Table 4: Percent of Population Under 18 Years of Age for the State of Texas and Counties in Texas, 1990 and 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ Percent of Population Under 18 Years of Age ___________________________________________ State/County 1990 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ State of Texas 28.47 28.23 Anderson County 23.49 20.74 Andrews County 34.61 31.54 Angelina County 28.64 27.65 Aransas County 25.18 23.76 Archer County 27.99 28.19 Armstrong County 27.81 26.02 Atascosa County 33.05 31.73 Austin County 26.79 27.02 Bailey County 31.85 30.29 Bandera County 23.75 24.67 Bastrop County 28.80 27.96 Baylor County 22.33 23.41 Bee County 31.53 23.38 Bell County 28.80 28.88 Bexar County 29.18 28.46 Blanco County 24.95 24.35 Borden County 28.04 24.55 Bosque County 23.55 24.42 Bowie County 27.18 24.83 Brazoria County 29.34 28.58 Brazos County 21.48 21.48 Brewster County 23.64 22.15 Briscoe County 27.96 27.09 Brooks County 33.08 31.56 Brown County 26.87 25.83 Burleson County 27.25 26.85 Burnet County 24.59 24.51 Caldwell County 29.67 28.35 Calhoun County 29.49 28.48 Callahan County 27.47 26.18 Cameron County 35.31 33.80 Camp County 26.32 26.86 Carson County 29.91 27.87 Cass County 27.34 24.87 Castro County 36.34 33.12 Chambers County 29.74 28.90 Cherokee County 26.21 26.31 Childress County 26.09 22.10 Clay County 26.35 24.85 Cochran County 33.33 31.53 Coke County 23.13 24.38 Coleman County 23.98 23.63 Collin County 28.97 28.74 Collingsworth County 26.62 26.39 Colorado County 26.62 25.60 Comal County 25.57 25.52 Comanche County 23.46 25.32 Concho County 23.00 16.09 Cooke County 28.30 27.34 Coryell County 26.38 26.24 Cottle County 25.72 23.95 Crane County 34.69 31.88 Crockett County 30.80 28.91 Crosby County 31.24 30.74 Culberson County 34.87 32.17 Dallam County 30.40 31.79 Dallas County 26.75 27.90 Dawson County 31.65 25.61 Deaf Smith County 35.33 33.30 Delta County 24.23 25.59 Denton County 26.92 27.74 De Witt County 26.84 23.78 Dickens County 23.77 18.54 Dimmit County 36.34 33.19 Donley County 21.67 22.36 Duval County 32.73 29.48 Eastland County 23.27 23.21 Ector County 31.71 30.40 Edwards County 32.92 28.49 Ellis County 31.00 30.21 El Paso County 32.59 31.99 Erath County 23.93 24.58 Falls County 25.54 27.65 Fannin County 24.08 23.21 Fayette County 24.01 23.19 Fisher County 25.86 23.94 Floyd County 31.61 31.39 Foard County 23.91 25.83 Fort Bend County 33.19 32.01 Franklin County 25.47 24.31 Freestone County 27.10 23.63 Frio County 34.78 28.67 Gaines County 36.40 35.01 Galveston County 27.55 26.73 Garza County 31.65 28.04 Gillespie County 23.30 21.56 Glasscock County 35.31 33.50 Goliad County 27.37 25.88 Gonzales County 28.80 27.95 Gray County 26.44 24.02 Grayson County 25.37 25.29 Gregg County 27.37 26.75 Grimes County 26.23 24.78 Guadalupe County 28.50 28.45 Hale County 32.20 30.24 Hall County 23.74 27.21 Hamilton County 22.32 23.81 Hansford County 31.12 29.32 Hardeman County 26.10 25.36 Hardin County 29.32 27.79 Harris County 28.56 28.95 Harrison County 28.80 26.84 Hartley County 28.98 20.81 Haskell County 24.97 23.75 Hays County 24.37 24.50 Hemphill County 30.91 28.02 Henderson County 24.02 24.36 Hidalgo County 36.61 35.30 Hill County 25.25 25.87 Hockley County 32.29 29.13 Hood County 25.54 23.58 Hopkins County 26.57 26.14 Houston County 25.19 23.20 Howard County 26.95 24.20 Hudspeth County 31.84 34.12 Hunt County 26.43 26.54 Hutchinson County 29.09 27.44 Irion County 28.36 26.71 Jack County 26.80 23.41 Jackson County 28.19 27.40 Jasper County 28.32 26.51 Jeff Davis County 26.36 24.42 Jefferson County 27.02 25.92 Jim Hogg County 32.65 31.58 Jim Wells County 32.52 31.41 Johnson County 29.16 28.80 Jones County 27.60 22.49 Karnes County 30.49 21.79 Kaufman County 29.42 29.21 Kendall County 26.25 27.23 Kenedy County 30.00 29.23 Kent County 25.84 20.61 Kerr County 23.22 22.66 Kimble County 25.52 23.63 King County 30.79 33.71 Kinney County 25.17 25.69 Kleberg County 29.22 27.26 Knox County 27.50 27.75 Lamar County 26.03 26.12 Lamb County 29.95 29.61 Lampasas County 27.71 27.58 La Salle County 33.21 29.37 Lavaca County 24.63 24.20 Lee County 29.67 28.80 Leon County 25.86 24.29 Liberty County 29.21 27.62 Limestone County 26.30 25.40 Lipscomb County 29.11 27.58 Live Oak County 27.37 22.25 Llano County 16.35 15.91 Loving County 26.17 19.40 Lubbock County 26.44 25.66 Lynn County 30.36 31.21 McCulloch County 26.98 26.64 McLennan County 26.03 26.62 McMullen County 24.72 23.38 Madison County 21.52 21.12 Marion County 24.75 22.35 Martin County 34.18 33.92 Mason County 23.52 22.36 Matagorda County 31.42 29.99 Maverick County 38.03 36.91 Medina County 29.67 28.95 Menard County 24.38 24.24 Midland County 31.37 30.20 Milam County 28.22 27.46 Mills County 23.90 25.55 Mitchell County 27.48 19.81 Montague County 24.58 24.00 Montgomery County 29.69 29.52 Moore County 33.04 33.56 Morris County 27.45 25.21 Motley County 23.30 23.98 Nacogdoches County 23.17 24.00 Navarro County 26.94 27.24 Newton County 29.55 26.17 Nolan County 27.83 27.09 Nueces County 30.51 28.41 Ochiltree County 30.92 30.56 Oldham County 41.26 35.01 Orange County 28.57 27.29 Palo Pinto County 26.38 25.98 Panola County 27.86 25.23 Parker County 28.01 27.52 Parmer County 33.07 32.90 Pecos County 34.52 27.66 Polk County 24.78 22.94 Potter County 28.75 28.01 Presidio County 32.29 32.71 Rains County 25.08 23.76 Randall County 27.33 26.09 Reagan County 38.02 34.19 Real County 23.42 23.43 Red River County 24.05 23.85 Reeves County 33.53 29.86 Refugio County 27.51 26.11 Roberts County 29.95 25.03 Robertson County 28.60 28.22 Rockwall County 29.38 30.07 Runnels County 27.34 26.94 Rusk County 27.82 24.89 Sabine County 21.01 21.12 San Augustine County 24.42 23.74 San Jacinto County 26.25 25.17 San Patricio County 32.33 31.10 San Saba County 25.92 27.90 Schleicher County 32.54 27.94 Scurry County 28.52 25.16 Shackelford County 26.78 26.68 Shelby County 26.16 26.59 Sherman County 29.25 31.39 Smith County 26.62 26.61 Somervell County 32.03 28.42 Starr County 39.40 37.39 Stephens County 27.30 24.41 Sterling County 33.59 28.72 Stonewall County 25.43 22.80 Sutton County 30.69 28.77 Swisher County 30.22 27.91 Tarrant County 27.14 28.11 Taylor County 27.25 26.60 Terrell County 29.57 26.55 Terry County 33.09 28.35 Throckmorton County 23.67 25.19 Titus County 28.54 30.29 Tom Green County 27.03 26.08 Travis County 23.98 23.75 Trinity County 23.42 22.89 Tyler County 24.95 23.18 Upshur County 27.63 26.98 Upton County 35.71 29.32 Uvalde County 32.10 31.36 Val Verde County 32.94 32.06 Van Zandt County 25.62 25.55 Victoria County 30.31 29.14 Walker County 19.02 18.00 Waller County 25.35 25.67 Ward County 33.14 30.58 Washington County 25.44 24.71 Webb County 36.68 36.18 Wharton County 29.89 28.74 Wheeler County 26.65 24.89 Wichita County 26.13 25.15 Wilbarger County 26.39 27.90 Willacy County 36.57 31.63 Williamson County 30.95 29.96 Wilson County 30.96 29.17 Winkler County 33.26 29.83 Wise County 28.29 28.29 Wood County 24.04 21.84 Yoakum County 34.84 32.10 Young County 26.61 25.00 Zapata County 34.79 33.04 Zavala County 35.74 34.10 ________________________________________________________________________________