Table 5: Percent of Population 65 Years of Age or Older for the State of 
         Texas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Texas, 1990 and 2000
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                              Percent of Population 65 Years of Age or Older 
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State/MSA                                         1990                  2000    
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State of Texas                                   10.11                  9.94
Abilene                                          12.02                 12.42
Amarillo                                         11.58                 11.80
Austin-San Marcos                                 7.80                  7.25
Beaumont-Port Arthur                             13.08                 13.22
Brazoria                                          7.80                  8.82
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito                 10.58                 11.15
Bryan-College Station                             6.66                  6.71
Corpus Christi                                   10.15                 11.04
Dallas                                            8.11                  7.70
El Paso                                           8.16                  9.72
Ft. Worth-Arlington                               8.76                  8.80
Galveston-Texas City                             10.47                 11.10
Houston                                           7.09                  7.45
Killeen-Temple                                    7.96                  8.03
Laredo                                            7.88                  7.59
Longview-Marshall                                13.57                 13.38
Lubbock                                           9.88                 11.02
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission                         10.02                  9.71
Odessa-Midland                                    9.12                 11.26
San Angelo                                       12.73                 13.43
San Antonio                                      10.30                 10.66
Sherman-Denison                                  16.33                 15.12
Texarkana                                        14.38                 13.79
Tyler                                            13.77                 14.08
Victoria                                         10.92                 11.96
Waco                                             13.55                 12.86
Wichita Falls                                    12.82                 12.77
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