2002 LVNs by County of Practice

Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) by County of Practice- October, 2002
County	2002 Projected Population	2002 LVN Total	Ratio of 2002 Population per LVN*	Ratio of LVNs per 100,000 Population
Anderson	52,838	263	201	497.7
Andrews	15,935	65	245	407.9
Angelina	75,181	387	194	514.8
Aransas	20,031	47	426	234.6
Archer	8,371	19	441	227.0
Armstrong	1,948	12	162	616.0
Atascosa	39,135	124	316	316.9
Austin	20,951	61	343	291.2
Bailey	7,615	10	762	131.3
Bandera	15,087	43	351	285.0
Bastrop	59,656	99	603	166.0
Baylor	4,026	51	79	1266.8
Bee	29,795	183	163	614.2
Bell	219,291	1,094	200	498.9
Bexar	1,412,932	5,147	275	364.3
Blanco	7,707	21	367	272.5
Borden	815	1	815	122.7
Bosque	16,526	123	134	744.3
Bowie	85,429	479	178	560.7
Brazoria	232,115	494	470	212.8
Brazos	122,583	443	277	361.4
Brewster	11,450	36	318	314.4
Briscoe	1,900	2	950	105.3
Brooks	9,179	35	262	381.3
Brown	33,751	272	124	805.9
Burleson	15,815	45	351	284.5
Burnet	29,549	78	379	264.0
Caldwell	33,763	99	341	293.2
Calhoun	20,360	79	258	388.0
Callahan	11,826	45	263	380.5
Cameron	352,948	952	371	269.7
Camp	10,940	49	223	447.9
Carson	6,354	20	318	314.8
Cass	29,749	141	211	474.0
Castro	9,723	32	304	329.1
Chambers	20,963	58	361	276.7
Cherokee	44,387	340	131	766.0
Childress	6,753	57	118	844.1
Clay	9,854	32	308	324.7
Cochran	4,975	8	622	160.8
Coke	3,437	27	127	785.6
Coleman	9,061	72	126	794.6
Collin	470,163	466	1,009	99.1
Collingsworth	3,349	28	120	836.1
Colorado	18,080	102	177	564.2
Comal	82,175	292	281	355.3
Comanche	13,138	110	119	837.3
Concho	3,404	24	142	705.1
Cooke	32,723	152	215	464.5
Coryell	80,097	173	463	216.0
Cottle	2,102	10	210	475.7
Crane	5,316	12	443	225.7
Crockett	4,375	9	486	205.7
Crosby	7,695	33	233	428.8
Culberson	4,335	7	619	161.5
Dallam	5,492	34	162	619.1
Dallas	2,282,988	3,570	639	156.4
Dawson	16,397	62	264	378.1
Deaf Smith	20,451	64	320	312.9
Delta	4,837	19	255	392.8
Denton	452,954	707	641	156.1
De Witt	20,307	152	134	748.5
Dickens	2,448	18	136	735.3
Dimmit	11,484	37	310	322.2
Donley	3,505	21	167	599.1
Duval	15,065	40	377	265.5
Eastland	17,304	121	143	699.3
Ector	132,423	328	404	247.7
Edwards	2,570	5	514	194.6
Ellis	131,719	246	535	186.8
El Paso	816,099	912	895	111.8
Erath	31,928	137	233	429.1
Falls	19,033	105	181	551.7
Fannin	25,763	159	162	617.2
Fayette	20,407	126	162	617.4
Fisher	4,598	33	139	717.7
Floyd	8,901	33	270	370.7
Foard	1,659	8	207	482.2
Fort Bend	357,881	557	643	155.6
Franklin	8,224	44	187	535.0
Freestone	16,977	73	233	430.0
Frio	16,977	67	253	394.7
Gaines	15,168	26	583	171.4
Galveston	237,774	694	343	291.9
Garza	5,363	18	298	335.6
Gillespie	20,525	123	167	599.3
Glasscock	1,650	2	825	121.2
Goliad	6,630	26	255	392.2
Gonzales	18,469	115	161	622.7
Gray	21,937	133	165	606.3
Grayson	97,642	552	177	565.3
Gregg	108,677	683	159	628.5
Grimes	24,086	53	454	220.0
Guadalupe	91,452	256	357	279.9
Hale	35,123	165	213	469.8
Hall	3,647	17	215	466.1
Hamilton	7,196	61	118	847.7
Hansford	5,831	20	292	343.0
Hardeman	4,922	27	182	548.6
Hardin	42,669	133	321	311.7
Harris	3,432,035	7,195	477	209.6
Harrison	64,961	240	271	369.5
Hartley	4,824	1	4,824	20.7
Haskell	6,461	35	185	541.7
Hays	96,216	195	493	202.7
Hemphill	3,649	17	215	465.9
Henderson	80,791	219	369	271.1
Hidalgo	584,760	1,252	467	214.1
Hill	29,279	156	188	532.8
Hockley	24,673	87	284	352.6
Hood	46,484	146	318	314.1
Hopkins	29,856	140	213	468.9
Houston	22,575	101	224	447.4
Howard	31,650	219	145	691.9
Hudspeth	3,496	0	0	0.0
Hunt	75,251	228	330	303.0
Hutchinson	24,666	79	312	320.3
Irion	1,768	6	295	339.4
Jack	6,790	36	189	530.2
Jackson	13,164	56	235	425.4
Jasper	31,773	192	165	604.3
Jeff Davis	2,245	5	449	222.7
Jefferson	233,082	1,257	185	539.3
Jim Hogg	6,706	11	610	164.0
Jim Wells	40,440	257	157	635.5
Johnson	148,664	376	395	252.9
Jones	18,845	114	165	604.9
Karnes	15,802	72	219	455.6
Kaufman	77,415	250	310	322.9
Kendall	20,414	75	272	367.4
Kenedy	544	0	0	0.0
Kent	973	10	97	1027.7
Kerr	43,659	374	117	856.6
Kimble	4,103	18	228	438.7
King	390	2	195	512.8
Kinney	3,399	4	850	117.7
Kleberg	32,816	172	191	524.1
Knox	4,714	33	143	700.0
Lamar	43,682	365	120	835.6
Lamb	14,547	55	264	378.1
Lampasas	14,772	60	246	406.2
La Salle	6,587	10	659	151.8
Lavaca	17,801	235	76	1320.2
Lee	15,416	45	343	291.9
Leon	16,645	57	292	342.4
Liberty	61,379	232	265	378.0
Limestone	21,943	189	116	861.3
Lipscomb	3,050	6	508	196.7
Live Oak	10,125	31	327	306.2
Llano	12,553	73	172	581.5
Loving	115	0	0	0.0
Lubbock	228,437	1,202	190	526.2
Lynn	6,867	21	327	305.8
McCulloch	8,913	72	124	807.8
McLennan	194,234	825	235	424.7
McMullen	871	1	871	114.8
Madison	12,183	60	203	492.5
Marion	10,474	45	233	429.6
Martin	5,578	16	349	286.8
Mason	3,262	22	148	674.4
Matagorda	38,873	145	268	373.0
Maverick	46,880	103	455	219.7
Medina	35,784	112	320	313.0
Menard	2,277	13	175	570.9
Midland	135,229	379	357	280.3
Milam	23,363	88	265	376.7
Mills	4,437	26	171	586.0
Mitchell	9,069	60	151	661.6
Montague	15,638	120	130	767.4
Montgomery	253,567	564	450	222.4
Moore	19,324	49	394	253.6
Morris	12,716	59	216	464.0
Motley	1,398	2	699	143.1
Nacogdoches	58,200	235	248	403.8
Navarro	45,208	170	266	376.0
Newton	14,728	46	320	312.3
Nolan	17,099	125	137	731.0
Nueces	323,095	1,351	239	418.1
Ochiltree	9,106	28	325	307.5
Oldham	2,193	4	548	182.4
Orange	81,667	320	255	391.8
Palo Pinto	27,440	143	192	521.1
Panola	24,190	116	209	479.5
Parker	102,542	227	452	221.4
Parmer	10,630	19	559	178.7
Pecos	17,960	84	214	467.7
Polk	39,097	133	294	340.2
Potter	110,634	660	168	596.6
Presidio	9,198	5	1,840	54.4
Rains	8,413	21	401	249.6
Randall	113,815	267	426	234.6
Reagan	5,400	10	540	185.2
Real	2,547	15	170	588.9
Red River	13,593	81	168	595.9
Reeves	17,395	30	580	172.5
Refugio	8,175	35	234	428.1
Roberts	1,016	2	508	196.9
Robertson	17,480	45	388	257.4
Rockwall	44,914	47	956	104.6
Runnels	11,444	59	194	515.6
Rusk	46,455	160	290	344.4
Sabine	10,297	35	294	339.9
San Augustine	7,939	37	215	466.1
San Jacinto	22,272	35	636	157.1
San Patricio	70,924	146	486	205.9
San Saba	5,409	33	164	610.1
Schleicher	3,371	14	241	415.3
Scurry	19,353	120	161	620.1
Shackelford	3,125	18	174	576.0
Shelby	21,721	120	181	552.5
Sherman	2,977	8	372	268.7
Smith	173,381	954	182	550.2
Somervell	6,779	45	151	663.8
Starr	70,610	84	841	119.0
Stephens	8,909	62	144	695.9
Sterling	1,558	7	223	449.3
Stonewall	1,927	18	107	934.1
Sutton	4,616	11	420	238.3
Swisher	8,525	29	294	340.2
Tarrant	1,624,282	3,271	497	201.4
Taylor	125,416	817	154	651.4
Terrell	1,556	3	519	192.8
Terry	13,838	50	277	361.3
Throckmorton	1,785	18	99	1008.4
Titus	25,753	122	211	473.7
Tom Green	114,415	477	240	416.9
Travis	667,953	1,482	451	221.9
Trinity	13,141	44	299	334.8
Tyler	19,561	133	147	679.9
Upshur	33,836	100	338	295.5
Upton	4,950	23	215	464.6
Uvalde	26,718	150	178	561.4
Val Verde	45,818	161	285	351.4
Van Zandt	44,299	147	301	331.8
Victoria	82,423	583	141	707.3
Walker	53,101	208	255	391.7
Waller	27,592	43	642	155.8
Ward	13,693	55	249	401.7
Washington	30,156	177	170	586.9
Webb	200,633	363	553	180.9
Wharton	41,194	192	215	466.1
Wheeler	5,239	51	103	973.5
Wichita	129,379	1,046	124	808.5
Wilbarger	15,379	162	95	1053.4
Willacy	20,595	49	420	237.9
Williamson	245,951	459	536	186.6
Wilson	32,221	102	316	316.6
Winkler	9,180	33	278	359.5
Wise	44,375	133	334	299.7
Wood	33,885	171	198	504.6
Yoakum	9,635	24	401	249.1
Young	16,674	154	108	923.6
Zapata	14,398	25	576	173.6
Zavala	14,231	41	347	288.1
Total	21,056,712	60,100	350	285.4

* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source:Texas Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners - October, 2002.

Includes: All LVNs who are active either full-time or part-time in nursing and have a Texas practice address. Most of the LVNs were categorized 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 Analysis, Health Professions Resource Center, October 31, 2002.

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