
| County |
2001 Population |
2001 RN Total |
Ratio of 2001 Population per RN* |
RNs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
52,611 |
353 |
149 |
671.0 |
| Andrews |
15,803 |
73 |
216 |
461.9 |
| Angelina |
74,850 |
659 |
114 |
880.4 |
| Aransas |
19,893 |
32 |
622 |
160.9 |
| Archer |
8,354 |
12 |
696 |
143.6 |
| Armstrong |
1,962 |
6 |
327 |
305.8 |
| Atascosa |
38,393 |
82 |
468 |
213.6 |
| Austin |
20,879 |
54 |
387 |
258.6 |
| Bailey |
7,574 |
28 |
271 |
369.7 |
| Bandera |
14,684 |
30 |
489 |
204.3 |
| Bastrop |
57,552 |
119 |
484 |
206.8 |
| Baylor |
4,058 |
29 |
140 |
714.6 |
| Bee |
29,639 |
118 |
251 |
398.1 |
| Bell |
216,715 |
1,999 |
108 |
922.4 |
| Bexar |
1,395,919 |
11,097 |
126 |
795.0 |
| Blanco |
7,571 |
15 |
505 |
198.1 |
| Borden |
814 |
1 |
814 |
122.9 |
| Bosque |
16,387 |
67 |
245 |
408.9 |
| Bowie |
85,254 |
875 |
97 |
1,026.3 |
| Brazoria |
228,728 |
715 |
320 |
312.6 |
| Brazos |
122,184 |
854 |
143 |
698.9 |
| Brewster |
11,296 |
50 |
226 |
442.6 |
| Briscoe |
1,901 |
2 |
951 |
105.2 |
| Brooks |
9,106 |
16 |
569 |
175.7 |
| Brown |
33,858 |
224 |
151 |
661.6 |
| Burleson |
15,649 |
28 |
559 |
178.9 |
| Burnet |
28,974 |
107 |
271 |
369.3 |
| Caldwell |
33,184 |
78 |
425 |
235.1 |
| Calhoun |
20,271 |
80 |
253 |
394.7 |
| Callahan |
11,855 |
21 |
565 |
177.1 |
| Cameron |
344,588 |
1,452 |
237 |
421.4 |
| Camp |
10,864 |
49 |
222 |
451.0 |
| Carson |
6,387 |
7 |
912 |
109.6 |
| Cass |
29,803 |
116 |
257 |
389.2 |
| Castro |
9,687 |
32 |
303 |
330.3 |
| Chambers |
20,915 |
39 |
536 |
186.5 |
| Cherokee |
44,190 |
287 |
154 |
649.5 |
| Childress |
6,788 |
36 |
189 |
530.3 |
| Clay |
9,893 |
21 |
471 |
212.3 |
| Cochran |
4,922 |
11 |
447 |
223.5 |
| Coke |
3,435 |
11 |
312 |
320.2 |
| Coleman |
9,117 |
31 |
294 |
340.0 |
| Collin |
450,399 |
2,249 |
200 |
499.3 |
| Collingsworth |
3,362 |
9 |
374 |
267.7 |
| Colorado |
18,092 |
95 |
190 |
525.1 |
| Comal |
79,305 |
340 |
233 |
428.7 |
| Comanche |
13,152 |
55 |
239 |
418.2 |
| Concho |
3,368 |
16 |
211 |
475.1 |
| Cooke |
32,618 |
183 |
178 |
561.0 |
| Coryell |
78,927 |
139 |
568 |
176.1 |
| Cottle |
2,111 |
6 |
352 |
284.2 |
| Crane |
5,257 |
21 |
250 |
399.5 |
| Crockett |
4,355 |
12 |
363 |
275.5 |
| Crosby |
7,679 |
20 |
384 |
260.5 |
| Culberson |
4,254 |
6 |
709 |
141.0 |
| Dallam |
5,499 |
38 |
145 |
691.0 |
| Dallas |
2,245,221 |
17,030 |
132 |
758.5 |
| Dawson |
16,408 |
39 |
421 |
237.7 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,364 |
68 |
299 |
333.9 |
| Delta |
4,841 |
13 |
372 |
268.5 |
| Denton |
435,163 |
1,690 |
257 |
388.4 |
| De Witt |
20,310 |
86 |
236 |
423.4 |
| Dickens |
2,453 |
11 |
223 |
448.4 |
| Dimmit |
11,405 |
19 |
600 |
166.6 |
| Donley |
3,515 |
14 |
251 |
398.3 |
| Duval |
14,941 |
13 |
1,149 |
87.0 |
| Eastland |
17,390 |
78 |
223 |
448.5 |
| Ector |
131,005 |
823 |
159 |
628.2 |
| Edwards |
2,547 |
3 |
849 |
117.8 |
| Ellis |
127,238 |
308 |
413 |
242.1 |
| El Paso |
795,276 |
3,285 |
242 |
413.1 |
| Erath |
31,604 |
182 |
174 |
575.9 |
| Falls |
18,961 |
73 |
260 |
385.0 |
| Fannin |
25,793 |
141 |
183 |
546.7 |
| Fayette |
20,377 |
82 |
249 |
402.4 |
| Fisher |
4,615 |
16 |
288 |
346.7 |
| Floyd |
8,878 |
22 |
404 |
247.8 |
| Foard |
1,671 |
1 |
1,671 |
59.8 |
| Fort Bend |
345,233 |
969 |
356 |
280.7 |
| Franklin |
8,188 |
51 |
161 |
622.9 |
| Freestone |
16,989 |
53 |
321 |
312.0 |
| Frio |
16,815 |
39 |
431 |
231.9 |
| Gaines |
15,097 |
39 |
387 |
258.3 |
| Galveston |
236,450 |
2,456 |
96 |
1,038.7 |
| Garza |
5,344 |
7 |
763 |
131.0 |
| Gillespie |
20,273 |
176 |
115 |
868.1 |
| Glasscock |
1,637 |
1 |
1,637 |
61.1 |
| Goliad |
6,589 |
10 |
659 |
151.8 |
| Gonzales |
18,369 |
72 |
255 |
392.0 |
| Gray |
22,173 |
139 |
160 |
626.9 |
| Grayson |
97,507 |
1,048 |
93 |
1,074.8 |
| Gregg |
108,504 |
1,183 |
92 |
1,090.3 |
| Grimes |
23,627 |
41 |
576 |
173.5 |
| Guadalupe |
89,021 |
235 |
379 |
264.0 |
| Hale |
35,146 |
138 |
255 |
392.6 |
| Hall |
3,656 |
9 |
406 |
246.2 |
| Hamilton |
7,245 |
48 |
151 |
662.5 |
| Hansford |
5,832 |
24 |
243 |
411.5 |
| Hardeman |
4,959 |
16 |
310 |
322.6 |
| Hardin |
42,668 |
103 |
414 |
241.4 |
| Harris |
3,376,128 |
24,497 |
138 |
725.6 |
| Harrison |
64,394 |
205 |
314 |
318.4 |
| Hartley |
4,849 |
1 |
4,849 |
20.6 |
| Haskell |
6,487 |
24 |
270 |
370.0 |
| Hays |
93,297 |
362 |
258 |
388.0 |
| Hemphill |
3,661 |
11 |
333 |
300.5 |
| Henderson |
78,769 |
293 |
269 |
372.0 |
| Hidalgo |
565,188 |
2,182 |
259 |
386.1 |
| Hill |
29,128 |
104 |
280 |
357.0 |
| Hockley |
24,626 |
89 |
277 |
361.4 |
| Hood |
44,773 |
136 |
329 |
303.8 |
| Hopkins |
29,793 |
158 |
189 |
530.3 |
| Houston |
22,572 |
123 |
184 |
544.9 |
| Howard |
31,745 |
283 |
112 |
891.5 |
| Hudspeth |
3,449 |
2 |
1,725 |
58.0 |
| Hunt |
74,255 |
334 |
222 |
449.8 |
| Hutchinson |
24,733 |
85 |
291 |
343.7 |
| Irion |
1,754 |
2 |
877 |
114.0 |
| Jack |
6,808 |
31 |
220 |
455.3 |
| Jackson |
13,171 |
33 |
399 |
250.6 |
| Jasper |
31,772 |
162 |
196 |
509.9 |
| Jeff Davis |
2,227 |
3 |
742 |
134.7 |
| Jefferson |
234,099 |
2,445 |
96 |
1,044.4 |
| Jim Hogg |
6,570 |
10 |
657 |
152.2 |
| Jim Wells |
40,246 |
157 |
256 |
390.1 |
| Johnson |
143,729 |
380 |
378 |
264.4 |
| Jones |
18,901 |
58 |
326 |
306.9 |
| Karnes |
15,778 |
42 |
376 |
266.2 |
| Kaufman |
75,003 |
414 |
181 |
552.0 |
| Kendall |
19,906 |
80 |
249 |
401.9 |
| Kenedy |
535 |
1 |
535 |
186.9 |
| Kent |
982 |
4 |
246 |
407.3 |
| Kerr |
43,092 |
414 |
104 |
960.7 |
| Kimble |
4,104 |
23 |
178 |
560.4 |
| King |
388 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,379 |
4 |
845 |
118.4 |
| Kleberg |
32,632 |
108 |
302 |
331.0 |
| Knox |
4,718 |
18 |
262 |
381.5 |
| Lamar |
43,762 |
485 |
90 |
1,108.3 |
| Lamb |
14,578 |
59 |
247 |
404.7 |
| Lampasas |
14,687 |
58 |
253 |
394.9 |
| La Salle |
6,526 |
9 |
725 |
137.9 |
| Lavaca |
17,882 |
83 |
215 |
464.2 |
| Lee |
15,183 |
32 |
474 |
210.8 |
| Leon |
16,289 |
19 |
857 |
116.6 |
| Liberty |
60,895 |
207 |
294 |
339.9 |
| Limestone |
21,860 |
129 |
169 |
590.1 |
| Lipscomb |
3,051 |
9 |
339 |
295.0 |
| Live Oak |
10,111 |
14 |
722 |
138.5 |
| Llano |
12,508 |
74 |
169 |
591.6 |
| Loving |
115 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
227,942 |
2,666 |
85 |
1,169.6 |
| Lynn |
6,875 |
14 |
491 |
203.6 |
| McCulloch |
8,893 |
37 |
240 |
416.1 |
| McLennan |
193,756 |
1,404 |
138 |
724.6 |
| McMullen |
869 |
1 |
869 |
115.1 |
| Madison |
12,105 |
39 |
310 |
322.2 |
| Marion |
10,444 |
19 |
550 |
181.9 |
| Martin |
5,523 |
18 |
307 |
325.9 |
| Mason |
3,269 |
8 |
409 |
244.7 |
| Matagorda |
38,738 |
129 |
300 |
333.0 |
| Maverick |
46,015 |
112 |
411 |
243.4 |
| Medina |
35,240 |
90 |
392 |
255.4 |
| Menard |
2,285 |
3 |
762 |
131.3 |
| Midland |
132,717 |
825 |
161 |
621.6 |
| Milam |
23,321 |
53 |
440 |
227.3 |
| Mills |
4,445 |
21 |
212 |
472.4 |
| Mitchell |
9,092 |
35 |
260 |
385.0 |
| Montague |
15,784 |
80 |
197 |
506.8 |
| Montgomery |
247,470 |
1,098 |
225 |
443.7 |
| Moore |
19,204 |
66 |
291 |
343.7 |
| Morris |
12,756 |
29 |
440 |
227.3 |
| Motley |
1,415 |
1 |
1,415 |
70.7 |
| Nacogdoches |
57,697 |
469 |
123 |
812.9 |
| Navarro |
44,736 |
244 |
183 |
545.4 |
| Newton |
14,670 |
15 |
978 |
102.2 |
| Nolan |
17,073 |
79 |
216 |
462.7 |
| Nueces |
320,833 |
2,511 |
128 |
782.7 |
| Ochiltree |
9,107 |
38 |
240 |
417.3 |
| Oldham |
2,197 |
4 |
549 |
182.1 |
| Orange |
81,806 |
256 |
320 |
312.9 |
| Palo Pinto |
27,235 |
124 |
220 |
455.3 |
| Panola |
24,037 |
83 |
290 |
345.3 |
| Parker |
98,904 |
274 |
361 |
277.0 |
| Parmer |
10,577 |
30 |
353 |
283.6 |
| Pecos |
17,859 |
50 |
357 |
280.0 |
| Polk |
38,671 |
149 |
260 |
385.3 |
| Potter |
109,645 |
1,779 |
62 |
1,622.5 |
| Presidio |
8,962 |
8 |
1,120 |
89.3 |
| Rains |
8,268 |
12 |
689 |
145.1 |
| Randall |
111,778 |
573 |
195 |
512.6 |
| Reagan |
5,311 |
13 |
409 |
244.8 |
| Real |
2,541 |
2 |
1,271 |
78.7 |
| Red River |
13,666 |
53 |
258 |
387.8 |
| Reeves |
17,288 |
30 |
576 |
173.5 |
| Refugio |
8,174 |
18 |
454 |
220.2 |
| Roberts |
1,018 |
1 |
1,018 |
98.2 |
| Robertson |
17,318 |
17 |
1,019 |
98.2 |
| Rockwall |
43,022 |
97 |
444 |
225.5 |
| Runnels |
11,441 |
54 |
212 |
472.0 |
| Rusk |
46,282 |
154 |
301 |
332.7 |
| Sabine |
10,279 |
26 |
395 |
252.9 |
| San Augustine |
7,946 |
28 |
284 |
352.4 |
| San Jacinto |
21,778 |
19 |
1,146 |
87.2 |
| San Patricio |
69,945 |
160 |
437 |
228.8 |
| San Saba |
5,417 |
24 |
226 |
443.0 |
| Schleicher |
3,332 |
17 |
196 |
510.2 |
| Scurry |
19,320 |
66 |
293 |
341.6 |
| Shackelford |
3,126 |
4 |
782 |
128.0 |
| Shelby |
21,772 |
67 |
325 |
307.7 |
| Sherman |
2,971 |
4 |
743 |
134.6 |
| Smith |
171,697 |
2,100 |
82 |
1,223.1 |
| Somervell |
6,646 |
41 |
162 |
616.9 |
| Starr |
67,506 |
61 |
1,107 |
90.4 |
| Stephens |
8,965 |
34 |
264 |
379.3 |
| Sterling |
1,548 |
4 |
387 |
258.4 |
| Stonewall |
1,930 |
12 |
161 |
621.8 |
| Sutton |
4,575 |
14 |
327 |
306.0 |
| Swisher |
8,549 |
24 |
356 |
280.7 |
| Tarrant |
1,584,553 |
9,477 |
167 |
598.1 |
| Taylor |
125,066 |
1,204 |
104 |
962.7 |
| Terrell |
1,546 |
1 |
1,546 |
64.7 |
| Terry |
13,835 |
37 |
374 |
267.4 |
| Throckmorton |
1,795 |
6 |
299 |
334.3 |
| Titus |
25,619 |
256 |
100 |
999.3 |
| Tom Green |
112,981 |
929 |
122 |
822.3 |
| Travis |
661,147 |
6,228 |
106 |
942.0 |
| Trinity |
13,018 |
25 |
521 |
192.0 |
| Tyler |
19,545 |
54 |
362 |
276.3 |
| Upshur |
33,682 |
59 |
571 |
175.2 |
| Upton |
4,896 |
25 |
196 |
510.6 |
| Uvalde |
26,481 |
119 |
223 |
449.4 |
| Val Verde |
45,303 |
141 |
321 |
311.2 |
| Van Zandt |
43,820 |
116 |
378 |
264.7 |
| Victoria |
81,852 |
827 |
99 |
1,010.4 |
| Walker |
52,917 |
258 |
205 |
487.6 |
| Waller |
27,173 |
42 |
647 |
154.6 |
| Ward |
13,649 |
36 |
379 |
263.8 |
| Washington |
29,821 |
136 |
219 |
456.1 |
| Webb |
194,353 |
664 |
293 |
341.6 |
| Wharton |
41,114 |
221 |
186 |
537.5 |
| Wheeler |
5,289 |
35 |
151 |
661.8 |
| Wichita |
129,139 |
1,059 |
122 |
820.0 |
| Wilbarger |
15,348 |
131 |
117 |
853.5 |
| Willacy |
20,379 |
22 |
926 |
108.0 |
| Williamson |
235,271 |
842 |
279 |
357.9 |
| Wilson |
31,370 |
78 |
402 |
248.6 |
| Winkler |
9,137 |
18 |
508 |
197.0 |
| Wise |
43,596 |
175 |
249 |
401.4 |
| Wood |
33,592 |
143 |
235 |
425.7 |
| Yoakum |
9,557 |
30 |
319 |
313.9 |
| Young |
16,811 |
94 |
179 |
559.2 |
| Zapata |
13,863 |
12 |
1,155 |
86.6 |
| Zavala |
14,076 |
9 |
1,564 |
63.9 |
| Texas Total |
20,698,441 |
128,514 |
161 |
620.9 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, September 20, 2001.
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, 12/23/04.
Records were sorted by the county of practice. For those records that did not have a practice address, the mailing address was used.
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