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Population Trends Vary Among Cross Timbers Counties
By Meagan MeekAccording to data from the Census Bureau,
all five Cross Timbers counties showed increases in
population over the past twenty years. Four area
countries also reported gains over the past decade.
Census data for 2010 showed Erath Country
experienced the greatest increase in population. The
2010 population estimate of 37,890 represents a
POPULATION
Cross Timbers Counties
Thousands
40
02000
3 2010
30
20
100 ..
Bosque Comanche Eastland Erath Hamilton
Source: U.S. Census Bureaugain of 14.6 percent from the 2000 value and an
increase of 35.4 percent over the 1990 figure.
Bosque County showed an increase of 5.7 per-
cent in the last ten years. The population estimate
of 18,212 in 2010 reveals an increase of 20.4 per-
cent since 1990.
Comanche County's population, estimated at
13,974 for 2010, declined by 0.1 percent from 2000
but grew by 4.4 percent over the 1990 value.
Hamilton, the least populous county in the
Cross Timbers area, showed a 2010 population es-
timate of 8,517 revealing an increase of 3.4 percent
over 2000, and a rise of 10.1 percent from 1990.
Eastland showed the slowest population growth
over the last 20 years. Its estimated 2010 population
of 18,583 represents a gain of 1.5 percent over the
2000 value and a rise of 0.5 percent since 1990.
Meagan Meek majors in HR. Management and is
President of the Society of Human Resource Man-
agement at Tarleton. She is a member of Delta Mu
Delta and Omicron Delta Kappa.Sales Tax Allocations Mixed
By Kelsi MclarenAccording to the economists, the United States
recession ended more than a year ago. However,
sales tax allocation patterns showed five Cross
Timber cities are still struggling in 2011, when
comparisons are made to figures two years earlier.
Comanche's $179,314 allocation figure for the
January-April period lies 4.1 percent above the
same period last year. The city's 2011 allocation
total is 1.8 percent above the value noted in 2009.
Eastland's allocation figure rested at $345,831
for the first four months of this year. This value
rises 8.1 percent above the 2010 figure but falls
13.2 percent below the 2009 aggregate.
Dublin's $95,686 allocation shows a gain of 2.1
percent over the previous year. The 2011 figure lies
2.6 percent below the 2009 value.
Stephenville reported $1,491,925 in sales tax
allocations for the first four months of this year.
This total rests 8.4 percent above the value reported
in 2010 but is 6.8 percent below the total for 2009.
Hamilton reported an allocation of $146,040
for the period ending in April 2011. This allocationrests 13.8 percent above the figure for 2010 and 3.6
percent above the 2009 value.
SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS
Area Cities, January - April
Thousands
02009 02010 E20111500
1000
5000 -. I ...L.I . I .
Comanche Eastland Dublin Stephenville Hamilton
Source: State Comptroller's Office
Sales taxes are collected and allocated to local
governments by the State Controller's Office on a
monthly basis. Economists use these figures to
make estimates for taxable sales levels.
Kelsi McLaren is graduating in May 2011 with a
BBA in Interdisciplinary Business.-
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