Table 4: Percent of Population under 18 Years of Age for the State of Texas
         and Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Texas, 1990 and 2000
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                                Percent of Population Under 18 Years of Age    
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State/MSA                                      1990                    2000
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State of Texas                                28.47                   28.23
Abilene                                       27.25                   26.60
Amarillo                                      28.07                   27.09
Austin-San Marcos                             25.55                   25.37
Beaumont-Port Arthur                          27.63                   26.45
Brazoria                                      29.34                   28.58
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito              35.31                   33.80
Bryan-College Station                         21.48                   21.48
Corpus Christi                                30.81                   28.89
Dallas                                        27.13                   28.02
El Paso                                       32.59                   31.99
Ft. Worth-Arlington                           27.29                   28.02
Galveston-Texas City                          27.55                   26.73
Houston                                       28.94                   29.20
Killeen-Temple                                28.19                   28.25
Laredo                                        36.68                   36.18
Longview-Marshall                             27.83                   26.81
Lubbock                                       26.44                   25.66
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission                      36.61                   35.30
Odessa-Midland                                31.55                   30.30
San Angelo                                    27.03                   26.08
San Antonio                                   29.04                   28.33
Sherman-Denison                               25.37                   25.29
Texarkana                                     27.18                   24.83
Tyler                                         26.62                   26.61
Victoria                                      30.31                   29.14
Waco                                          26.03                   26.62
Wichita Falls                                 26.25                   25.35
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