2003 Physician Assistants by County of Practice

County	2003 Projected Population	2003 PA Total	Ratio of 2003 Population per PA*	Ratio of PAs per 100,000 Population
Anderson	55,912	14	3,994	25.0
Andrews	13,288	0	-	0.0
Angelina	81,930	19	4,312	23.2
Aransas	23,053	2	11,527	8.7
Archer	9,100	0	-	0.0
Armstrong	2,147	1	2,147	46.6
Atascosa	40,614	4	10,154	9.8
Austin	24,165	0	-	0.0
Bailey	6,712	2	3,356	29.8
Bandera	18,701	2	9,351	10.7
Bastrop	62,616	6	10,436	9.6
Baylor	4,003	0	-	0.0
Bee	32,937	11	2,994	33.4
Bell	251,068	58	4,329	23.1
Bexar	1,441,796	260	5,545	18.0
Blanco	8,821	1	8,821	11.3
Borden	741	0	-	0.0
Bosque	17,459	1	17,459	5.7
Bowie	89,979	9	9,998	10.0
Brazoria	254,813	35	7,280	13.7
Brazos	157,631	20	7,882	12.7
Brewster	9,058	3	3,019	33.1
Briscoe	1,799	1	1,799	55.6
Brooks	8,150	3	2,717	36.8
Brown	38,113	11	3,465	28.9
Burleson	16,975	1	16,975	5.9
Burnet	36,322	1	36,322	2.8
Caldwell	34,310	3	11,437	8.7
Calhoun	21,196	3	7,065	14.2
Callahan	13,028	1	13,028	7.7
Cameron	358,644	42	8,539	11.7
Camp	11,845	0	-	0.0
Carson	6,517	1	6,517	15.3
Cass	30,303	1	30,303	3.3
Castro	8,515	1	8,515	11.7
Chambers	27,560	6	4,593	21.8
Cherokee	47,603	4	11,901	8.4
Childress	7,722	1	7,722	13.0
Clay	11,107	1	11,107	9.0
Cochran	3,811	1	3,811	26.2
Coke	3,809	2	1,905	52.5
Coleman	9,153	0	-	0.0
Collin	543,005	94	5,777	17.3
Collingsworth	3,167	1	3,167	31.6
Colorado	20,520	2	10,260	9.7
Comal	83,584	13	6,430	15.6
Comanche	14,042	2	7,021	14.2
Concho	4,029	0	-	0.0
Cooke	36,997	2	18,499	5.4
Coryell	79,312	9	8,812	11.3
Cottle	1,873	0	-	0.0
Crane	4,115	1	4,115	24.3
Crockett	4,202	1	4,202	23.8
Crosby	7,245	0	-	0.0
Culberson	3,094	1	3,094	32.3
Dallam	6,406	3	2,135	46.8
Dallas	2,321,199	333	6,971	14.3
Dawson	15,118	3	5,039	19.8
Deaf Smith	19,110	1	19,110	5.2
Delta	5,291	0	-	0.0
Denton	480,339	56	8,577	11.7
De Witt	20,111	4	5,028	19.9
Dickens	2,736	0	-	0.0
Dimmit	10,456	1	10,456	9.6
Donley	3,803	1	3,803	26.3
Duval	13,336	3	4,445	22.5
Eastland	18,254	2	9,127	11.0
Ector	124,404	14	8,886	11.3
Edwards	2,210	0	-	0.0
Ellis	118,024	11	10,729	9.3
El Paso	714,326	58	12,316	8.1
Erath	34,048	4	8,512	11.7
Falls	18,793	2	9,397	10.6
Fannin	31,763	8	3,970	25.2
Fayette	22,022	0	-	0.0
Fisher	4,307	3	1,436	69.7
Floyd	7,862	0	-	0.0
Foard	1,604	0	-	0.0
Fort Bend	382,794	36	10,633	9.4
Franklin	9,465	1	9,465	10.6
Freestone	18,035	1	18,035	5.5
Frio	16,826	5	3,365	29.7
Gaines	14,917	0	-	0.0
Galveston	256,067	73	3,508	28.5
Garza	4,931	0	-	0.0
Gillespie	20,957	1	20,957	4.8
Glasscock	1,442	0	-	0.0
Goliad	7,026	1	7,026	14.2
Gonzales	18,931	4	4,733	21.1
Gray	22,508	0	-	0.0
Grayson	112,650	13	8,665	11.5
Gregg	113,531	16	7,096	14.1
Grimes	24,385	1	24,385	4.1
Guadalupe	94,187	8	11,773	8.5
Hale	37,410	5	7,482	13.4
Hall	3,752	0	-	0.0
Hamilton	8,198	1	8,198	12.2
Hansford	5,443	1	5,443	18.4
Hardeman	4,685	0	-	0.0
Hardin	49,414	2	24,707	4.0
Harris	3,563,988	502	7,100	14.1
Harrison	63,669	6	10,612	9.4
Hartley	5,590	0	-	0.0
Haskell	5,968	0	-	0.0
Hays	107,994	10	10,799	9.3
Hemphill	3,383	0	-	0.0
Henderson	76,443	2	38,222	2.6
Hidalgo	619,383	89	6,959	14.4
Hill	33,257	2	16,629	6.0
Hockley	23,228	3	7,743	12.9
Hood	43,217	1	43,217	2.3
Hopkins	32,343	3	10,781	9.3
Houston	23,137	4	5,784	17.3
Howard	33,837	2	16,919	5.9
Hudspeth	3,483	0	-	0.0
Hunt	80,399	17	4,729	21.1
Hutchinson	23,937	2	11,969	8.4
Irion	1,803	0	-	0.0
Jack	8,836	0	-	0.0
Jackson	14,664	2	7,332	13.6
Jasper	36,430	10	3,643	27.4
Jeff Davis	2,242	0	-	0.0
Jefferson	254,398	28	9,086	11.0
Jim Hogg	5,355	0	-	0.0
Jim Wells	40,250	4	10,063	9.9
Johnson	133,794	2	66,897	1.5
Jones	20,887	2	10,444	9.6
Karnes	15,867	3	5,289	18.9
Kaufman	76,211	7	10,887	9.2
Kendall	25,287	3	8,429	11.9
Kenedy	432	0	-	0.0
Kent	846	0	-	0.0
Kerr	43,958	6	7,326	13.6
Kimble	4,468	2	2,234	44.8
King	360	0	-	0.0
Kinney	3,372	0	-	0.0
Kleberg	33,100	4	8,275	12.1
Knox	4,206	1	4,206	23.8
Lamar	48,771	5	9,754	10.3
Lamb	14,892	2	7,446	13.4
Lampasas	18,402	2	9,201	10.9
La Salle	6,064	0	-	0.0
Lavaca	19,026	3	6,342	15.8
Lee	16,209	0	-	0.0
Leon	15,667	2	7,834	12.8
Liberty	73,556	10	7,356	13.6
Limestone	22,376	5	4,475	22.3
Lipscomb	3,047	1	3,047	32.8
Live Oak	12,459	2	6,230	16.1
Llano	16,722	3	5,574	17.9
Loving	67	0	-	0.0
Lubbock	248,217	35	7,092	14.1
Lynn	6,669	2	3,335	30.0
McCulloch	8,181	1	8,181	12.2
McLennan	217,707	11	19,792	5.1
McMullen	865	0	-	0.0
Madison	13,223	3	4,408	22.7
Marion	11,039	2	5,520	18.1
Martin	4,857	0	-	0.0
Mason	3,696	0	-	0.0
Matagorda	38,653	3	12,884	7.8
Maverick	49,808	6	8,301	12.0
Medina	41,397	5	8,279	12.1
Menard	2,350	1	2,350	42.6
Midland	118,314	19	6,227	16.1
Milam	24,569	3	8,190	12.2
Mills	5,119	0	-	0.0
Mitchell	9,691	3	3,230	31.0
Montague	19,286	5	3,857	25.9
Montgomery	318,270	45	7,073	14.1
Moore	20,940	2	10,470	9.6
Morris	13,024	3	4,341	23.0
Motley	1,416	1	1,416	70.6
Nacogdoches	60,402	13	4,646	21.5
Navarro	46,260	3	15,420	6.5
Newton	15,329	1	15,329	6.5
Nolan	16,010	0	-	0.0
Nueces	325,133	29	11,211	8.9
Ochiltree	9,204	2	4,602	21.7
Oldham	2,236	0	-	0.0
Orange	86,392	5	17,278	5.8
Palo Pinto	27,547	1	27,547	3.6
Panola	22,913	2	11,457	8.7
Parker	93,286	5	18,657	5.4
Parmer	10,158	1	10,158	9.8
Pecos	17,070	3	5,690	17.6
Polk	42,434	6	7,072	14.1
Potter	117,724	9	13,080	7.6
Presidio	7,591	0	-	0.0
Rains	9,512	1	9,512	10.5
Randall	107,961	7	15,423	6.5
Reagan	3,443	0	-	0.0
Real	3,037	0	-	0.0
Red River	14,272	1	14,272	7.0
Reeves	13,395	1	13,395	7.5
Refugio	7,938	3	2,646	37.8
Roberts	894	0	-	0.0
Robertson	16,284	2	8,142	12.3
Rockwall	46,742	4	11,686	8.6
Runnels	11,545	0	-	0.0
Rusk	47,726	5	9,545	10.5
Sabine	10,460	3	3,487	28.7
San Augustine	8,978	2	4,489	22.3
San Jacinto	23,193	2	11,597	8.6
San Patricio	71,093	5	14,219	7.0
San Saba	6,206	0	-	0.0
Schleicher	2,982	1	2,982	33.5
Scurry	16,475	0	-	0.0
Shackelford	3,332	0	-	0.0
Shelby	25,584	1	25,584	3.9
Sherman	3,273	0	-	0.0
Smith	178,644	39	4,581	21.8
Somervell	7,010	1	7,010	14.3
Starr	57,257	7	8,180	12.2
Stephens	9,686	0	-	0.0
Sterling	1,419	1	1,419	70.5
Stonewall	1,679	1	1,679	59.6
Sutton	4,204	0	-	0.0
Swisher	8,474	1	8,474	11.8
Tarrant	1,509,637	165	9,149	10.9
Taylor	129,482	23	5,630	17.8
Terrell	1,100	1	1,100	90.9
Terry	13,057	2	6,529	15.3
Throckmorton	1,845	0	-	0.0
Titus	28,969	2	14,485	6.9
Tom Green	106,435	11	9,676	10.3
Travis	859,210	124	6,929	14.4
Trinity	13,889	1	13,889	7.2
Tyler	21,404	1	21,404	4.7
Upshur	36,156	2	18,078	5.5
Upton	3,483	0	-	0.0
Uvalde	26,661	3	8,887	11.3
Val Verde	46,831	5	9,366	10.7
Van Zandt	49,664	5	9,933	10.1
Victoria	86,665	8	10,833	9.2
Walker	63,685	25	2,547	39.3
Waller	35,095	0	-	0.0
Ward	11,051	4	2,763	36.2
Washington	30,906	5	6,181	16.2
Webb	211,430	5	42,286	2.4
Wharton	41,804	6	6,967	14.4
Wheeler	5,186	1	5,186	19.3
Wichita	133,561	28	4,770	21.0
Wilbarger	14,793	0	-	0.0
Willacy	20,768	2	10,384	9.6
Williamson	276,245	25	11,050	9.0
Wilson	34,651	3	11,550	8.7
Winkler	7,258	0	-	0.0
Wise	51,624	7	7,375	13.6
Wood	37,714	5	7,543	13.3
Yoakum	7,543	3	2,514	39.8
Young	17,936	0	-	0.0
Zapata	12,686	0	-	0.0
Zavala	11,900	4	2,975	33.6
Texas Total	21,828,569	2,880	7,579	13.2

* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners - September, 2003.

Includes: all active Physician Assistants with a Texas practice 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, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, February 13, 2004.

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Physician Assistants (PA) by County of Practice - September, 2003