DeWitt County

County and State Demographic Data	DeWitt County	Percentage of County	Texas	Percentage of State
1980 Population*	18,903		14,229,191
1990 Population**	18,840		16,986,510
1994 Population Estimates***	19,429		18,378,185
Percentage Change in Population 1990 to 1994	3.1%		8.2%
1994 Population by Age Group Estimates*** Under 10 years old 10-17 years old 18-29 years old 30-49 years old 50-64 years old 65 years old and older	2,666 2,472 2,799 4,937 2,600 3,955	14% 13% 14% 25% 13% 20%	3,064,138 2,244,071 3,423,016 5,591,175 2,187,970 1,867,815	17% 12% 19% 30% 12% 10%
1994 Population by Race Group Estimates*** Anglo Black Other Race Hispanic	12,128 2,002 77 5,222	62% 10% 0% 27%	10,824,920 2,146,879 426,672 4,979,714	59% 12% 2% 27%
Level of Education of Persons 25 Years Old and Older 1990** No High School Diploma High School Diploma Some College but no degree Associate Degree Bachelor's Degree Graduate or Professional Degree	5,625 3,731 1,721 310 750 406	45% 30% 14% 2% 6% 3%	2,872,559 2,640,162 2,171,439 531,540 1,428,031 666,874	28% 26% 21% 5% 14% 6%
Persons Living in a Rural/Urban Setting in 1990** Urban Inside 1/ Urban Outside 2/ Rural Farm 3/ Rural Non-farm 4/	0 8,854 1,336 8,650	0% 47% 7% 46%	11,374,274 2,262,974 192,392 3,156,870	67% 13% 1% 19%
Persons Below Poverty level in 1989**	4,655	25%	3,000,515	18%
Persons Below Poverty Level in 1995 Estimates****	5,084	26%	3,482,258	19%

1/ Urban inside is comprised of places that have a minimum of 50,000 persons.

2/ Urban Outside is comprised of places that have a minimum population of 2,500 and a maximum population of less than 50,000.

3/ Rural farm is comprised of household located in places with fewer than 2,500 people and that earned $1,000 or more from agriculture products sold in 1989.

4/ Rural Non-farm is comprised of persons living in places with fewer than 2,500 persons and who are not considered rural farm.

* Data obtained from the 1980 Census of Population and Housing.

** Data obtained from the "1990 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape File 3" supplied by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1991.

*** Data obtained from Estimates of the Total Populations of Counties in Texas by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity July 1, 1994, The State Population Estimates and Projections Program, The Texas State Data Center. Prepared by the Department of Rural Sociology, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System.

**** Poverty estimates for 1995 obtained from the Texas Department of Human Services, Budget Management & Forecasting and Demographics.