Texas Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2018

Updated on June 30, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2018, the natural population increase rate for Texas was 6.3, and the top three counties that had the highest natural population increase rate were:

  1. Dallam County: 16.13
  2. Gaines County: 14.84
  3. Starr County: 12.62

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

  1. Kenedy County: -19.35
  2. Foard County: -11.76
  3. Baylor County: -10.68

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the natural population increase rate for each Texas county in 2018. 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 2018
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Texas Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2018
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County Natural Pop. Increase Rate
Anderson -2.18
Andrews 7.01
Angelina 2
Aransas -4.68
Archer -2.39
Armstrong -2.15
Atascosa 5.37
Austin 2.34
Bailey 8.64
Bandera -3.59
Bastrop 4.25
Baylor -10.68
Bee 0.95
Bell 10.61
Bexar 6.63
Blanco -5.1
Borden 0
Bosque -4.61
Bowie 0.37
Brazoria 6.17
Brazos 7.24
Brewster 3.88
Briscoe 0
Brooks 4.92
Brown -3.92
Burleson -3.02
Burnet -1.68
Caldwell 5.08
Calhoun 1.99
Callahan -2.5
Cameron 8.38
Camp 2.87
Carson -4.51
Cass -3.2
Castro 4.87
Chambers 6.17
Cherokee 2.43
Childress -0.28
Clay -3.92
Cochran 6
Coke -3.03
Coleman -6.68
Collin 6.52
Collingsworth -2.72
Colorado 0.28
Comal 1.29
Comanche -2.66
Concho -4.83
Cooke 3.96
Coryell 5.44
Cottle -2.18
Crane 3.83
Crockett -2.01
Crosby 0
Culberson 4.54
Dallam 16.13
Dallas 8.39
Dawson 3.24
Deaf Smith 10.1
Delta -0.38
Denton 7.15
DeWitt -3.88
Dickens -8.2
Dimmit 3.03
Donley -4.23
Duval 1.43
Eastland -3.61
Ector 10.33
Edwards 0
Ellis 5.61
El Paso 7.7
Erath 3
Falls 0
Fannin -3.15
Fayette -3.81
Fisher -0.26
Floyd 2.41
Foard -11.76
Fort Bend 7.89
Franklin -2.87
Freestone -1.83
Frio 5.96
Gaines 14.84
Galveston 3.13
Garza 1.1
Gillespie -5.6
Glasscock 5.07
Goliad -1.06
Gonzales 2.89
Gray -0.54
Grayson 0.49
Gregg 1.99
Grimes 0.43
Guadalupe 4.35
Hale 2.61
Hall -3.95
Hamilton -6.86
Hansford 3.84
Hardeman -2.29
Hardin 1.07
Harris 8.66
Harrison 0.93
Hartley 3.55
Haskell -7.03
Hays 6.7
Hemphill 3.59
Henderson -3.32
Hidalgo 11.15
Hill -1.08
Hockley 3.01
Hood -2.66
Hopkins -0.98
Houston -4.38
Howard 2.21
Hudspeth 1.28
Hunt 2.63
Hutchinson -1.04
Irion 0
Jack -0.68
Jackson 1.82
Jasper -0.95
Jeff Davis -3.56
Jefferson 3.56
Jim Hogg 1.74
Jim Wells 2.74
Johnson 4.15
Jones -0.4
Karnes 0.19
Kaufman 5.99
Kendall -0.36
Kenedy -19.35
Kent -5.4
Kerr -4.66
Kimble -4.82
King 0
Kinney -1.35
Kleberg 4.59
Knox -2.73
Lamar -0.95
Lamb 0.84
Lampasas 0.1
La Salle 5.85
Lavaca -2.24
Lee 1.58
Leon -0.46
Liberty 3.25
Limestone -2.23
Lipscomb 1.8
Live Oak 1.24
Llano -8.02
Loving 7.09
Lubbock 4.47
Lynn 0.34
McCulloch -2.14
McLennan 4.55
McMullen 0
Madison -0.35
Marion -8.4
Martin 3.04
Mason -4.5
Matagorda 3.7
Maverick 11.19
Medina 3.16
Menard -7.11
Midland 10.98
Milam -0.52
Mills -6.74
Mitchell 0.97
Montague -3.74
Montgomery 5.57
Moore 10.89
Morris -3.73
Motley -4.88
Nacogdoches 2.76
Navarro 3.28
Newton -2.45
Nolan 0.27
Nueces 4.51
Ochiltree 8.36
Oldham 5.68
Orange -0.56
Palo Pinto 1.01
Panola -1.34
Parker 2.9
Parmer 6.2
Pecos 5.24
Polk -3.78
Potter 3.41
Presidio 4.78
Rains -3.2
Randall 4.08
Reagan 8.61
Real -6.97
Red River -4.77
Reeves 4.83
Refugio -1.56
Roberts -8.76
Robertson 0.35
Rockwall 3.9
Runnels -2.74
Rusk -0.07
Sabine -6.39
San Augustine -7.61
San Jacinto -1.12
San Patricio 4.43
San Saba 0.33
Schleicher -3.41
Scurry 2.19
Shackelford 2.14
Shelby 1.23
Sherman 5.87
Smith 3.65
Somervell -2.8
Starr 12.62
Stephens -0.85
Sterling 1.54
Stonewall -6.62
Sutton 4.51
Swisher -1.35
Tarrant 6.82
Taylor 4.54
Terrell -8.74
Terry 3.07
Throckmorton -6.68
Titus 4.89
Tom Green 3.3
Travis 7.72
Trinity -8.45
Tyler -5.01
Upshur -0.66
Upton -1.37
Uvalde 4.6
Val Verde 6.12
Van Zandt -0.14
Victoria 3.83
Walker 0.84
Waller 5.81
Ward 7.98
Washington 0
Webb 12.31
Wharton 2.3
Wheeler -1.53
Wichita 1.26
Wilbarger 0.16
Willacy 3.82
Williamson 6.53
Wilson 2.09
Winkler 6.91
Wise 2.49
Wood -5.83
Yoakum 9.5
Young -1.5
Zapata 9.58
Zavala 3.85

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.