
| County |
2001 Estimated Population |
2001 Vet Total |
Ratio of 2001 Population per Vet* |
Ratio of Vets per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
52,611 |
11 |
4,783 |
20.9 |
| Andrews |
15,803 |
3 |
5,268 |
19.0 |
| Angelina |
74,850 |
11 |
6,805 |
14.7 |
| Aransas |
19,893 |
5 |
3,979 |
25.1 |
| Archer |
8,354 |
4 |
2,089 |
47.9 |
| Armstrong |
1,962 |
2 |
981 |
101.9 |
| Atascosa |
38,393 |
8 |
4,799 |
20.8 |
| Austin |
20,879 |
11 |
1,898 |
52.7 |
| Bailey |
7,574 |
4 |
1,894 |
52.8 |
| Bandera |
14,684 |
10 |
1,468 |
68.1 |
| Bastrop |
57,552 |
35 |
1,644 |
60.8 |
| Baylor |
4,058 |
1 |
4,058 |
24.6 |
| Bee |
29,639 |
8 |
3,705 |
27.0 |
| Bell |
216,715 |
44 |
4,925 |
20.3 |
| Bexar |
1,395,919 |
258 |
5,411 |
18.5 |
| Blanco |
7,571 |
4 |
1,893 |
52.8 |
| Borden |
814 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
16,387 |
5 |
3,277 |
30.5 |
| Bowie |
85,254 |
16 |
5,328 |
18.8 |
| Brazoria |
228,728 |
65 |
3,519 |
28.4 |
| Brazos |
122,184 |
212 |
576 |
173.5 |
| Brewster |
11,296 |
4 |
2,824 |
35.4 |
| Briscoe |
1,901 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
9,106 |
2 |
4,553 |
22.0 |
| Brown |
33,858 |
10 |
3,386 |
29.5 |
| Burleson |
15,649 |
13 |
1,204 |
83.1 |
| Burnet |
28,974 |
13 |
2,229 |
44.9 |
| Caldwell |
33,184 |
7 |
4,741 |
21.1 |
| Calhoun |
20,271 |
4 |
5,068 |
19.7 |
| Callahan |
11,855 |
3 |
3,952 |
25.3 |
| Cameron |
344,588 |
25 |
13,784 |
7.3 |
| Camp |
10,864 |
2 |
5,432 |
18.4 |
| Carson |
6,387 |
2 |
3,194 |
31.3 |
| Cass |
29,803 |
6 |
4,967 |
20.1 |
| Castro |
9,687 |
2 |
4,844 |
20.6 |
| Chambers |
20,915 |
3 |
6,972 |
14.3 |
| Cherokee |
44,190 |
7 |
6,313 |
15.8 |
| Childress |
6,788 |
3 |
2,263 |
44.2 |
| Clay |
9,893 |
2 |
4,947 |
20.2 |
| Cochran |
4,922 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,435 |
1 |
3,435 |
29.1 |
| Coleman |
9,117 |
5 |
1,823 |
54.8 |
| Collin |
450,399 |
135 |
3,336 |
30.0 |
| Collingsworth |
3,362 |
2 |
1,681 |
59.5 |
| Colorado |
18,092 |
5 |
3,618 |
27.6 |
| Comal |
79,305 |
37 |
2,143 |
46.7 |
| Comanche |
13,152 |
9 |
1,461 |
68.4 |
| Concho |
3,368 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
32,618 |
15 |
2,175 |
46.0 |
| Coryell |
78,927 |
8 |
9,866 |
10.1 |
| Cottle |
2,111 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
5,257 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,355 |
1 |
4,355 |
23.0 |
| Crosby |
7,679 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
4,254 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
5,499 |
6 |
917 |
109.1 |
| Dallas |
2,245,221 |
406 |
5,530 |
18.1 |
| Dawson |
16,408 |
2 |
8,204 |
12.2 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,364 |
10 |
2,036 |
49.1 |
| Delta |
4,841 |
1 |
4,841 |
20.7 |
| Denton |
435,163 |
148 |
2,940 |
34.0 |
| De Witt |
20,310 |
8 |
2,539 |
39.4 |
| Dickens |
2,453 |
1 |
2,453 |
40.8 |
| Dimmit |
11,405 |
1 |
11,405 |
8.8 |
| Donley |
3,515 |
3 |
1,172 |
85.3 |
| Duval |
14,941 |
1 |
14,941 |
6.7 |
| Eastland |
17,390 |
3 |
5,797 |
17.3 |
| Ector |
131,005 |
15 |
8,734 |
11.4 |
| Edwards |
2,547 |
2 |
1,274 |
78.5 |
| Ellis |
127,238 |
21 |
6,059 |
16.5 |
| El Paso |
795,276 |
74 |
10,747 |
9.3 |
| Erath |
31,604 |
28 |
1,129 |
88.6 |
| Falls |
18,961 |
3 |
6,320 |
15.8 |
| Fannin |
25,793 |
9 |
2,866 |
34.9 |
| Fayette |
20,377 |
12 |
1,698 |
58.9 |
| Fisher |
4,615 |
2 |
2,308 |
43.3 |
| Floyd |
8,878 |
1 |
8,878 |
11.3 |
| Foard |
1,671 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
345,233 |
77 |
4,484 |
22.3 |
| Franklin |
8,188 |
2 |
4,094 |
24.4 |
| Freestone |
16,989 |
5 |
3,398 |
29.4 |
| Frio |
16,815 |
3 |
5,605 |
17.8 |
| Gaines |
15,097 |
2 |
7,549 |
13.2 |
| Galveston |
236,450 |
64 |
3,695 |
27.1 |
| Garza |
5,344 |
2 |
2,672 |
37.4 |
| Gillespie |
20,273 |
15 |
1,352 |
74.0 |
| Glasscock |
1,637 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
6,589 |
1 |
6,589 |
15.2 |
| Gonzales |
18,369 |
8 |
2,296 |
43.6 |
| Gray |
22,173 |
5 |
4,435 |
22.5 |
| Grayson |
97,507 |
37 |
2,635 |
37.9 |
| Gregg |
108,504 |
32 |
3,391 |
29.5 |
| Grimes |
23,627 |
14 |
1,688 |
59.3 |
| Guadalupe |
89,021 |
27 |
3,297 |
30.3 |
| Hale |
35,146 |
5 |
7,029 |
14.2 |
| Hall |
3,656 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
7,245 |
6 |
1,208 |
82.8 |
| Hansford |
5,832 |
5 |
1,166 |
85.7 |
| Hardeman |
4,959 |
1 |
4,959 |
20.2 |
| Hardin |
42,668 |
6 |
7,111 |
14.1 |
| Harris |
3,376,128 |
585 |
5,771 |
17.3 |
| Harrison |
64,394 |
10 |
6,439 |
15.5 |
| Hartley |
4,849 |
1 |
4,849 |
20.6 |
| Haskell |
6,487 |
1 |
6,487 |
15.4 |
| Hays |
93,297 |
47 |
1,985 |
50.4 |
| Hemphill |
3,661 |
2 |
1,831 |
54.6 |
| Henderson |
78,769 |
14 |
5,626 |
17.8 |
| Hidalgo |
565,188 |
21 |
26,914 |
3.7 |
| Hill |
29,128 |
6 |
4,855 |
20.6 |
| Hockley |
24,626 |
4 |
6,157 |
16.2 |
| Hood |
44,773 |
21 |
2,132 |
46.9 |
| Hopkins |
29,793 |
19 |
1,568 |
63.8 |
| Houston |
22,572 |
7 |
3,225 |
31.0 |
| Howard |
31,745 |
7 |
4,535 |
22.1 |
| Hudspeth |
3,449 |
1 |
3,449 |
29.0 |
| Hunt |
74,255 |
12 |
6,188 |
16.2 |
| Hutchinson |
24,733 |
4 |
6,183 |
16.2 |
| Irion |
1,754 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
6,808 |
2 |
3,404 |
29.4 |
| Jackson |
13,171 |
2 |
6,586 |
15.2 |
| Jasper |
31,772 |
9 |
3,530 |
28.3 |
| Jeff Davis |
2,227 |
2 |
1,114 |
89.8 |
| Jefferson |
234,099 |
37 |
6,327 |
15.8 |
| Jim Hogg |
6,570 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
40,246 |
8 |
5,031 |
19.9 |
| Johnson |
143,729 |
38 |
3,782 |
26.4 |
| Jones |
18,901 |
3 |
6,300 |
15.9 |
| Karnes |
15,778 |
5 |
3,156 |
31.7 |
| Kaufman |
75,003 |
27 |
2,778 |
36.0 |
| Kendall |
19,906 |
28 |
711 |
140.7 |
| Kenedy |
535 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
982 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
43,092 |
17 |
2,535 |
39.5 |
| Kimble |
4,104 |
2 |
2,052 |
48.7 |
| King |
388 |
3 |
129 |
773.2 |
| Kinney |
3,379 |
2 |
1,690 |
59.2 |
| Kleberg |
32,632 |
7 |
4,662 |
21.5 |
| Knox |
4,718 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
43,762 |
11 |
3,978 |
25.1 |
| Lamb |
14,578 |
2 |
7,289 |
13.7 |
| Lampasas |
14,687 |
7 |
2,098 |
47.7 |
| La Salle |
6,526 |
1 |
6,526 |
15.3 |
| Lavaca |
17,882 |
7 |
2,555 |
39.1 |
| Lee |
15,183 |
9 |
1,687 |
59.3 |
| Leon |
16,289 |
7 |
2,327 |
43.0 |
| Liberty |
60,895 |
12 |
5,075 |
19.7 |
| Limestone |
21,860 |
7 |
3,123 |
32.0 |
| Lipscomb |
3,051 |
1 |
3,051 |
32.8 |
| Live Oak |
10,111 |
2 |
5,056 |
19.8 |
| Llano |
12,508 |
5 |
2,502 |
40.0 |
| Loving |
115 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
227,942 |
45 |
5,065 |
19.7 |
| Lynn |
6,875 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,893 |
4 |
2,223 |
45.0 |
| McLennan |
193,756 |
40 |
4,844 |
20.6 |
| McMullen |
869 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
12,105 |
9 |
1,345 |
74.3 |
| Marion |
10,444 |
2 |
5,222 |
19.1 |
| Martin |
5,523 |
1 |
5,523 |
18.1 |
| Mason |
3,269 |
4 |
817 |
122.4 |
| Matagorda |
38,738 |
10 |
3,874 |
25.8 |
| Maverick |
46,015 |
1 |
46,015 |
2.2 |
| Medina |
35,240 |
10 |
3,524 |
28.4 |
| Menard |
2,285 |
3 |
762 |
131.3 |
| Midland |
132,717 |
30 |
4,424 |
22.6 |
| Milam |
23,321 |
10 |
2,332 |
42.9 |
| Mills |
4,445 |
4 |
1,111 |
90.0 |
| Mitchell |
9,092 |
2 |
4,546 |
22.0 |
| Montague |
15,784 |
7 |
2,255 |
44.3 |
| Montgomery |
247,470 |
83 |
2,982 |
33.5 |
| Moore |
19,204 |
3 |
6,401 |
15.6 |
| Morris |
12,756 |
1 |
12,756 |
7.8 |
| Motley |
1,415 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
57,697 |
15 |
3,846 |
26.0 |
| Navarro |
44,736 |
9 |
4,971 |
20.1 |
| Newton |
14,670 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
17,073 |
4 |
4,268 |
23.4 |
| Nueces |
320,833 |
55 |
5,833 |
17.1 |
| Ochiltree |
9,107 |
3 |
3,036 |
32.9 |
| Oldham |
2,197 |
1 |
2,197 |
45.5 |
| Orange |
81,806 |
10 |
8,181 |
12.2 |
| Palo Pinto |
27,235 |
4 |
6,809 |
14.7 |
| Panola |
24,037 |
6 |
4,006 |
25.0 |
| Parker |
98,904 |
50 |
1,978 |
50.6 |
| Parmer |
10,577 |
3 |
3,526 |
28.4 |
| Pecos |
17,859 |
1 |
17,859 |
5.6 |
| Polk |
38,671 |
5 |
7,734 |
12.9 |
| Potter |
109,645 |
17 |
6,450 |
15.5 |
| Presidio |
8,962 |
2 |
4,481 |
22.3 |
| Rains |
8,268 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
111,778 |
39 |
2,866 |
34.9 |
| Reagan |
5,311 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,541 |
3 |
847 |
118.1 |
| Red River |
13,666 |
1 |
13,666 |
7.3 |
| Reeves |
17,288 |
1 |
17,288 |
5.8 |
| Refugio |
8,174 |
1 |
8,174 |
12.2 |
| Roberts |
1,018 |
1 |
1,018 |
98.2 |
| Robertson |
17,318 |
7 |
2,474 |
40.4 |
| Rockwall |
43,022 |
19 |
2,264 |
44.2 |
| Runnels |
11,441 |
5 |
2,288 |
43.7 |
| Rusk |
46,282 |
7 |
6,612 |
15.1 |
| Sabine |
10,279 |
2 |
5,140 |
19.5 |
| San Augustine |
7,946 |
1 |
7,946 |
12.6 |
| San Jacinto |
21,778 |
1 |
21,778 |
4.6 |
| San Patricio |
69,945 |
13 |
5,380 |
18.6 |
| San Saba |
5,417 |
2 |
2,709 |
36.9 |
| Schleicher |
3,332 |
1 |
3,332 |
30.0 |
| Scurry |
19,320 |
3 |
6,440 |
15.5 |
| Shackelford |
3,126 |
1 |
3,126 |
32.0 |
| Shelby |
21,772 |
4 |
5,443 |
18.4 |
| Sherman |
2,971 |
1 |
2,971 |
33.7 |
| Smith |
171,697 |
42 |
4,088 |
24.5 |
| Somervell |
6,646 |
6 |
1,108 |
90.3 |
| Starr |
67,506 |
2 |
33,753 |
3.0 |
| Stephens |
8,965 |
4 |
2,241 |
44.6 |
| Sterling |
1,548 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
1,930 |
1 |
1,930 |
51.8 |
| Sutton |
4,575 |
5 |
915 |
109.3 |
| Swisher |
8,549 |
2 |
4,275 |
23.4 |
| Tarrant |
1,584,553 |
299 |
5,300 |
18.9 |
| Taylor |
125,066 |
35 |
3,573 |
28.0 |
| Terrell |
1,546 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,835 |
3 |
4,612 |
21.7 |
| Throckmorton |
1,795 |
1 |
1,795 |
55.7 |
| Titus |
25,619 |
13 |
1,971 |
50.7 |
| Tom Green |
112,981 |
23 |
4,912 |
20.4 |
| Travis |
661,147 |
216 |
3,061 |
32.7 |
| Trinity |
13,018 |
3 |
4,339 |
23.0 |
| Tyler |
19,545 |
4 |
4,886 |
20.5 |
| Upshur |
33,682 |
7 |
4,812 |
20.8 |
| Upton |
4,896 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
26,481 |
8 |
3,310 |
30.2 |
| Val Verde |
45,303 |
7 |
6,472 |
15.5 |
| Van Zandt |
43,820 |
10 |
4,382 |
22.8 |
| Victoria |
81,852 |
15 |
5,457 |
18.3 |
| Walker |
52,917 |
11 |
4,811 |
20.8 |
| Waller |
27,173 |
15 |
1,812 |
55.2 |
| Ward |
13,649 |
1 |
13,649 |
7.3 |
| Washington |
29,821 |
27 |
1,104 |
90.5 |
| Webb |
194,353 |
6 |
32,392 |
3.1 |
| Wharton |
41,114 |
15 |
2,741 |
36.5 |
| Wheeler |
5,289 |
5 |
1,058 |
94.5 |
| Wichita |
129,139 |
26 |
4,967 |
20.1 |
| Wilbarger |
15,348 |
7 |
2,193 |
45.6 |
| Willacy |
20,379 |
3 |
6,793 |
14.7 |
| Williamson |
235,271 |
80 |
2,941 |
34.0 |
| Wilson |
31,370 |
10 |
3,137 |
31.9 |
| Winkler |
9,137 |
1 |
9,137 |
10.9 |
| Wise |
43,596 |
16 |
2,725 |
36.7 |
| Wood |
33,592 |
14 |
2,399 |
41.7 |
| Yoakum |
9,557 |
1 |
9,557 |
10.5 |
| Young |
16,811 |
12 |
1,401 |
71.4 |
| Zapata |
13,863 |
1 |
13,863 |
7.2 |
| Zavala |
14,076 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Total |
20,698,441 |
4,666 |
4,436 |
22.5 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - September, 2001. Includes all Veterinarians with a Texas residence address. - September, 2001
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Health Information and Analysis, Health Professions Resource Center, April 1, 2002.
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