County Designations


County	Urbanization Status	Border Status
Anderson	Rural	Non-Border
Andrews	Rural	Non-Border
Angelina	Rural	Non-Border
Aransas	Urban	Non-Border
Archer	Urban	Non-Border
Armstrong	Urban	Non-Border
Atascosa	Urban	Non-Border
Austin	Urban	Non-Border
Bailey	Rural	Non-Border
Bandera	Urban	Non-Border
Bastrop	Urban	Non-Border
Baylor	Rural	Non-Border
Bee	Rural	Non-Border
Bell	Urban	Non-Border
Bexar	Urban	Non-Border
Blanco	Rural	Non-Border
Borden	Rural	Non-Border
Bosque	Rural	Non-Border
Bowie	Urban	Non-Border
Brazoria	Urban	Non-Border
Brazos	Urban	Non-Border
Brewster	Rural	Border
Briscoe	Rural	Non-Border
Brooks	Rural	Border
Brown	Rural	Non-Border
Burleson	Urban	Non-Border
Burnet	Rural	Non-Border
Caldwell	Urban	Non-Border
Calhoun	Urban	Non-Border
Callahan	Urban	Non-Border
Cameron	Urban	Border
Camp	Rural	Non-Border
Carson	Urban	Non-Border
Cass	Rural	Non-Border
Castro	Rural	Non-Border
Chambers	Urban	Non-Border
Cherokee	Rural	Non-Border
Childress	Rural	Non-Border
Clay	Urban	Non-Border
Cochran	Rural	Non-Border
Coke	Rural	Non-Border
Coleman	Rural	Non-Border
Collin	Urban	Non-Border
Collingsworth	Rural	Non-Border
Colorado	Rural	Non-Border
Comal	Urban	Non-Border
Comanche	Rural	Non-Border
Concho	Rural	Non-Border
Cooke	Rural	Non-Border
Coryell	Urban	Non-Border
Cottle	Rural	Non-Border
Crane	Rural	Non-Border
Crockett	Rural	Border
Crosby	Urban	Non-Border
Culberson	Rural	Border
Dallam	Rural	Non-Border
Dallas	Urban	Non-Border
Dawson	Rural	Non-Border
Deaf Smith	Rural	Non-Border
Delta	Urban	Non-Border
Denton	Urban	Non-Border
De Witt	Rural	Non-Border
Dickens	Rural	Non-Border
Dimmit	Rural	Border
Donley	Rural	Non-Border
Duval	Rural	Border
Eastland	Rural	Non-Border
Ector	Urban	Non-Border
Edwards	Rural	Border
Ellis	Urban	Non-Border
El Paso	Urban	Border
Erath	Rural	Non-Border
Falls	Rural	Non-Border
Fannin	Rural	Non-Border
Fayette	Rural	Non-Border
Fisher	Rural	Non-Border
Floyd	Rural	Non-Border
Foard	Rural	Non-Border
Fort Bend	Urban	Non-Border
Franklin	Rural	Non-Border
Freestone	Rural	Non-Border
Frio	Rural	Border
Gaines	Rural	Non-Border
Galveston	Urban	Non-Border
Garza	Rural	Non-Border
Gillespie	Rural	Non-Border
Glasscock	Rural	Non-Border
Goliad	Urban	Non-Border
Gonzales	Rural	Non-Border
Gray	Rural	Non-Border
Grayson	Urban	Non-Border
Gregg	Urban	Non-Border
Grimes	Rural	Non-Border
Guadalupe	Urban	Non-Border
Hale	Rural	Non-Border
Hall	Rural	Non-Border
Hamilton	Rural	Non-Border
Hansford	Rural	Non-Border
Hardeman	Rural	Non-Border
Hardin	Urban	Non-Border
Harris	Urban	Non-Border
Harrison	Rural	Non-Border
Hartley	Rural	Non-Border
Haskell	Rural	Non-Border
Hays	Urban	Non-Border
Hemphill	Rural	Non-Border
Henderson	Rural	Non-Border
Hidalgo	Urban	Border
Hill	Rural	Non-Border
Hockley	Rural	Non-Border
Hood	Rural	Non-Border
Hopkins	Rural	Non-Border
Houston	Rural	Non-Border
Howard	Rural	Non-Border
Hudspeth	Rural	Border
Hunt	Urban	Non-Border
Hutchinson	Rural	Non-Border
Irion	Urban	Non-Border
Jack	Rural	Non-Border
Jackson	Rural	Non-Border
Jasper	Rural	Non-Border
Jeff Davis	Rural	Border
Jefferson	Urban	Non-Border
Jim Hogg	Rural	Border
Jim Wells	Rural	Non-Border
Johnson	Urban	Non-Border
Jones	Urban	Non-Border
Karnes	Rural	Non-Border
Kaufman	Urban	Non-Border
Kendall	Urban	Non-Border
Kenedy	Rural	Border
Kent	Rural	Non-Border
Kerr	Rural	Non-Border
Kimble	Rural	Non-Border
King	Rural	Non-Border
Kinney	Rural	Border
Kleberg	Rural	Non-Border
Knox	Rural	Non-Border
Lamar	Rural	Non-Border
Lamb	Rural	Non-Border
Lampasas	Urban	Non-Border
La Salle	Rural	Border
Lavaca	Rural	Non-Border
Lee	Rural	Non-Border
Leon	Rural	Non-Border
Liberty	Urban	Non-Border
Limestone	Rural	Non-Border
Lipscomb	Rural	Non-Border
Live Oak	Rural	Non-Border
Llano	Rural	Non-Border
Loving	Rural	Non-Border
Lubbock	Urban	Non-Border
Lynn	Rural	Non-Border
McCulloch	Rural	Non-Border
McLennan	Urban	Non-Border
McMullen	Rural	Border
Madison	Rural	Non-Border
Marion	Rural	Non-Border
Martin	Rural	Non-Border
Mason	Rural	Non-Border
Matagorda	Rural	Non-Border
Maverick	Rural	Border
Medina	Urban	Non-Border
Menard	Rural	Non-Border
Midland	Urban	Non-Border
Milam	Rural	Non-Border
Mills	Rural	Non-Border
Mitchell	Rural	Non-Border
Montague	Rural	Non-Border
Montgomery	Urban	Non-Border
Moore	Rural	Non-Border
Morris	Rural	Non-Border
Motley	Rural	Non-Border
Nacogdoches	Rural	Non-Border
Navarro	Rural	Non-Border
Newton	Rural	Non-Border
Nolan	Rural	Non-Border
Nueces	Urban	Non-Border
Ochiltree	Rural	Non-Border
Oldham	Rural	Non-Border
Orange	Urban	Non-Border
Palo Pinto	Rural	Non-Border
Panola	Rural	Non-Border
Parker	Urban	Non-Border
Parmer	Rural	Non-Border
Pecos	Rural	Border
Polk	Rural	Non-Border
Potter	Urban	Non-Border
Presidio	Rural	Border
Rains	Rural	Non-Border
Randall	Urban	Non-Border
Reagan	Rural	Non-Border
Real	Rural	Border
Red River	Rural	Non-Border
Reeves	Rural	Border
Refugio	Rural	Non-Border
Roberts	Rural	Non-Border
Robertson	Urban	Non-Border
Rockwall	Urban	Non-Border
Runnels	Rural	Non-Border
Rusk	Urban	Non-Border
Sabine	Rural	Non-Border
San Augustine	Rural	Non-Border
San Jacinto	Urban	Non-Border
San Patricio	Urban	Non-Border
San Saba	Rural	Non-Border
Schleicher	Rural	Non-Border
Scurry	Rural	Non-Border
Shackelford	Rural	Non-Border
Shelby	Rural	Non-Border
Sherman	Rural	Non-Border
Smith	Urban	Non-Border
Somervell	Rural	Non-Border
Starr	Rural	Border
Stephens	Rural	Non-Border
Sterling	Rural	Non-Border
Stonewall	Rural	Non-Border
Sutton	Rural	Border
Swisher	Rural	Non-Border
Tarrant	Urban	Non-Border
Taylor	Urban	Non-Border
Terrell	Rural	Border
Terry	Rural	Non-Border
Throckmorton	Rural	Non-Border
Titus	Rural	Non-Border
Tom Green	Urban	Non-Border
Travis	Urban	Non-Border
Trinity	Rural	Non-Border
Tyler	Rural	Non-Border
Upshur	Urban	Non-Border
Upton	Rural	Non-Border
Uvalde	Rural	Border
Val Verde	Rural	Border
Van Zandt	Rural	Non-Border
Victoria	Urban	Non-Border
Walker	Rural	Non-Border
Waller	Urban	Non-Border
Ward	Rural	Non-Border
Washington	Rural	Non-Border
Webb	Urban	Border
Wharton	Rural	Non-Border
Wheeler	Rural	Non-Border
Wichita	Urban	Non-Border
Wilbarger	Rural	Non-Border
Willacy	Rural	Border
Williamson	Urban	Non-Border
Wilson	Urban	Non-Border
Winkler	Rural	Non-Border
Wise	Urban	Non-Border
Wood	Rural	Non-Border
Yoakum	Rural	Non-Border
Young	Rural	Non-Border
Zapata	Rural	Border
Zavala	Rural	Border

Urbanization Status based on U.S. Office of Management and Budget definitions of Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan, 2004

Border Status based on La Paz Agreement, 1983

Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, January 14, 2009.

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