Table 9: Counties Ranked by Numeric Change in Hispanic* population: April 1, 1990 - July 1, 1999 Panel A. Ten Counties with the Largest Numeric Increases --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Population | | | | |-----------------------| Numeric | Percent Rank | County | Metropolitan Area | 1990 | 1999 | Change | Change --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 3,351,238 4,141,317 790,079 23.6 2 Miami Dade County, Florida Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 953,422 1,249,358 295,936 31.0 3 Harris County, Texas Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 644,916 908,053 263,137 40.8 4 Maricopa County, Arizona Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 345,494 583,826 238,332 69.0 5 Orange County, California Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 564,843 801,797 236,954 42.0 6 Cook County, Illinois Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 694,196 930,887 236,691 34.1 7 San Diego County, California San Diego, CA MSA 510,785 746,931 236,146 46.2 8 Riverside County, California Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 307,516 518,073 210,557 68.5 9 San Bernardino County, California Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 378,576 572,287 193,711 51.2 10 Bexar County, Texas San Antonio, TX MSA 589,176 782,313 193,137 32.8 Panel B. Ten Counties with the Largest Numeric Declines --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Population | | | | |-----------------------| Numeric | Percent Rank | County | Metropolitan Area | 1990 | 1999 | Change | Change --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Reeves County, Texas - 11,545 10,804 -741 -6.4 2 Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska - 742 512 -230 -31.0 3 Culberson County, Texas - 2,419 2,282 -137 -5.7 4 Quay County, New Mexico - 4,060 3,964 -96 -2.4 5 Upton County, Texas - 1,666 1,573 -93 -5.6 6 Guadalupe County, New Mexico San Antonio, TX MSA 3,505 3,440 -65 -1.9 7 Cochran County, Texas - 1,857 1,809 -48 -2.6 8 Harding County, New Mexico - 461 422 -39 -8.5 9 Terrell County, Texas - 751 718 -33 -4.4 10 Jim Hogg County, Texas - 4,659 4,629 -30 -0.6 - not part of a metropolitan area * Hispanics may be of any race Source: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: January 29, 2001