| County |
2001 Estimated Population |
2001 PA Total |
Ratio of 2001 Population per PA* |
Ratio of PAs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
52,611 |
7 |
7,516 |
13.3 |
| Andrews |
15,803 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Angelina |
74,850 |
17 |
4,403 |
22.7 |
| Aransas |
19,893 |
1 |
19,893 |
5.0 |
| Archer |
8,354 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
1,962 |
1 |
1,962 |
51.0 |
| Atascosa |
38,393 |
6 |
6,399 |
15.6 |
| Austin |
20,879 |
1 |
20,879 |
4.8 |
| Bailey |
7,574 |
1 |
7,574 |
13.2 |
| Bandera |
14,684 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
57,552 |
3 |
19,184 |
5.2 |
| Baylor |
4,058 |
1 |
4,058 |
24.6 |
| Bee |
29,639 |
12 |
2,470 |
40.5 |
| Bell |
216,715 |
42 |
5,160 |
19.4 |
| Bexar |
1,395,919 |
215 |
6,493 |
15.4 |
| Blanco |
7,571 |
1 |
7,571 |
13.2 |
| Borden |
814 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
16,387 |
1 |
16,387 |
6.1 |
| Bowie |
85,254 |
10 |
8,525 |
11.7 |
| Brazoria |
228,728 |
36 |
6,354 |
15.7 |
| Brazos |
122,184 |
17 |
7,187 |
13.9 |
| Brewster |
11,296 |
4 |
2,824 |
35.4 |
| Briscoe |
1,901 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
9,106 |
3 |
3,035 |
32.9 |
| Brown |
33,858 |
7 |
4,837 |
20.7 |
| Burleson |
15,649 |
3 |
5,216 |
19.2 |
| Burnet |
28,974 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Caldwell |
33,184 |
1 |
33,184 |
3.0 |
| Calhoun |
20,271 |
4 |
5,068 |
19.7 |
| Callahan |
11,855 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
344,588 |
23 |
14,982 |
6.7 |
| Camp |
10,864 |
1 |
10,864 |
9.2 |
| Carson |
6,387 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
29,803 |
1 |
29,803 |
3.4 |
| Castro |
9,687 |
1 |
9,687 |
10.3 |
| Chambers |
20,915 |
4 |
5,229 |
19.1 |
| Cherokee |
44,190 |
5 |
8,838 |
11.3 |
| Childress |
6,788 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Clay |
9,893 |
1 |
9,893 |
10.1 |
| Cochran |
4,922 |
1 |
4,922 |
20.3 |
| Coke |
3,435 |
2 |
1,718 |
58.2 |
| Coleman |
9,117 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
450,399 |
60 |
7,507 |
13.3 |
| Collingsworth |
3,362 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
18,092 |
4 |
4,523 |
22.1 |
| Comal |
79,305 |
13 |
6,100 |
16.4 |
| Comanche |
13,152 |
4 |
3,288 |
30.4 |
| Concho |
3,368 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
32,618 |
3 |
10,873 |
9.2 |
| Coryell |
78,927 |
9 |
8,770 |
11.4 |
| Cottle |
2,111 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
5,257 |
1 |
5,257 |
19.0 |
| Crockett |
4,355 |
2 |
2,178 |
45.9 |
| Crosby |
7,679 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
4,254 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
5,499 |
4 |
1,375 |
72.7 |
| Dallas |
2,245,221 |
266 |
8,441 |
11.8 |
| Dawson |
16,408 |
4 |
4,102 |
24.4 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,364 |
1 |
20,364 |
4.9 |
| Delta |
4,841 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
435,163 |
46 |
9,460 |
10.6 |
| De Witt |
20,310 |
3 |
6,770 |
14.8 |
| Dickens |
2,453 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,405 |
1 |
11,405 |
8.8 |
| Donley |
3,515 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
14,941 |
6 |
2,490 |
40.2 |
| Eastland |
17,390 |
3 |
5,797 |
17.3 |
| Ector |
131,005 |
7 |
18,715 |
5.3 |
| Edwards |
2,547 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
127,238 |
8 |
15,905 |
6.3 |
| El Paso |
795,276 |
40 |
19,882 |
5.0 |
| Erath |
31,604 |
3 |
10,535 |
9.5 |
| Falls |
18,961 |
3 |
6,320 |
15.8 |
| Fannin |
25,793 |
5 |
5,159 |
19.4 |
| Fayette |
20,377 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fisher |
4,615 |
2 |
2,308 |
43.3 |
| Floyd |
8,878 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Foard |
1,671 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
345,233 |
23 |
15,010 |
6.7 |
| Franklin |
8,188 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
16,989 |
2 |
8,495 |
11.8 |
| Frio |
16,815 |
4 |
4,204 |
23.8 |
| Gaines |
15,097 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Galveston |
236,450 |
69 |
3,427 |
29.2 |
| Garza |
5,344 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
20,273 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Glasscock |
1,637 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
6,589 |
1 |
6,589 |
15.2 |
| Gonzales |
18,369 |
5 |
3,674 |
27.2 |
| Gray |
22,173 |
1 |
22,173 |
4.5 |
| Grayson |
97,507 |
10 |
9,751 |
10.3 |
| Gregg |
108,504 |
11 |
9,864 |
10.1 |
| Grimes |
23,627 |
2 |
11,814 |
8.5 |
| Guadalupe |
89,021 |
4 |
22,255 |
4.5 |
| Hale |
35,146 |
3 |
11,715 |
8.5 |
| Hall |
3,656 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
7,245 |
1 |
7,245 |
13.8 |
| Hansford |
5,832 |
1 |
5,832 |
17.1 |
| Hardeman |
4,959 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
42,668 |
3 |
14,223 |
7.0 |
| Harris |
3,376,128 |
397 |
8,504 |
11.8 |
| Harrison |
64,394 |
4 |
16,099 |
6.2 |
| Hartley |
4,849 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
6,487 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
93,297 |
9 |
10,366 |
9.6 |
| Hemphill |
3,661 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
78,769 |
7 |
11,253 |
8.9 |
| Hidalgo |
565,188 |
47 |
12,025 |
8.3 |
| Hill |
29,128 |
4 |
7,282 |
13.7 |
| Hockley |
24,626 |
4 |
6,157 |
16.2 |
| Hood |
44,773 |
1 |
44,773 |
2.2 |
| Hopkins |
29,793 |
2 |
14,897 |
6.7 |
| Houston |
22,572 |
6 |
3,762 |
26.6 |
| Howard |
31,745 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hudspeth |
3,449 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
74,255 |
16 |
4,641 |
21.5 |
| Hutchinson |
24,733 |
3 |
8,244 |
12.1 |
| Irion |
1,754 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
6,808 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
13,171 |
2 |
6,586 |
15.2 |
| Jasper |
31,772 |
7 |
4,539 |
22.0 |
| Jeff Davis |
2,227 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
234,099 |
22 |
10,641 |
9.4 |
| Jim Hogg |
6,570 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
40,246 |
5 |
8,049 |
12.4 |
| Johnson |
143,729 |
4 |
35,932 |
2.8 |
| Jones |
18,901 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Karnes |
15,778 |
2 |
7,889 |
12.7 |
| Kaufman |
75,003 |
7 |
10,715 |
9.3 |
| Kendall |
19,906 |
2 |
9,953 |
10.0 |
| Kenedy |
535 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
982 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
43,092 |
9 |
4,788 |
20.9 |
| Kimble |
4,104 |
1 |
4,104 |
24.4 |
| King |
388 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,379 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
32,632 |
1 |
32,632 |
3.1 |
| Knox |
4,718 |
1 |
4,718 |
21.2 |
| Lamar |
43,762 |
3 |
14,587 |
6.9 |
| Lamb |
14,578 |
2 |
7,289 |
13.7 |
| Lampasas |
14,687 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| La Salle |
6,526 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
17,882 |
2 |
8,941 |
11.2 |
| Lee |
15,183 |
1 |
15,183 |
6.6 |
| Leon |
16,289 |
2 |
8,145 |
12.3 |
| Liberty |
60,895 |
9 |
6,766 |
14.8 |
| Limestone |
21,860 |
4 |
5,465 |
18.3 |
| Lipscomb |
3,051 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
10,111 |
2 |
5,056 |
19.8 |
| Llano |
12,508 |
3 |
4,169 |
24.0 |
| Loving |
115 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
227,942 |
30 |
7,598 |
13.2 |
| Lynn |
6,875 |
1 |
6,875 |
14.5 |
| McCulloch |
8,893 |
1 |
8,893 |
11.2 |
| McLennan |
193,756 |
14 |
13,840 |
7.2 |
| McMullen |
869 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
12,105 |
1 |
12,105 |
8.3 |
| Marion |
10,444 |
1 |
10,444 |
9.6 |
| Martin |
5,523 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,269 |
1 |
3,269 |
30.6 |
| Matagorda |
38,738 |
2 |
19,369 |
5.2 |
| Maverick |
46,015 |
3 |
15,338 |
6.5 |
| Medina |
35,240 |
6 |
5,873 |
17.0 |
| Menard |
2,285 |
1 |
2,285 |
43.8 |
| Midland |
132,717 |
11 |
12,065 |
8.3 |
| Milam |
23,321 |
4 |
5,830 |
17.2 |
| Mills |
4,445 |
1 |
4,445 |
22.5 |
| Mitchell |
9,092 |
4 |
2,273 |
44.0 |
| Montague |
15,784 |
7 |
2,255 |
44.3 |
| Montgomery |
247,470 |
41 |
6,036 |
16.6 |
| Moore |
19,204 |
4 |
4,801 |
20.8 |
| Morris |
12,756 |
1 |
12,756 |
7.8 |
| Motley |
1,415 |
1 |
1,415 |
70.7 |
| Nacogdoches |
57,697 |
8 |
7,212 |
13.9 |
| Navarro |
44,736 |
6 |
7,456 |
13.4 |
| Newton |
14,670 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
17,073 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nueces |
320,833 |
31 |
10,349 |
9.7 |
| Ochiltree |
9,107 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Oldham |
2,197 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
81,806 |
5 |
16,361 |
6.1 |
| Palo Pinto |
27,235 |
1 |
27,235 |
3.7 |
| Panola |
24,037 |
2 |
12,019 |
8.3 |
| Parker |
98,904 |
3 |
32,968 |
3.0 |
| Parmer |
10,577 |
1 |
10,577 |
9.5 |
| Pecos |
17,859 |
2 |
8,930 |
11.2 |
| Polk |
38,671 |
8 |
4,834 |
20.7 |
| Potter |
109,645 |
4 |
27,411 |
3.6 |
| Presidio |
8,962 |
2 |
4,481 |
22.3 |
| Rains |
8,268 |
2 |
4,134 |
24.2 |
| Randall |
111,778 |
5 |
22,356 |
4.5 |
| Reagan |
5,311 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,541 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
13,666 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Reeves |
17,288 |
1 |
17,288 |
5.8 |
| Refugio |
8,174 |
3 |
2,725 |
36.7 |
| Roberts |
1,018 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
17,318 |
4 |
4,330 |
23.1 |
| Rockwall |
43,022 |
4 |
10,756 |
9.3 |
| Runnels |
11,441 |
1 |
11,441 |
8.7 |
| Rusk |
46,282 |
4 |
11,571 |
8.6 |
| Sabine |
10,279 |
3 |
3,426 |
29.2 |
| San Augustine |
7,946 |
1 |
7,946 |
12.6 |
| San Jacinto |
21,778 |
2 |
10,889 |
9.2 |
| San Patricio |
69,945 |
5 |
13,989 |
7.1 |
| San Saba |
5,417 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
3,332 |
1 |
3,332 |
30.0 |
| Scurry |
19,320 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shackelford |
3,126 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shelby |
21,772 |
4 |
5,443 |
18.4 |
| Sherman |
2,971 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
171,697 |
32 |
5,366 |
18.6 |
| Somervell |
6,646 |
2 |
3,323 |
30.1 |
| Starr |
67,506 |
9 |
7,501 |
13.3 |
| Stephens |
8,965 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sterling |
1,548 |
1 |
1,548 |
64.6 |
| Stonewall |
1,930 |
1 |
1,930 |
51.8 |
| Sutton |
4,575 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
8,549 |
1 |
8,549 |
11.7 |
| Tarrant |
1,584,553 |
105 |
15,091 |
6.6 |
| Taylor |
125,066 |
24 |
5,211 |
19.2 |
| Terrell |
1,546 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,835 |
2 |
6,918 |
14.5 |
| Throckmorton |
1,795 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
25,619 |
1 |
25,619 |
3.9 |
| Tom Green |
112,981 |
9 |
12,553 |
8.0 |
| Travis |
661,147 |
95 |
6,959 |
14.4 |
| Trinity |
13,018 |
2 |
6,509 |
15.4 |
| Tyler |
19,545 |
1 |
19,545 |
5.1 |
| Upshur |
33,682 |
2 |
16,841 |
5.9 |
| Upton |
4,896 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
26,481 |
3 |
8,827 |
11.3 |
| Val Verde |
45,303 |
5 |
9,061 |
11.0 |
| Van Zandt |
43,820 |
4 |
10,955 |
9.1 |
| Victoria |
81,852 |
9 |
9,095 |
11.0 |
| Walker |
52,917 |
17 |
3,113 |
32.1 |
| Waller |
27,173 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ward |
13,649 |
2 |
6,825 |
14.7 |
| Washington |
29,821 |
4 |
7,455 |
13.4 |
| Webb |
194,353 |
4 |
48,588 |
2.1 |
| Wharton |
41,114 |
6 |
6,852 |
14.6 |
| Wheeler |
5,289 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
129,139 |
25 |
5,166 |
19.4 |
| Wilbarger |
15,348 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Willacy |
20,379 |
4 |
5,095 |
19.6 |
| Williamson |
235,271 |
17 |
13,839 |
7.2 |
| Wilson |
31,370 |
2 |
15,685 |
6.4 |
| Winkler |
9,137 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wise |
43,596 |
7 |
6,228 |
16.1 |
| Wood |
33,592 |
7 |
4,799 |
20.8 |
| Yoakum |
9,557 |
2 |
4,779 |
20.9 |
| Young |
16,811 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zapata |
13,863 |
1 |
13,863 |
7.2 |
| Zavala |
14,076 |
3 |
4,692 |
21.3 |
| Total |
20,698,441 |
2,319 |
8,926 |
11.2 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, September, 2001. Includes: all active Physician Assistants with a Texas address. The Physician Assistants were sorted by their county of practice. The county was determined based on the zip code. If the practice address was unavailable, the mailing address was used to determine the county.
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Health Information and Analysis, Health Professions Resource Center, January 23, 2001.
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