Texas Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2016

Updated on June 30, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2016, the natural population increase rate for Texas was 7.72, and the top three counties that had the highest natural population increase rate were:

  1. Loving County: 16.95
  2. Gaines County: 16.08
  3. Dallam County: 14.77

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest natural population increase rate were:

  1. Armstrong County: -15.51
  2. Cottle County: -11.29
  3. Foard County: -10.75

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the natural population increase rate for each Texas county in 2016. You can also find links to the historical natural population increase rate for each county below.

Natural Population Increase Rate refers to the natural increase (number of births minus number of deaths) during a year per 1,000 population at midyear.

Texas Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2016
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Texas Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2016
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County Natural Pop. Increase Rate
Anderson -0.57
Andrews 9.94
Angelina 3.32
Aransas -2.4
Archer -2.17
Armstrong -15.51
Atascosa 5.27
Austin 2.37
Bailey 8.92
Bandera -3.27
Bastrop 5.27
Baylor -5.8
Bee 4.43
Bell 12.08
Bexar 7.96
Blanco -2.96
Borden 6.09
Bosque -1.95
Bowie 2.88
Brazoria 7.35
Brazos 8.7
Brewster 1.96
Briscoe -10.01
Brooks 7.21
Brown -1.56
Burleson -0.68
Burnet 1.72
Caldwell 4.59
Calhoun 5.07
Callahan -2.99
Cameron 10.72
Camp 0.39
Carson -1.32
Cass -2.53
Castro 5.42
Chambers 6.52
Cherokee 3.85
Childress -0.83
Clay -1.74
Cochran -0.34
Coke -3.4
Coleman -4.54
Collin 7.64
Collingsworth -0.66
Colorado 0.76
Comal 3.52
Comanche 0.37
Concho -1.95
Cooke 4.23
Coryell 6.55
Cottle -11.29
Crane 9.62
Crockett 7.31
Crosby 0.85
Culberson 3.13
Dallam 14.77
Dallas 9.43
Dawson 4.54
Deaf Smith 9.67
Delta -3.5
Denton 8.44
DeWitt -1.45
Dickens -3.19
Dimmit 6.02
Donley -3.84
Duval 2.2
Eastland -3.19
Ector 10.88
Edwards -0.52
Ellis 5.76
El Paso 9.77
Erath 2.33
Falls 2.15
Fannin -2.97
Fayette -2.08
Fisher -0.77
Floyd 1.88
Foard -10.75
Fort Bend 9.51
Franklin 0.85
Freestone 0
Frio 5.14
Gaines 16.08
Galveston 5.25
Garza 3.02
Gillespie -3.49
Glasscock 7.29
Goliad -1.2
Gonzales 4.85
Gray 1.61
Grayson 1.47
Gregg 4.53
Grimes 2.37
Guadalupe 5.16
Hale 3.94
Hall -5.16
Hamilton -5.76
Hansford 1.6
Hardeman -0.76
Hardin 2.36
Harris 10.44
Harrison 2.56
Hartley 0.35
Haskell -4.15
Hays 7.18
Hemphill 3.1
Henderson -1.98
Hidalgo 13.58
Hill -1.74
Hockley 4.19
Hood -0.77
Hopkins 1.44
Houston -1.75
Howard 3.25
Hudspeth 5.39
Hunt 1.76
Hutchinson 2.17
Irion 1.28
Jack -0.68
Jackson 5.05
Jasper 0.96
Jeff Davis -2.26
Jefferson 4.59
Jim Hogg 6.26
Jim Wells 5.92
Johnson 4.48
Jones -1.65
Karnes 4.2
Kaufman 6.52
Kendall 0
Kenedy -2.3
Kent 1.34
Kerr -3.3
Kimble -4.55
King 3.52
Kinney 3.6
Kleberg 5.52
Knox -4.26
Lamar 2.06
Lamb 3.55
Lampasas -0.64
La Salle 4.6
Lavaca -2.01
Lee 0.36
Leon 0.41
Liberty 4.14
Limestone 2.26
Lipscomb 8.22
Live Oak 0
Llano -5.5
Loving 16.95
Lubbock 6.02
Lynn 4.17
McCulloch -0.73
McLennan 5.6
McMullen 2.44
Madison 0.43
Marion -7.89
Martin 12.78
Mason -2.19
Matagorda 4.71
Maverick 12.5
Medina 3.24
Menard -8.51
Midland 11.41
Milam 0.73
Mills -6.75
Mitchell -2.31
Montague -2.12
Montgomery 6.95
Moore 14.35
Morris -1.61
Motley -8.64
Nacogdoches 5.04
Navarro 2.96
Newton -1.48
Nolan 1.99
Nueces 5.82
Ochiltree 9.93
Oldham 1.94
Orange 3
Palo Pinto -0.36
Panola 0.51
Parker 3.38
Parmer 10.43
Pecos 3.95
Polk -2.46
Potter 5.57
Presidio 9.46
Rains -7.05
Randall 4.53
Reagan 9.83
Real -4.19
Red River -4.08
Reeves 6.11
Refugio -1.09
Roberts 5.51
Robertson 1.61
Rockwall 5.88
Runnels -0.97
Rusk 1.65
Sabine -6.53
San Augustine -7.58
San Jacinto -1.78
San Patricio 5.82
San Saba -0.84
Schleicher 0.96
Scurry 5.32
Shackelford 2.7
Shelby 5.5
Sherman 0.66
Smith 4.73
Somervell -1.5
Starr 13.53
Stephens -1.28
Sterling 3
Stonewall -0.71
Sutton 9.21
Swisher 4.29
Tarrant 8.11
Taylor 5.64
Terrell -2.38
Terry 3.37
Throckmorton -4.52
Titus 6.43
Tom Green 5.26
Travis 9.19
Trinity -8.25
Tyler -2.8
Upshur 0.49
Upton 10.88
Uvalde 5.11
Val Verde 11.07
Van Zandt 0.82
Victoria 5.77
Walker 1.25
Waller 5.81
Ward 6.03
Washington 0.52
Webb 14.71
Wharton 4.14
Wheeler 4.29
Wichita 2.8
Wilbarger 2
Willacy 6.47
Williamson 7.46
Wilson 3.44
Winkler 7.78
Wise 2.99
Wood -4.72
Yoakum 11.7
Young -1.77
Zapata 11.21
Zavala 5.81

Historical Natural Population Increase Rate for Counties in Texas

Use the links below to find the historical natural population increase rate for each county in Texas.