Population & Population Growth
	1980	1990	2000	2006	Percent change
					1990-2000	2000-2006
Austin MSA	585,051	846,227	1,249,763	1,513,565	47.70%	21.10%
Bastrop Co.	24,726	38,263	57,733	71,684	50.90%	24.20%
Caldwell Co.	23,637	26,392	32,194	36,720	22.00%	14.10%
Hays Co.	40,594	65,614	97,589	130,325	48.70%	33.50%
Travis Co.	419,573	576,407	812,280	921,006	40.90%	13.40%
Williamson Co.	76,521	139,551	249,967	353,830	79.10%	41.60%
Texas	14,225,512	16,986,335	20,851,820	23,507,783	22.80%	12.70%
United States	--	--	--	--	13.10%	6.40%

Population Projections
	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040
Austin MSA	1,249,763	1,655,883	2,154,682	2,771,772	3,499,762
Bastrop Co.	57,733	91,860	142,706	214,842	31,132,100
Caldwell Co.	32,194	40,505	49,794	58,017	64,270
Hays Co.	97,589	173,377	279,228	417,590	584,642
Travis Co.	812,280	939,561	1,043,824	1,124,014	1,175,905
Williamson Co.	249,967	410,580	639,130	957,309	1,363,624
Growth rates		2000-2010	2010-2020	2020-2030	2030-2040
Austin MSA		32%	30%	29%	26%
Texas		20%	21%	20%	20%

Educational Attainment
Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Years or Older, 2006
	Austin MSA	Texas	United States
High school graduate or higher	86.30%	78.60%	84.10%
At least some college	64.40%	51.30%	53.90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.80%	24.70%	27.00%
Graduate degree	13.20%	8.00%	9.90%

Population by Age & Sex
Population by Age & Sex, Austin MSA, 2006
Nearly half of the region's population, 45%, is in the peak working years between the ages of 18-44 (compared to 38% nationally). The median age of the Austin metro is four years younger than the national median (32.4 years vs. 36.4 years).
	Male	Female	Total
0-17	197,087	187,293	384,371
18-24	91,534	85,860	177,394
25-44	270,268	237,017	507,285
45-64	166,229	164,974	331,203
65+	48,938	64,374	113,312
Total	774,047	739,518	1,513,565