
| County |
2001 Population |
2001 PC Physician Total |
Ratio of 2001 Population to PC Physician* |
Ratio of PC Physician to 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
52,611 |
39 |
1,349 |
74.1 |
| Andrews |
15,803 |
6 |
2,634 |
38.0 |
| Angelina |
74,850 |
66 |
1,134 |
88.2 |
| Aransas |
19,893 |
12 |
1,658 |
60.3 |
| Archer |
8,354 |
1 |
8,354 |
12.0 |
| Armstrong |
1,962 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
38,393 |
13 |
2,953 |
33.9 |
| Austin |
20,879 |
8 |
2,610 |
38.3 |
| Bailey |
7,574 |
3 |
2,525 |
39.6 |
| Bandera |
14,684 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
57,552 |
16 |
3,597 |
27.8 |
| Baylor |
4,058 |
2 |
2,029 |
49.3 |
| Bee |
29,639 |
15 |
1,976 |
50.6 |
| Bell |
216,715 |
209 |
1,037 |
96.4 |
| Bexar |
1,395,919 |
1,093 |
1,277 |
78.3 |
| Blanco |
7,571 |
2 |
3,786 |
26.4 |
| Borden |
814 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
16,387 |
5 |
3,277 |
30.5 |
| Bowie |
85,254 |
76 |
1,122 |
89.1 |
| Brazoria |
228,728 |
106 |
2,158 |
46.3 |
| Brazos |
122,184 |
139 |
879 |
113.8 |
| Brewster |
11,296 |
5 |
2,259 |
44.3 |
| Briscoe |
1,901 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
9,106 |
3 |
3,035 |
32.9 |
| Brown |
33,858 |
27 |
1,254 |
79.7 |
| Burleson |
15,649 |
3 |
5,216 |
19.2 |
| Burnet |
28,974 |
23 |
1,260 |
79.4 |
| Caldwell |
33,184 |
12 |
2,765 |
36.2 |
| Calhoun |
20,271 |
17 |
1,192 |
83.9 |
| Callahan |
11,855 |
2 |
5,928 |
16.9 |
| Cameron |
344,588 |
216 |
1,595 |
62.7 |
| Camp |
10,864 |
5 |
2,173 |
46.0 |
| Carson |
6,387 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
29,803 |
13 |
2,293 |
43.6 |
| Castro |
9,687 |
5 |
1,937 |
51.6 |
| Chambers |
20,915 |
2 |
10,458 |
9.6 |
| Cherokee |
44,190 |
29 |
1,524 |
65.6 |
| Childress |
6,788 |
7 |
970 |
103.1 |
| Clay |
9,893 |
3 |
3,298 |
30.3 |
| Cochran |
4,922 |
1 |
4,922 |
20.3 |
| Coke |
3,435 |
2 |
1,718 |
58.2 |
| Coleman |
9,117 |
3 |
3,039 |
32.9 |
| Collin |
450,399 |
318 |
1,416 |
70.6 |
| Collingsworth |
3,362 |
2 |
1,681 |
59.5 |
| Colorado |
18,092 |
15 |
1,206 |
82.9 |
| Comal |
79,305 |
49 |
1,618 |
61.8 |
| Comanche |
13,152 |
9 |
1,461 |
68.4 |
| Concho |
3,368 |
1 |
3,368 |
29.7 |
| Cooke |
32,618 |
16 |
2,039 |
49.1 |
| Coryell |
78,927 |
17 |
4,643 |
21.5 |
| Cottle |
2,111 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
5,257 |
4 |
1,314 |
76.1 |
| Crockett |
4,355 |
1 |
4,355 |
23.0 |
| Crosby |
7,679 |
3 |
2,560 |
39.1 |
| Culberson |
4,254 |
1 |
4,254 |
23.5 |
| Dallam |
5,499 |
7 |
786 |
127.3 |
| Dallas |
2,245,221 |
1,838 |
1,222 |
81.9 |
| Dawson |
16,408 |
9 |
1,823 |
54.9 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,364 |
7 |
2,909 |
34.4 |
| Delta |
4,841 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
435,163 |
283 |
1,538 |
65.0 |
| De Witt |
20,310 |
12 |
1,693 |
59.1 |
| Dickens |
2,453 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,405 |
9 |
1,267 |
78.9 |
| Donley |
3,515 |
2 |
1,758 |
56.9 |
| Duval |
14,941 |
4 |
3,735 |
26.8 |
| Eastland |
17,390 |
10 |
1,739 |
57.5 |
| Ector |
131,005 |
80 |
1,638 |
61.1 |
| Edwards |
2,547 |
1 |
2,547 |
39.3 |
| Ellis |
127,238 |
46 |
2,766 |
36.2 |
| El Paso |
795,276 |
308 |
2,582 |
38.7 |
| Erath |
31,604 |
19 |
1,663 |
60.1 |
| Falls |
18,961 |
4 |
4,740 |
21.1 |
| Fannin |
25,793 |
13 |
1,984 |
50.4 |
| Fayette |
20,377 |
16 |
1,274 |
78.5 |
| Fisher |
4,615 |
1 |
4,615 |
21.7 |
| Floyd |
8,878 |
5 |
1,776 |
56.3 |
| Foard |
1,671 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
345,233 |
181 |
1,907 |
52.4 |
| Franklin |
8,188 |
6 |
1,365 |
73.3 |
| Freestone |
16,989 |
6 |
2,832 |
35.3 |
| Frio |
16,815 |
9 |
1,868 |
53.5 |
| Gaines |
15,097 |
5 |
3,019 |
33.1 |
| Galveston |
236,450 |
180 |
1,314 |
76.1 |
| Garza |
5,344 |
3 |
1,781 |
56.1 |
| Gillespie |
20,273 |
26 |
780 |
128.2 |
| Glasscock |
1,637 |
1 |
1,637 |
61.1 |
| Goliad |
6,589 |
1 |
6,589 |
15.2 |
| Gonzales |
18,369 |
8 |
2,296 |
43.6 |
| Gray |
22,173 |
15 |
1,478 |
67.6 |
| Grayson |
97,507 |
82 |
1,189 |
84.1 |
| Gregg |
108,504 |
116 |
935 |
106.9 |
| Grimes |
23,627 |
9 |
2,625 |
38.1 |
| Guadalupe |
89,021 |
32 |
2,782 |
35.9 |
| Hale |
35,146 |
28 |
1,255 |
79.7 |
| Hall |
3,656 |
2 |
1,828 |
54.7 |
| Hamilton |
7,245 |
6 |
1,208 |
82.8 |
| Hansford |
5,832 |
1 |
5,832 |
17.1 |
| Hardeman |
4,959 |
5 |
992 |
100.8 |
| Hardin |
42,668 |
16 |
2,667 |
37.5 |
| Harris |
3,376,128 |
2,766 |
1,221 |
81.9 |
| Harrison |
64,394 |
26 |
2,477 |
40.4 |
| Hartley |
4,849 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
6,487 |
3 |
2,162 |
46.2 |
| Hays |
93,297 |
57 |
1,637 |
61.1 |
| Hemphill |
3,661 |
4 |
915 |
109.3 |
| Henderson |
78,769 |
30 |
2,626 |
38.1 |
| Hidalgo |
565,188 |
338 |
1,672 |
59.8 |
| Hill |
29,128 |
14 |
2,081 |
48.1 |
| Hockley |
24,626 |
10 |
2,463 |
40.6 |
| Hood |
44,773 |
30 |
1,492 |
67.0 |
| Hopkins |
29,793 |
16 |
1,862 |
53.7 |
| Houston |
22,572 |
13 |
1,736 |
57.6 |
| Howard |
31,745 |
24 |
1,323 |
75.6 |
| Hudspeth |
3,449 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
74,255 |
34 |
2,184 |
45.8 |
| Hutchinson |
24,733 |
15 |
1,649 |
60.6 |
| Irion |
1,754 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
6,808 |
2 |
3,404 |
29.4 |
| Jackson |
13,171 |
4 |
3,293 |
30.4 |
| Jasper |
31,772 |
27 |
1,177 |
85.0 |
| Jeff Davis |
2,227 |
1 |
2,227 |
44.9 |
| Jefferson |
234,099 |
213 |
1,099 |
91.0 |
| Jim Hogg |
6,570 |
3 |
2,190 |
45.7 |
| Jim Wells |
40,246 |
25 |
1,610 |
62.1 |
| Johnson |
143,729 |
51 |
2,818 |
35.5 |
| Jones |
18,901 |
7 |
2,700 |
37.0 |
| Karnes |
15,778 |
4 |
3,945 |
25.4 |
| Kaufman |
75,003 |
39 |
1,923 |
52.0 |
| Kendall |
19,906 |
19 |
1,048 |
95.4 |
| Kenedy |
535 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
982 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
43,092 |
43 |
1,002 |
99.8 |
| Kimble |
4,104 |
3 |
1,368 |
73.1 |
| King |
388 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,379 |
1 |
3,379 |
29.6 |
| Kleberg |
32,632 |
14 |
2,331 |
42.9 |
| Knox |
4,718 |
5 |
944 |
106.0 |
| Lamar |
43,762 |
42 |
1,042 |
96.0 |
| Lamb |
14,578 |
8 |
1,822 |
54.9 |
| Lampasas |
14,687 |
7 |
2,098 |
47.7 |
| La Salle |
6,526 |
2 |
3,263 |
30.6 |
| Lavaca |
17,882 |
14 |
1,277 |
78.3 |
| Lee |
15,183 |
2 |
7,592 |
13.2 |
| Leon |
16,289 |
5 |
3,258 |
30.7 |
| Liberty |
60,895 |
29 |
2,100 |
47.6 |
| Limestone |
21,860 |
13 |
1,682 |
59.5 |
| Lipscomb |
3,051 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
10,111 |
2 |
5,056 |
19.8 |
| Llano |
12,508 |
9 |
1,390 |
72.0 |
| Loving |
115 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
227,942 |
232 |
983 |
101.8 |
| Lynn |
6,875 |
2 |
3,438 |
29.1 |
| McCulloch |
8,893 |
6 |
1,482 |
67.5 |
| McLennan |
193,756 |
143 |
1,355 |
73.8 |
| McMullen |
869 |
1 |
869 |
115.1 |
| Madison |
12,105 |
6 |
2,018 |
49.6 |
| Marion |
10,444 |
2 |
5,222 |
19.1 |
| Martin |
5,523 |
3 |
1,841 |
54.3 |
| Mason |
3,269 |
1 |
3,269 |
30.6 |
| Matagorda |
38,738 |
26 |
1,490 |
67.1 |
| Maverick |
46,015 |
22 |
2,092 |
47.8 |
| Medina |
35,240 |
12 |
2,937 |
34.1 |
| Menard |
2,285 |
1 |
2,285 |
43.8 |
| Midland |
132,717 |
69 |
1,923 |
52.0 |
| Milam |
23,321 |
5 |
4,664 |
21.4 |
| Mills |
4,445 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
9,092 |
4 |
2,273 |
44.0 |
| Montague |
15,784 |
11 |
1,435 |
69.7 |
| Montgomery |
247,470 |
160 |
1,547 |
64.7 |
| Moore |
19,204 |
12 |
1,600 |
62.5 |
| Morris |
12,756 |
3 |
4,252 |
23.5 |
| Motley |
1,415 |
1 |
1,415 |
70.7 |
| Nacogdoches |
57,697 |
48 |
1,202 |
83.2 |
| Navarro |
44,736 |
24 |
1,864 |
53.6 |
| Newton |
14,670 |
3 |
4,890 |
20.4 |
| Nolan |
17,073 |
8 |
2,134 |
46.9 |
| Nueces |
320,833 |
288 |
1,114 |
89.8 |
| Ochiltree |
9,107 |
5 |
1,821 |
54.9 |
| Oldham |
2,197 |
1 |
2,197 |
45.5 |
| Orange |
81,806 |
28 |
2,922 |
34.2 |
| Palo Pinto |
27,235 |
15 |
1,816 |
55.1 |
| Panola |
24,037 |
9 |
2,671 |
37.4 |
| Parker |
98,904 |
29 |
3,410 |
29.3 |
| Parmer |
10,577 |
3 |
3,526 |
28.4 |
| Pecos |
17,859 |
5 |
3,572 |
28.0 |
| Polk |
38,671 |
15 |
2,578 |
38.8 |
| Potter |
109,645 |
132 |
831 |
120.4 |
| Presidio |
8,962 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
8,268 |
1 |
8,268 |
12.1 |
| Randall |
111,778 |
46 |
2,430 |
41.2 |
| Reagan |
5,311 |
2 |
2,656 |
37.7 |
| Real |
2,541 |
2 |
1,271 |
78.7 |
| Red River |
13,666 |
5 |
2,733 |
36.6 |
| Reeves |
17,288 |
6 |
2,881 |
34.7 |
| 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 |
21 |
2,049 |
48.8 |
| Runnels |
11,441 |
5 |
2,288 |
43.7 |
| Rusk |
46,282 |
20 |
2,314 |
43.2 |
| Sabine |
10,279 |
2 |
5,140 |
19.5 |
| San Augustine |
7,946 |
3 |
2,649 |
37.8 |
| San Jacinto |
21,778 |
2 |
10,889 |
9.2 |
| San Patricio |
69,945 |
21 |
3,331 |
30.0 |
| San Saba |
5,417 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
3,332 |
2 |
1,666 |
60.0 |
| Scurry |
19,320 |
10 |
1,932 |
51.8 |
| Shackelford |
3,126 |
1 |
3,126 |
32.0 |
| Shelby |
21,772 |
8 |
2,722 |
36.7 |
| Sherman |
2,971 |
1 |
2,971 |
33.7 |
| Smith |
171,697 |
203 |
846 |
118.2 |
| Somervell |
6,646 |
4 |
1,662 |
60.2 |
| Starr |
67,506 |
11 |
6,137 |
16.3 |
| Stephens |
8,965 |
7 |
1,281 |
78.1 |
| Sterling |
1,548 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
1,930 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
4,575 |
2 |
2,288 |
43.7 |
| Swisher |
8,549 |
4 |
2,137 |
46.8 |
| Tarrant |
1,584,553 |
1,059 |
1,496 |
66.8 |
| Taylor |
125,066 |
106 |
1,180 |
84.8 |
| Terrell |
1,546 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,835 |
7 |
1,976 |
50.6 |
| Throckmorton |
1,795 |
2 |
898 |
111.4 |
| Titus |
25,619 |
24 |
1,067 |
93.7 |
| Tom Green |
112,981 |
72 |
1,569 |
63.7 |
| Travis |
661,147 |
756 |
875 |
114.3 |
| Trinity |
13,018 |
4 |
3,255 |
30.7 |
| Tyler |
19,545 |
9 |
2,172 |
46.0 |
| Upshur |
33,682 |
8 |
4,210 |
23.8 |
| Upton |
4,896 |
3 |
1,632 |
61.3 |
| Uvalde |
26,481 |
14 |
1,892 |
52.9 |
| Val Verde |
45,303 |
21 |
2,157 |
46.4 |
| Van Zandt |
43,820 |
9 |
4,869 |
20.5 |
| Victoria |
81,852 |
78 |
1,049 |
95.3 |
| Walker |
52,917 |
25 |
2,117 |
47.2 |
| Waller |
27,173 |
4 |
6,793 |
14.7 |
| Ward |
13,649 |
5 |
2,730 |
36.6 |
| Washington |
29,821 |
16 |
1,864 |
53.7 |
| Webb |
194,353 |
92 |
2,113 |
47.3 |
| Wharton |
41,114 |
32 |
1,285 |
77.8 |
| Wheeler |
5,289 |
5 |
1,058 |
94.5 |
| Wichita |
129,139 |
109 |
1,185 |
84.4 |
| Wilbarger |
15,348 |
10 |
1,535 |
65.2 |
| Willacy |
20,379 |
9 |
2,264 |
44.2 |
| Williamson |
235,271 |
148 |
1,590 |
62.9 |
| Wilson |
31,370 |
7 |
4,481 |
22.3 |
| Winkler |
9,137 |
5 |
1,827 |
54.7 |
| Wise |
43,596 |
20 |
2,180 |
45.9 |
| Wood |
33,592 |
19 |
1,768 |
56.6 |
| Yoakum |
9,557 |
2 |
4,779 |
20.9 |
| Young |
16,811 |
9 |
1,868 |
53.5 |
| Zapata |
13,863 |
2 |
6,932 |
14.4 |
| Zavala |
14,076 |
4 |
3,519 |
28.4 |
| Texas Total |
20,698,441 |
14,437 |
1,434 |
69.7 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, October 12, 2001.
Includes: Active physicians with Texas practice addresses and practicing in one of 5 direct patient care specialties: general pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, general internal medicine, family practice and general practice. The mailing address was substituted for those records that did not contain a practice address. Excludes: federal physicians, residents and fellows.
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center, 12/5/01.
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