Table 31: Median Age for Total Population by Sex for the State of Texas and Metropolitan
          Statistical Areas Texas, 2000 - Ranked by Total Median Age
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                                                     Median Age       Median Age       Median Age
Rank    State/MSA                                    Both Sexes          Male            Female  
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   .    State of Texas                                  32.3             31.3             33.4

   1    Sherman-Denison                                 37.2             35.8             38.7
   2    Texarkana                                       36.3             34.4             38.2
   3    Galveston-Texas City                            35.9             35.2             36.5
   4    Longview-Marshall                               35.8             34.2             37.2
   5    Beaumont-Port Arthur                            35.6             34.1             37.0
   6    Tyler                                           35.5             33.9             36.9
   7    Victoria                                        34.2             32.9             35.3
   8    Brazoria                                        34.0             34.0             34.0
   9    San Angelo                                      33.8             31.9             35.5
  10    Wichita Falls                                   33.6             31.3             35.8
  11    Amarillo                                        33.4             32.2             34.6
  13    Corpus Christi                                  33.0             31.8             34.2
  13    Odessa-Midland                                  33.0             31.7             34.3
  14    Ft. Worth-Arlington                             32.8             32.0             33.7
  15    San Antonio                                     32.7             31.4             33.9
  16    Abilene                                         32.2             30.5             33.9
  17    Waco                                            31.9             30.1             33.7
  18    Dallas                                          31.8             30.9             32.6
  19    Houston                                         31.6             30.8             32.4
  20    Austin-San Marcos                               30.9             30.2             31.6
  21    Lubbock                                         30.5             29.0             32.0
  22    El Paso                                         30.0             28.4             31.6
  23    Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito                29.0             27.3             30.4
  24    Killeen-Temple                                  28.8             27.4             30.3
  25    McAllen-Edinburg-Mission                        27.2             26.0             28.2
  26    Laredo                                          26.5             25.2             27.6
  27    Bryan-College Station                           23.6             23.4             24.0
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