 18.77 16.18 Willacy County 11.16 11.59 Williamson County 7.62 7.36 Wilson County 12.66 11.47 Winkler County 12.76 14.33 Wise County 12.51 10.61 Wood County 21.02 20.87 Yoakum County 8.70 11.54 Young County 18.29 19.68 Zapata County 14.94 14.30 Zavala County 10.69 11.27 ________________________________________________________________________________