Exhibit 9
Upper Rio Grande Actual and Projected Population Increase, 2003-2013
| Year | El Paso MSA | Non-metro Counties |
Region | Percent Change for Region |
Texas | Percent Change for Texas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 696,967 | 24,961 | 721,928 | — | 22,085,973 | — |
| 2004 | 705,526 | 24,736 | 730,262 | 1.15% | 22,454,811 | 1.67% |
| 2005 | 712,419 | 24,707 | 737,126 | 2.11% | 22,843,999 | 3.43% |
| 2006 | 725,555 | 24,684 | 750,239 | 3.92% | 23,407,629 | 5.98% |
| 2007 | 734,666 | 24,855 | 759,521 | 5.21% | 23,904,380 | 8.23% |
| 2008 | 741,048 | 24,789 | 765,837 | 6.08% | 24,292,223 | 9.99% |
| 2009 | 749,936 | 24,853 | 774,789 | 7.32% | 24,724,808 | 11.95% |
| 2010 | 756,594 | 24,882 | 781,476 | 8.25% | 25,059,746 | 13.46% |
| 2011 | 762,003 | 24,898 | 786,901 | 9.00% | 25,336,365 | 14.72% |
| 2012 | 766,110 | 24,866 | 790,976 | 9.56% | 25,571,403 | 15.78% |
| 2013 | 770,595 | 24,857 | 795,452 | 10.18% | 25,809,519 | 16.86% |
Source: Economic Modeling Specialists Inc.