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Level Rate

Texas ................................................ 11,259,471 10,679,422 580,049 5.2 

Individual and Public

Total ............................................... 395,282 369,241 26,041 6.6 

Chambers County ....................... 14,313 13,408 905 6.3 

Galveston County ....................... 139,328 131,338 7,990 5.7 

Hardin County ............................. 24,344 22,902 1,442 5.9 

Jasper County ............................. 15,779 14,573 1,206 7.6 

Jefferson County ........................ 113,825 105,665 8,160 7.2 

Liberty County ............................. 32,431 30,272 2,159 6.7 

Newton County ........................... 5,729 5,228 501 8.7 

Orange County ........................... 41,189 38,116 3,073 7.5 

Tyler County ............................... 8,344 7,739 605 7.3 

Individual

Total ............................................... 10,864,187 10,310,182 554,005 5.1 

Anderson County ........................ 20,893 19,585 1,308 6.3 

Andrews County ......................... 6,277 5,997 280 4.5 

Angelina County ......................... 40,770 38,647 2,123 5.2 

Aransas County .......................... 10,715 10,087 628 5.9 

Archer County ............................. 5,305 5,124 181 3.4 

Armstrong County ....................... 1,130 1,089 41 3.6 

Atascosa County ......................... 19,342 18,388 954 4.9 

Austin County ............................. 12,932 12,333 599 4.6 

Bailey County .............................. 3,698 3,517 181 4.9 

Bandera County .......................... 9,816 9,415 401 4.1 

Bastrop County ........................... 34,253 32,647 1,606 4.7 

Baylor County ............................. 2,100 2,014 86 4.1 

Bee County ................................. 11,105 10,289 816 7.3 

Bell County ................................. 114,271 108,457 5,814 5.1 

Bexar County .............................. 728,236 692,229 36,007 4.9 

Blanco County ............................ 4,962 4,777 185 3.7 

Borden County ............................ 516 501 15 2.9 

Bosque County ........................... 8,726 8,311 415 4.8 

Bowie County .............................. 43,160 40,978 2,182 5.1 

Brazoria County .......................... 132,743 125,178 7,565 5.7 

Brazos County ............................ 85,799 82,314 3,485 4.1 

Brewster County ......................... 5,696 5,511 185 3.2 

Briscoe County ........................... 802 762 40 5.0 

Brooks County ............................ 3,202 2,980 222 6.9 

Brown County ............................. 18,308 17,438 870 4.8 

Burleson County ......................... 8,202 7,866 336 4.1 

Burnet County ............................. 21,064 20,301 763 3.6 

Caldwell County .......................... 16,498 15,686 812 4.9 

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Calhoun County .......................... 9,488 8,888 600 6.3 

Callahan County ......................... 7,039 6,746 293 4.2 

Cameron County ......................... 145,386 135,417 9,969 6.9 

Camp County .............................. 5,931 5,636 295 5.0 

Carson County ............................ 3,683 3,535 148 4.0 

Cass County ............................... 13,754 12,921 833 6.1 

Castro County ............................. 3,671 3,455 216 5.9 

Cherokee County ........................ 21,085 19,958 1,127 5.3 

Childress County ........................ 3,344 3,177 167 5.0 

Clay County ................................ 6,397 6,146 251 3.9 

Cochran County .......................... 1,561 1,464 97 6.2 

Coke County ............................... 1,466 1,396 70 4.8 

Coleman County ......................... 4,390 4,188 202 4.6 

Collin County .............................. 350,607 335,722 14,885 4.2 

Collingsworth County .................. 1,710 1,636 74 4.3 

Colorado County ......................... 10,599 10,155 444 4.2 

Comal County ............................. 46,860 44,930 1,930 4.1 

Comanche County ...................... 6,931 6,612 319 4.6 

Concho County ........................... 1,387 1,301 86 6.2 

Cooke County ............................. 19,375 18,558 817 4.2 

Coryell County ............................ 25,976 24,311 1,665 6.4 

Cottle County .............................. 874 832 42 4.8 

Crane County .............................. 1,490 1,407 83 5.6 

Crockett County .......................... 2,128 2,045 83 3.9 

Crosby County ............................ 3,022 2,855 167 5.5 

Culberson County ....................... 1,557 1,487 70 4.5 

Dallam County ............................ 3,376 3,259 117 3.5 

Dallas County ............................. 1,195,541 1,130,155 65,386 5.5 

Dawson County .......................... 5,686 5,300 386 6.8 

Deaf Smith County ...................... 7,938 7,517 421 5.3 

Delta County ............................... 2,541 2,400 141 5.5 

Denton County ............................ 305,167 292,097 13,070 4.3 

DeWitt County ............................ 9,596 9,168 428 4.5 

Dickens County ........................... 1,138 1,083 55 4.8 

Dimmit County ............................ 3,942 3,629 313 7.9 

Donley County ............................ 1,907 1,818 89 4.7 

Duval County .............................. 5,225 4,880 345 6.6 

Eastland County ......................... 8,752 8,337 415 4.7 

Ector County ............................... 62,074 59,121 2,953 4.8 

Edwards County ......................... 1,141 1,099 42 3.7 

Ellis County ................................. 65,250 61,912 3,338 5.1 

El Paso County ........................... 298,765 278,268 20,497 6.9 

Erath County ............................... 18,504 17,800 704 3.8 

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Falls County ................................ 7,691 7,226 465 6.0 

Fannin County ............................ 14,059 13,231 828 5.9 

Fayette County ............................ 12,231 11,784 447 3.7 

Fisher County ............................. 2,097 2,008 89 4.2 

Floyd County ............................... 3,415 3,218 197 5.8 

Foard County .............................. 671 640 31 4.6 

Fort Bend County ........................ 222,455 212,192 10,263 4.6 

Franklin County ........................... 5,360 5,120 240 4.5 

Freestone County ....................... 10,093 9,664 429 4.3 

Frio County ................................. 6,329 5,920 409 6.5 

Gaines County ............................ 6,648 6,333 315 4.7 

Garza County .............................. 2,369 2,260 109 4.6 

Gillespie County .......................... 12,728 12,341 387 3.0 

Glasscock County ....................... 667 640 27 4.0 

Goliad County ............................. 3,460 3,296 164 4.7 

Gonzales County ........................ 9,737 9,344 393 4.0 

Gray County ................................ 10,530 10,049 481 4.6 

Grayson County .......................... 58,930 56,020 2,910 4.9 

Gregg County ............................. 61,235 58,351 2,884 4.7 

Grimes County ............................ 10,054 9,437 617 6.1 

Guadalupe County ...................... 51,226 48,984 2,242 4.4 

Hale County ................................ 17,307 16,394 913 5.3 

Hall County ................................. 1,589 1,506 83 5.2 

Hamilton County ......................... 4,419 4,240 179 4.1 

Hansford County ......................... 2,734 2,639 95 3.5 

Hardeman County ....................... 2,198 2,087 111 5.1 

Harris County .............................. 1,861,118 1,762,717 98,401 5.3 

Harrison County .......................... 32,121 30,399 1,722 5.4 

Hartley County ............................ 2,430 2,322 108 4.4 

Haskell County ............................ 3,163 3,047 116 3.7 

Hays County ............................... 65,294 62,569 2,725 4.2 

Hemphill County ......................... 2,449 2,385 64 2.6 

Henderson County ...................... 35,392 33,576 1,816 5.1 

Hidalgo County ........................... 260,003 241,085 18,918 7.3 

Hill County .................................. 15,372 14,438 934 6.1 

Hockley County ........................... 11,998 11,482 516 4.3 

Hood County ............................... 23,818 22,758 1,060 4.5 

Hopkins County .......................... 17,631 16,852 779 4.4 

Houston County .......................... 9,387 8,845 542 5.8 

Howard County ........................... 13,549 12,798 751 5.5 

Hudspeth County ........................ 1,346 1,257 89 6.6 

Hunt County ................................ 39,920 37,826 2,094 5.2 

Hutchinson County ..................... 10,711 10,163 548 5.1 

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Irion County ................................ 993 958 35 3.5 

Jack County ................................ 3,990 3,804 186 4.7 

Jackson County .......................... 6,847 6,515 332 4.8 

Jeff Davis County ........................ 1,451 1,410 41 2.8 

Jim Hogg County ........................ 2,773 2,638 135 4.9 

Jim Wells County ........................ 20,547 19,450 1,097 5.3 

Johnson County .......................... 71,840 68,360 3,480 4.8 

Jones County .............................. 8,281 7,839 442 5.3 

Karnes County ............................ 5,894 5,538 356 6.0 

Kaufman County ......................... 41,657 39,552 2,105 5.1 

Kendall County ........................... 13,755 13,216 539 3.9 

Kenedy County ........................... 227 220 7 3.1 

Kent County ................................ 458 441 17 3.7 

Kerr County ................................. 21,736 20,898 838 3.9 

Kimble County ............................ 2,197 2,109 88 4.0 

King County ................................ 279 273 6 2.2 

Kinney County ............................. 1,567 1,493 74 4.7 

Kleberg County ........................... 15,521 14,663 858 5.5 

Knox County ............................... 1,975 1,891 84 4.3 

Lamar County ............................. 23,885 22,493 1,392 5.8 

Lamb County .............................. 7,697 7,350 347 4.5 

Lampasas County ....................... 10,074 9,649 425 4.2 

La Salle County .......................... 2,410 2,257 153 6.3 

Lavaca County ............................ 10,705 10,315 390 3.6 

Lee County ................................. 9,032 8,660 372 4.1 

Leon County ............................... 8,257 7,852 405 4.9 

Limestone County ....................... 10,896 10,358 538 4.9 

Lipscomb County ........................ 1,863 1,804 59 3.2 

Live Oak County ......................... 5,075 4,804 271 5.3 

Llano County ............................... 7,943 7,585 358 4.5 

Loving County ............................. 45 42 3 6.7 

Lubbock County .......................... 139,607 133,899 5,708 4.1 

Lynn County ................................ 3,064 2,885 179 5.8 

McCulloch County ....................... 3,923 3,728 195 5.0 

McLennan County ....................... 113,320 107,772 5,548 4.9 

McMullen County ........................ 408 390 18 4.4 

Madison County .......................... 5,075 4,775 300 5.9 

Marion County ............................ 4,806 4,537 269 5.6 

Martin County ............................. 2,153 2,048 105 4.9 

Mason County ............................. 2,048 1,984 64 3.1 

Matagorda County ...................... 17,282 15,931 1,351 7.8 

Maverick County ......................... 18,053 16,313 1,740 9.6 

Medina County ............................ 19,715 18,794 921 4.7 

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Menard County ........................... 1,131 1,084 47 4.2 

Midland County ........................... 65,647 63,090 2,557 3.9 

Milam County .............................. 11,855 11,253 602 5.1 

Mills County ................................ 2,791 2,693 98 3.5 

Mitchell County ........................... 3,287 3,080 207 6.3 

Montague County ....................... 9,800 9,384 416 4.2 

Montgomery County ................... 180,707 172,846 7,861 4.4 

Moore County ............................. 10,379 9,963 416 4.0 

Morris County ............................. 5,832 5,465 367 6.3 

Motley County ............................. 689 665 24 3.5 

Nacogdoches County ................. 32,618 30,997 1,621 5.0 

Navarro County ........................... 21,701 20,528 1,173 5.4 

Nolan County .............................. 7,526 7,149 377 5.0 

Nueces County ........................... 157,227 148,542 8,685 5.5 

Ochiltree County ......................... 5,128 4,958 170 3.3 

Oldham County ........................... 1,088 1,042 46 4.2 

Palo Pinto County ....................... 13,733 13,108 625 4.6 

Panola County ............................ 11,557 10,978 579 5.0 

Parker County ............................. 50,344 48,020 2,324 4.6 

Parmer County ............................ 4,923 4,721 202 4.1 

Pecos County ............................. 7,342 6,989 353 4.8 

Polk County ................................ 17,311 16,248 1,063 6.1 

Potter County .............................. 59,091 56,378 2,713 4.6 

Presidio County .......................... 3,391 3,049 342 10.1 

Rains County .............................. 5,006 4,774 232 4.6 

Randall County ........................... 67,974 65,701 2,273 3.3 

Reagan County ........................... 1,603 1,537 66 4.1 

Real County ................................ 1,833 1,769 64 3.5 

Red River County ....................... 6,430 6,034 396 6.2 

Reeves County ........................... 4,164 3,817 347 8.3 

Refugio County ........................... 4,091 3,902 189 4.6 

Roberts County ........................... 533 516 17 3.2 

Robertson County ....................... 7,177 6,807 370 5.2 

Rockwall County ......................... 29,581 28,338 1,243 4.2 

Runnels County .......................... 5,205 4,884 321 6.2 

Rusk County ............................... 23,050 21,820 1,230 5.3 

Sabine County ............................ 3,871 3,570 301 7.8 

San Augustine County ................ 3,857 3,622 235 6.1 

San Jacinto County ..................... 10,319 9,674 645 6.3 

San Patricio County .................... 29,688 27,538 2,150 7.2 

San Saba County ........................ 2,686 2,570 116 4.3 

Schleicher County ....................... 1,510 1,450 60 4.0 

Scurry County ............................. 7,219 6,869 350 4.8 

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Shackelford County .................... 2,222 2,163 59 2.7 

Shelby County ............................. 12,184 11,517 667 5.5 

Sherman County ......................... 1,564 1,492 72 4.6 

Smith County .............................. 96,758 92,233 4,525 4.7 

Somervell County ....................... 4,033 3,826 207 5.1 

Starr County ................................ 21,438 19,338 2,100 9.8 

Stephens County ........................ 4,193 3,990 203 4.8 

Sterling County ........................... 851 824 27 3.2 

Stonewall County ........................ 949 920 29 3.1 

Sutton County ............................. 2,785 2,705 80 2.9 

Swisher County ........................... 3,833 3,649 184 4.8 

Tarrant County ............................ 850,451 808,475 41,976 4.9 

Taylor County ............................. 67,810 65,010 2,800 4.1 

Terrell County ............................. 488 457 31 6.4 

Terry County ............................... 5,795 5,448 347 6.0 

Throckmorton County ................. 978 945 33 3.4 

Titus County ................................ 15,411 14,692 719 4.7 

Tom Green County ..................... 54,204 51,862 2,342 4.3 

Travis County .............................. 515,790 493,115 22,675 4.4 

Trinity County .............................. 6,056 5,712 344 5.7 

Upshur County ............................ 18,783 17,900 883 4.7 

Upton County .............................. 1,629 1,554 75 4.6 

Uvalde County ............................ 12,384 11,659 725 5.9 

Val Verde County ........................ 19,981 18,782 1,199 6.0 

Van Zandt County ....................... 25,425 24,217 1,208 4.8 

Victoria County ........................... 44,548 42,500 2,048 4.6 

Walker County ............................ 26,547 25,174 1,373 5.2 

Waller County ............................. 16,559 15,638 921 5.6 

Ward County ............................... 4,362 4,100 262 6.0 

Washington County .................... 15,772 15,080 692 4.4 

Webb County .............................. 85,415 80,513 4,902 5.7 

Wharton County .......................... 21,741 20,641 1,100 5.1 

Wheeler County .......................... 2,775 2,664 111 4.0 

Wichita County ........................... 63,843 60,735 3,108 4.9 

Wilbarger County ........................ 5,992 5,687 305 5.1 

Willacy County ............................ 7,064 6,385 679 9.6 

Williamson County ...................... 173,179 166,192 6,987 4.0 

Wilson County ............................ 17,509 16,667 842 4.8 

Winkler County ........................... 3,082 2,927 155 5.0 

Wise County ............................... 27,769 26,521 1,248 4.5 

Wood County .............................. 17,356 16,452 904 5.2 

Yoakum County .......................... 3,418 3,263 155 4.5 

Young County ............................. 9,235 8,839 396 4.3 

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Zapata County ............................ 5,219 4,874 345 6.6 

Zavala County ............................. 3,879 3,445 434 11.2 

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