Table 4: Percent of Population under 18 Years of Age for the State of Texas
         and Council of Government Regions in Texas, 1990 and 2000
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                                                     Percent of Population 
                                                     Under 18 Years of Age 
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State/COG                                             1990             2000
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State of Texas                                       28.47            28.23

Panhandle                                            29.18            27.84
South Plains                                         28.50            27.11
Nortex                                               26.06            25.23
North Central Texas                                  27.22            28.03
Ark-Tex                                              26.78            25.75
East Texas                                           26.39            25.45
West Central Texas                                   26.74            25.48
Rio Grande                                           32.45            31.86
Permian Basin                                        31.88            29.70
Concho Valley                                        27.44            26.01
Heart of Texas                                       25.88            26.23
Capital Area                                         25.43            25.22
Brazos Valley                                        23.47            23.02
Deep East Texas                                      25.98            25.06
South East Texas                                     27.63            26.45
Houston-Galveston                                    28.76            28.88
Golden Crescent                                      28.76            27.59
Alamo Area                                           28.92            28.10
South Texas                                          37.07            36.19
Coastal Bend                                         30.64            28.30
Lower Rio Grande Valley                              36.10            34.67
Texoma                                               25.76            25.35
Central Texas                                        27.92            28.03
Middle Rio Grande                                    34.35            33.20
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