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    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



    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

    Tuesday

    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. .:.

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