
| County |
2003 Population |
2003 RN Total |
Ratio of 2003 Population per RN* |
RNs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
55,912 |
347 |
161 |
620.6 |
| Andrews |
13,288 |
67 |
198 |
504.2 |
| Angelina |
81,930 |
687 |
119 |
838.5 |
| Aransas |
23,053 |
35 |
659 |
151.8 |
| Archer |
9,100 |
7 |
1,300 |
76.9 |
| Armstrong |
2,147 |
5 |
429 |
232.9 |
| Atascosa |
40,614 |
99 |
410 |
243.8 |
| Austin |
24,165 |
61 |
396 |
252.4 |
| Bailey |
6,712 |
27 |
249 |
402.3 |
| Bandera |
18,701 |
29 |
645 |
155.1 |
| Bastrop |
62,616 |
141 |
444 |
225.2 |
| Baylor |
4,003 |
28 |
143 |
699.5 |
| Bee |
32,937 |
116 |
284 |
352.2 |
| Bell |
251,068 |
2,115 |
119 |
842.4 |
| Bexar |
1,441,796 |
11,774 |
122 |
816.6 |
| Blanco |
8,821 |
12 |
735 |
136.0 |
| Borden |
741 |
1 |
741 |
135.0 |
| Bosque |
17,459 |
70 |
249 |
400.9 |
| Bowie |
89,979 |
915 |
98 |
1,016.9 |
| Brazoria |
254,813 |
771 |
330 |
302.6 |
| Brazos |
157,631 |
894 |
176 |
567.1 |
| Brewster |
9,058 |
53 |
171 |
585.1 |
| Briscoe |
1,799 |
4 |
450 |
222.3 |
| Brooks |
8,150 |
20 |
408 |
245.4 |
| Brown |
38,113 |
227 |
168 |
595.6 |
| Burleson |
16,975 |
28 |
606 |
164.9 |
| Burnet |
36,322 |
122 |
298 |
335.9 |
| Caldwell |
34,310 |
79 |
434 |
230.3 |
| Calhoun |
21,196 |
77 |
275 |
363.3 |
| Callahan |
13,028 |
19 |
686 |
145.8 |
| Cameron |
358,644 |
1,538 |
233 |
428.8 |
| Camp |
11,845 |
49 |
242 |
413.7 |
| Carson |
6,517 |
6 |
1,086 |
92.1 |
| Cass |
30,303 |
114 |
266 |
376.2 |
| Castro |
8,515 |
32 |
266 |
375.8 |
| Chambers |
27,560 |
42 |
656 |
152.4 |
| Cherokee |
47,603 |
293 |
162 |
615.5 |
| Childress |
7,722 |
40 |
193 |
518.0 |
| Clay |
11,107 |
21 |
529 |
189.1 |
| Cochran |
3,811 |
11 |
346 |
288.6 |
| Coke |
3,809 |
15 |
254 |
393.8 |
| Coleman |
9,153 |
31 |
295 |
338.7 |
| Collin |
543,005 |
2,856 |
190 |
526.0 |
| Collingsworth |
3,167 |
10 |
317 |
315.8 |
| Colorado |
20,520 |
103 |
199 |
501.9 |
| Comal |
83,584 |
377 |
222 |
451.0 |
| Comanche |
14,042 |
51 |
275 |
363.2 |
| Concho |
4,029 |
16 |
252 |
397.1 |
| Cooke |
36,997 |
177 |
209 |
478.4 |
| Coryell |
79,312 |
153 |
518 |
192.9 |
| Cottle |
1,873 |
6 |
312 |
320.3 |
| Crane |
4,115 |
20 |
206 |
486.0 |
| Crockett |
4,202 |
8 |
525 |
190.4 |
| Crosby |
7,245 |
18 |
403 |
248.4 |
| Culberson |
3,094 |
5 |
619 |
161.6 |
| Dallam |
6,406 |
41 |
156 |
640.0 |
| Dallas |
2,321,199 |
17,590 |
132 |
757.8 |
| Dawson |
15,118 |
36 |
420 |
238.1 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,110 |
71 |
269 |
371.5 |
| Delta |
5,291 |
13 |
407 |
245.7 |
| Denton |
480,339 |
1,987 |
242 |
413.7 |
| De Witt |
20,111 |
95 |
212 |
472.4 |
| Dickens |
2,736 |
12 |
228 |
438.6 |
| Dimmit |
10,456 |
17 |
615 |
162.6 |
| Donley |
3,803 |
13 |
293 |
341.8 |
| Duval |
13,336 |
12 |
1,111 |
90.0 |
| Eastland |
18,254 |
79 |
231 |
432.8 |
| Ector |
124,404 |
857 |
145 |
688.9 |
| Edwards |
2,210 |
3 |
737 |
135.7 |
| Ellis |
118,024 |
341 |
346 |
288.9 |
| El Paso |
714,326 |
3,441 |
208 |
481.7 |
| Erath |
34,048 |
191 |
178 |
561.0 |
| Falls |
18,793 |
70 |
268 |
372.5 |
| Fannin |
31,763 |
135 |
235 |
425.0 |
| Fayette |
22,022 |
87 |
253 |
395.1 |
| Fisher |
4,307 |
16 |
269 |
371.5 |
| Floyd |
7,862 |
23 |
342 |
292.5 |
| Foard |
1,604 |
1 |
1,604 |
62.3 |
| Fort Bend |
382,794 |
1,238 |
309 |
323.4 |
| Franklin |
9,465 |
54 |
175 |
570.5 |
| Freestone |
18,035 |
59 |
306 |
327.1 |
| Frio |
16,826 |
39 |
431 |
231.8 |
| Gaines |
14,917 |
29 |
514 |
194.4 |
| Galveston |
256,067 |
2,573 |
100 |
1,004.8 |
| Garza |
4,931 |
7 |
704 |
142.0 |
| Gillespie |
20,957 |
190 |
110 |
906.6 |
| Glasscock |
1,442 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
7,026 |
9 |
781 |
128.1 |
| Gonzales |
18,931 |
65 |
291 |
343.4 |
| Gray |
22,508 |
127 |
177 |
564.2 |
| Grayson |
112,650 |
1,144 |
98 |
1,015.5 |
| Gregg |
113,531 |
1,284 |
88 |
1,131.0 |
| Grimes |
24,385 |
44 |
554 |
180.4 |
| Guadalupe |
94,187 |
267 |
353 |
283.5 |
| Hale |
37,410 |
127 |
295 |
339.5 |
| Hall |
3,752 |
9 |
417 |
239.9 |
| Hamilton |
8,198 |
46 |
178 |
561.1 |
| Hansford |
5,443 |
26 |
209 |
477.7 |
| Hardeman |
4,685 |
20 |
234 |
426.9 |
| Hardin |
49,414 |
93 |
531 |
188.2 |
| Harris |
3,563,988 |
26,285 |
136 |
737.5 |
| Harrison |
63,669 |
206 |
309 |
323.5 |
| Hartley |
5,590 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
5,968 |
16 |
373 |
268.1 |
| Hays |
107,994 |
396 |
273 |
366.7 |
| Hemphill |
3,383 |
11 |
308 |
325.2 |
| Henderson |
76,443 |
294 |
260 |
384.6 |
| Hidalgo |
619,383 |
2,498 |
248 |
403.3 |
| Hill |
33,257 |
113 |
294 |
339.8 |
| Hockley |
23,228 |
87 |
267 |
374.5 |
| Hood |
43,217 |
156 |
277 |
361.0 |
| Hopkins |
32,343 |
165 |
196 |
510.2 |
| Houston |
23,137 |
127 |
182 |
548.9 |
| Howard |
33,837 |
294 |
115 |
868.9 |
| Hudspeth |
3,483 |
1 |
3,483 |
28.7 |
| Hunt |
80,399 |
340 |
236 |
422.9 |
| Hutchinson |
23,937 |
89 |
269 |
371.8 |
| Irion |
1,803 |
2 |
902 |
110.9 |
| Jack |
8,836 |
26 |
340 |
294.3 |
| Jackson |
14,664 |
38 |
386 |
259.1 |
| Jasper |
36,430 |
174 |
209 |
477.6 |
| Jeff Davis |
2,242 |
3 |
747 |
133.8 |
| Jefferson |
254,398 |
2,491 |
102 |
979.2 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,355 |
7 |
765 |
130.7 |
| Jim Wells |
40,250 |
173 |
233 |
429.8 |
| Johnson |
133,794 |
392 |
341 |
293.0 |
| Jones |
20,887 |
57 |
366 |
272.9 |
| Karnes |
15,867 |
36 |
441 |
226.9 |
| Kaufman |
76,211 |
428 |
178 |
561.6 |
| Kendall |
25,287 |
88 |
287 |
348.0 |
| Kenedy |
432 |
1 |
432 |
231.5 |
| Kent |
846 |
4 |
212 |
472.8 |
| Kerr |
43,958 |
424 |
104 |
964.6 |
| Kimble |
4,468 |
20 |
223 |
447.6 |
| King |
360 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,372 |
6 |
562 |
177.9 |
| Kleberg |
33,100 |
106 |
312 |
320.2 |
| Knox |
4,206 |
19 |
221 |
451.7 |
| Lamar |
48,771 |
508 |
96 |
1,041.6 |
| Lamb |
14,892 |
51 |
292 |
342.5 |
| Lampasas |
18,402 |
54 |
341 |
293.4 |
| La Salle |
6,064 |
9 |
674 |
148.4 |
| Lavaca |
19,026 |
80 |
238 |
420.5 |
| Lee |
16,209 |
20 |
810 |
123.4 |
| Leon |
15,667 |
20 |
783 |
127.7 |
| Liberty |
73,556 |
189 |
389 |
256.9 |
| Limestone |
22,376 |
134 |
167 |
598.9 |
| Lipscomb |
3,047 |
6 |
508 |
196.9 |
| Live Oak |
12,459 |
13 |
958 |
104.3 |
| Llano |
16,722 |
86 |
194 |
514.3 |
| Loving |
67 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
248,217 |
2,824 |
88 |
1,137.7 |
| Lynn |
6,669 |
15 |
445 |
224.9 |
| McCulloch |
8,181 |
31 |
264 |
378.9 |
| McLennan |
217,707 |
1,474 |
148 |
677.1 |
| McMullen |
865 |
1 |
865 |
115.6 |
| Madison |
13,223 |
38 |
348 |
287.4 |
| Marion |
11,039 |
17 |
649 |
154.0 |
| Martin |
4,857 |
19 |
256 |
391.2 |
| Mason |
3,696 |
10 |
370 |
270.6 |
| Matagorda |
38,653 |
126 |
307 |
326.0 |
| Maverick |
49,808 |
103 |
484 |
206.8 |
| Medina |
41,397 |
106 |
391 |
256.1 |
| Menard |
2,350 |
4 |
588 |
170.2 |
| Midland |
118,314 |
833 |
142 |
704.1 |
| Milam |
24,569 |
50 |
491 |
203.5 |
| Mills |
5,119 |
18 |
284 |
351.6 |
| Mitchell |
9,691 |
34 |
285 |
350.8 |
| Montague |
19,286 |
68 |
284 |
352.6 |
| Montgomery |
318,270 |
1,341 |
237 |
421.3 |
| Moore |
20,940 |
66 |
317 |
315.2 |
| Morris |
13,024 |
31 |
420 |
238.0 |
| Motley |
1,416 |
1 |
1,416 |
70.6 |
| Nacogdoches |
60,402 |
475 |
127 |
786.4 |
| Navarro |
46,260 |
240 |
193 |
518.8 |
| Newton |
15,329 |
20 |
766 |
130.5 |
| Nolan |
16,010 |
80 |
200 |
499.7 |
| Nueces |
325,133 |
2,558 |
127 |
786.8 |
| Ochiltree |
9,204 |
35 |
263 |
380.3 |
| Oldham |
2,236 |
4 |
559 |
178.9 |
| Orange |
86,392 |
276 |
313 |
319.5 |
| Palo Pinto |
27,547 |
137 |
201 |
497.3 |
| Panola |
22,913 |
79 |
290 |
344.8 |
| Parker |
93,286 |
281 |
332 |
301.2 |
| Parmer |
10,158 |
33 |
308 |
324.9 |
| Pecos |
17,070 |
49 |
348 |
287.1 |
| Polk |
42,434 |
141 |
301 |
332.3 |
| Potter |
117,724 |
1,878 |
63 |
1,595.3 |
| Presidio |
7,591 |
6 |
1,265 |
79.0 |
| Rains |
9,512 |
10 |
951 |
105.1 |
| Randall |
107,961 |
573 |
188 |
530.7 |
| Reagan |
3,443 |
11 |
313 |
319.5 |
| Real |
3,037 |
4 |
759 |
131.7 |
| Red River |
14,272 |
55 |
259 |
385.4 |
| Reeves |
13,395 |
24 |
558 |
179.2 |
| Refugio |
7,938 |
21 |
378 |
264.6 |
| Roberts |
894 |
1 |
894 |
111.9 |
| Robertson |
16,284 |
21 |
775 |
129.0 |
| Rockwall |
46,742 |
116 |
403 |
248.2 |
| Runnels |
11,545 |
44 |
262 |
381.1 |
| Rusk |
47,726 |
162 |
295 |
339.4 |
| Sabine |
10,460 |
22 |
475 |
210.3 |
| San Augustine |
8,978 |
28 |
321 |
311.9 |
| San Jacinto |
23,193 |
19 |
1,221 |
81.9 |
| San Patricio |
71,093 |
177 |
402 |
249.0 |
| San Saba |
6,206 |
18 |
345 |
290.0 |
| Schleicher |
2,982 |
19 |
157 |
637.2 |
| Scurry |
16,475 |
58 |
284 |
352.0 |
| Shackelford |
3,332 |
6 |
555 |
180.1 |
| Shelby |
25,584 |
61 |
419 |
238.4 |
| Sherman |
3,273 |
3 |
1,091 |
91.7 |
| Smith |
178,644 |
2,298 |
78 |
1,286.4 |
| Somervell |
7,010 |
43 |
163 |
613.4 |
| Starr |
57,257 |
60 |
954 |
104.8 |
| Stephens |
9,686 |
39 |
248 |
402.6 |
| Sterling |
1,419 |
4 |
355 |
281.9 |
| Stonewall |
1,679 |
8 |
210 |
476.5 |
| Sutton |
4,204 |
15 |
280 |
356.8 |
| Swisher |
8,474 |
21 |
404 |
247.8 |
| Tarrant |
1,509,637 |
10,224 |
148 |
677.2 |
| Taylor |
129,482 |
1,217 |
106 |
939.9 |
| Terrell |
1,100 |
1 |
1,100 |
90.9 |
| Terry |
13,057 |
43 |
304 |
329.3 |
| Throckmorton |
1,845 |
7 |
264 |
379.4 |
| Titus |
28,969 |
260 |
111 |
897.5 |
| Tom Green |
106,435 |
935 |
114 |
878.5 |
| Travis |
859,210 |
6,693 |
128 |
779.0 |
| Trinity |
13,889 |
23 |
604 |
165.6 |
| Tyler |
21,404 |
52 |
412 |
242.9 |
| Upshur |
36,156 |
58 |
623 |
160.4 |
| Upton |
3,483 |
17 |
205 |
488.1 |
| Uvalde |
26,661 |
122 |
219 |
457.6 |
| Val Verde |
46,831 |
146 |
321 |
311.8 |
| Van Zandt |
49,664 |
121 |
410 |
243.6 |
| Victoria |
86,665 |
872 |
99 |
1,006.2 |
| Walker |
63,685 |
263 |
242 |
413.0 |
| Waller |
35,095 |
29 |
1,210 |
82.6 |
| Ward |
11,051 |
31 |
356 |
280.5 |
| Washington |
30,906 |
145 |
213 |
469.2 |
| Webb |
211,430 |
768 |
275 |
363.2 |
| Wharton |
41,804 |
243 |
172 |
581.3 |
| Wheeler |
5,186 |
34 |
153 |
655.6 |
| Wichita |
133,561 |
1,089 |
123 |
815.4 |
| Wilbarger |
14,793 |
127 |
116 |
858.5 |
| Willacy |
20,768 |
20 |
1,038 |
96.3 |
| Williamson |
276,245 |
932 |
296 |
337.4 |
| Wilson |
34,651 |
83 |
417 |
239.5 |
| Winkler |
7,258 |
19 |
382 |
261.8 |
| Wise |
51,624 |
196 |
263 |
379.7 |
| Wood |
37,714 |
164 |
230 |
434.9 |
| Yoakum |
7,543 |
30 |
251 |
397.7 |
| Young |
17,936 |
89 |
202 |
496.2 |
| Zapata |
12,686 |
10 |
1,269 |
78.8 |
| Zavala |
11,900 |
8 |
1,488 |
67.2 |
| Texas Total |
21,828,569 |
136,660 |
160 |
626.1 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, September 29, 2003.
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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