Form 5		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Hinton, James M.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Camden Property Trust (CPT)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer               (Check all applicable) [_]    Director                                 [_]     10% Owner [X]    Officer (give title below)           [_]    Other (specify                                                                    below) Vice President,
(Last)             (First)            (Middle) c/o Camden Property Trust Three Greenway Plaza, #1300	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Year December 2002
(Street) Houston, TX 77046		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X]  Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)             (State)             (Zip)	Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (mm/dd/yy)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (mm/dd/yy)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at the end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest	4/30/02		J(1)	14	A	39.46	132,953	D
Common Share of Beneficial Interest	7/23/02		J(1)	17	A	30.91	132,970	D
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest	10/30/02		J(1)	19	A	30.80	132,989	D

(1)      Open market purchase pursant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan Dividend Reinvestment Plan during 2002.
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FORM 5 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.Title of Derivative Security (Instr.3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

3. A Deemed Execution Date, if Any (Month/ Day/ Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of(D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Year (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership(Instr. 4)

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

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