Triangle Census - Megas, Metros & Micros

The following statistics are organized by urban (or non-urban) area, i.e., megapolitan, metropolitan, or micropolitan. Underneath its constituent counties are included with individual population and housing unit data.

City Profiles

• Austin
• Dallas
• Fort Worth
• Houston
• San Antonio
• Texas [Census.gov ]
• Texas [CityData.com]

The Metroplex Megapolitan Area
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA

• County: Dallas..... Population: 2,218,899 / Housing Units: 854,119
• Tarrant.....1,446,219 / 565,830
• Collin.....491,675 / 194,892
• Denton.....432,976 / 168,069
• Johnson.....126,811 / 46,269
• Ellis.....111,360 / 39,071
• Hunt.....76,596 / 32,490
• Wise.....48,793 / 19,242
• Delta.....5,327 / 2,410

Bayou City Megapolitan Area
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA

• Harris.....3,400,578 / 1,298,130
• Fort Bend.....354,452 / 115,991
• Montgomery.....293,768 / 112,770
• Galveston.....250,158 / 111,733
• Brazoria.....241,767 / 90,628
• Liberty.....70,154 / 26,359
• Chambers.....26,031 / 10,336
• Austin.....23,590 / 10,205
• San Jacinto.....22,246 / 11,520

Southwest Megapolitan Area
Austin-Round Rock MSA

• Travis.....812,280 / 335,881
• Williamson.....249,967 / 90,325
• Hays.....97,589 / 35,643
• Bastrop.....57,733 / 22,254
• Caldwell.....32,194 / 11,901

San Antonio MSA

• Bexar.....1,392,931 / 521,359
• Guadalupe.....89,023 / 33,585
• Comal.....78,021 / 32,718
• Medina.....39,304 / 14,826
• Atascosa.....38,628 / 14,883
• Wilson.....32,408 / 12,110
• Kendall.....23,743 / 9,609
• Bandera.....17,645 / 9,503

Other Metropolitan Areas
College Station-Bryan MSA

• Brazos.....152,415 / 59,023
• Burleson.....16,470 / 8,197

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood MSA

• Bell.....237,974 / 92,782
• Coryell.....74,978 / 21,776
• Lampasas.....17,762 / 7,601

Waco MSA

• McLennan.....213,517 / 84,795

12 Micropolitan Areas

Athens
• Henderson.....73,277 / 35,935
Bay City
• Matagorda.....37,957 / 18,611
Bonham
• Fannin.....31,242 / 12,887
Brenham
• Washington.....30,373 / 13,241
Corsicana
• Navarro.....45,124 / 18,449

El Campo

• Wharton.....41,188 / 16,606

Gainesville

• Cooke.....36,363 / 15,061

Huntsville

• Walker.....61,758 / 21,099

Mineral Wells

• Palo Pinto.....27,026 / 14,102

Palestine

• Anderson.....55,109 / 18,436

Paris

• Lamar.....48,499 / 21,113

Shermann-Denison

• Grayson.....110,595 / 48,315

Somerville + Granbury

• Hood.....41,100 / 19,105

Stephenville

• Erath.....33,001 / 14,422

Sulphur Springs

• Hopkins.....31,960 / 14,020

14 Non-Urban Counties

• Hill.....32,321 / 14,624
• Milam.....24,238 / 10,866
• Grimes.....23,552 / 9,490
• Limestone.....22,051 / 9,725
• Fayette.....21,804 / 11,113
• Colorado.....20,390 / 9,431
• DeWitt.....20,013 / 8,756
• Gonzales.....18,628 / 8,194
• Falls.....18,576 / 7,658
• Freestone.....17,867 / 8,138
• Bosque.....17,204 / 8,644
• Lee.....15,657 / 6,851
• Leon.....15,335 / 8,299
• Madison.....12,940 / 4,797

How Much is Texas Football Worth?

Study looks deep in the heart of Texas for answers

In the paper "Do College Football Games Pay for Themselves?" two economists take a look at a rather important subject to Texans--football. Specifically, they want to find out whether college football games raise or lower local tax revenue.

One promising indicator the East Coast academics know what they're doing is that they pick the heart of the Texas Triangle for their analysis.

Texas is a natural place to ask this question. First, the four universities located in the cities we investigate all play Division I FBS football, the cities are all moderately sized, though Austin is much larger than the others, and none are home to any major professional sports franchises which might make it more difficult to identify the impact of a college football game on local sales tax revenues. Three of the institutions, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech University, and Texas A & M University, are public, while Baylor University is private and religiously affiliated.

The findings are surprising, and raise some interesting questions about the economics of football. But as the paper correctly points out, football has a value that far exceeds dollars and cents. .:.