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Houston, TX MSA Population
and Components of Change
(1999 MSA Definition)

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 1,903,192-- ----
1971 1,975,4003.872,208 ----
1972 2,028,5002.753,100 ----
1973 2,093,3003.264,800 ----
1974 2,165,3003.472,000 ----
1975 2,263,7004.598,400 ----
1976 2,359,9004.296,200 ----
1977 2,452,1003.992,200 ----
1978 2,555,2004.2103,100 ----
1979 2,659,5004.1104,300 ----
1980 2,753,1553.593,655 ----
1981 2,914,0235.8160,868 72,45721,164--
1982 3,097,1576.3183,134 62,16717,522--
1983 3,187,7612.990,604 63,61517,804--
1984 3,202,3050.514,544 62,60917,887--
1985 3,205,1720.12,867 62,63618,040--
1986 3,245,7991.340,627 61,91118,246--
1987 3,209,118-1.1-36,681 60,08218,311--
1988 3,199,116-0.3-10,002 59,88419,079--
1989 3,249,1591.650,043 61,61019,846--
1990 3,321,9112.272,752 47,00314,974--
1991 3,443,1413.6121,230 82,15225,15820,43832,410
1992 3,538,4462.895,305 67,62020,84424,25215,140
1993 3,614,2012.175,755 67,44021,14225,463-5,105
1994 3,685,1752.070,974 66,82722,06922,785-5,383
1995 3,752,6491.867,474 65,79121,82121,055-6,744
1996 3,832,0822.179,433 66,98022,60324,408432
1997 3,916,7772.284,695 68,89122,45425,1533,012
1998 4,014,3412.597,564 70,69623,12823,47414,234
1999 4,113,2332.598,892 70,68123,01922,83113,435
2000 4,177,6461.664,413 ----
2001 4,302,1013.0124,455 92,81030,98148,801328
2002 4,416,7812.7114,680 76,27325,89336,88916,489
2003 4,510,9362.194,155 79,30925,58632,319-3,626
2004 4,605,7182.194,782 80,20625,44529,371-709
2005 4,704,0922.198,374 81,21025,44030,924-312
2006 4,872,6643.6168,572 83,22125,97030,84280,418
2007 4,970,5112.097,847 85,41327,22228,07911,592
2008 5,087,1272.3116,616 87,01827,96728,12629,415
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates. The MSAs are based on the 1999 MSA definition.

 
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