Table 31: Median Age for Total Population by Sex for the State of Texas and Councils of Governments Regions Texas, 2000 - Ranked by Total Median Age _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Median Age Median Age Median Age Rank State/COG Both Sexes Male Female _________________________________________________________________________________________________ . State of Texas 32.3 31.3 33.4 1 Texoma 37.3 35.8 38.9 2 East Texas 37.1 35.7 38.6 3 Ark-Tex 37.0 35.3 38.7 4 Deep East Texas 36.8 35.6 38.0 5 Golden Crescent 36.5 35.4 37.6 6 West Central Texas 36.4 34.5 38.2 7 Nortex 35.9 33.8 38.0 9 Concho Valley 35.6 33.9 37.1 9 South East Texas 35.6 34.1 37.0 10 Panhandle 34.5 33.2 35.8 11 Heart of Texas 34.3 32.3 35.9 12 Permian Basin 33.6 32.4 34.8 13 Coastal Bend 33.3 32.0 34.8 14 Alamo Area 33.2 31.9 34.6 15 North Central Texas 32.1 31.2 32.9 16 Houston-Galveston 32.0 31.2 32.8 17 South Plains 31.6 30.2 33.3 18 Capital Area 31.5 30.7 32.3 19 Middle Rio Grande 30.6 29.5 31.8 20 Rio Grande 30.1 28.5 31.7 21 Central Texas 29.9 28.4 31.7 22 Brazos Valley 28.3 27.2 29.6 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley 27.9 26.5 29.1 24 South Texas 26.7 25.3 27.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________