
| County |
2005 Population |
2005 CNS Total |
Ratio of 2005 Population per CNS* |
CNSs per 100,000 Population |
Rank |
| Anderson |
57,241 |
1 |
57,241 |
1.7 |
53 |
| Andrews |
13,596 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Angelina |
83,733 |
2 |
41,867 |
2.4 |
41 |
| Aransas |
23,900 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Archer |
9,583 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Armstrong |
2,216 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Atascosa |
43,141 |
1 |
43,141 |
2.3 |
45 |
| Austin |
26,829 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Bailey |
6,943 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Bandera |
20,470 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Bastrop |
71,450 |
1 |
71,450 |
1.4 |
61 |
| Baylor |
4,052 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Bee |
33,586 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Bell |
255,441 |
29 |
8,808 |
11.4 |
5 |
| Bexar |
1,493,724 |
127 |
11,762 |
8.5 |
9 |
| Blanco |
9,498 |
1 |
9,498 |
10.5 |
6 |
| Borden |
754 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Bosque |
18,162 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Bowie |
91,123 |
4 |
22,781 |
4.4 |
24 |
| Brazoria |
273,161 |
3 |
91,054 |
1.1 |
65 |
| Brazos |
165,921 |
2 |
82,961 |
1.2 |
64 |
| Brewster |
9,510 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Briscoe |
1,855 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Brooks |
8,354 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Brown |
39,269 |
1 |
39,269 |
2.5 |
38 |
| Burleson |
17,941 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Burnet |
38,623 |
1 |
38,623 |
2.6 |
37 |
| Caldwell |
38,401 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Calhoun |
22,029 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Callahan |
12,978 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Cameron |
382,445 |
6 |
63,741 |
1.6 |
56 |
| Camp |
12,647 |
1 |
12,647 |
7.9 |
11 |
| Carson |
6,584 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Cass |
30,303 |
1 |
30,303 |
3.3 |
32 |
| Castro |
8,685 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Chambers |
31,551 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Cherokee |
49,289 |
1 |
49,289 |
2.0 |
51 |
| Childress |
7,858 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Clay |
11,481 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Cochran |
3,925 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Coke |
3,928 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Coleman |
9,084 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Collin |
659,619 |
10 |
65,962 |
1.5 |
57 |
| Collingsworth |
3,268 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Colorado |
21,383 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Comal |
92,244 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Comanche |
14,247 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Concho |
4,099 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Cooke |
38,678 |
3 |
12,893 |
7.8 |
12 |
| Coryell |
79,725 |
2 |
39,863 |
2.5 |
39 |
| Cottle |
1,894 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Crane |
4,202 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Crockett |
4,390 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Crosby |
7,342 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Culberson |
3,167 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Dallam |
6,599 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Dallas |
2,354,691 |
114 |
20,655 |
4.8 |
23 |
| Dawson |
15,186 |
1 |
15,186 |
6.6 |
15 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,335 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Delta |
5,363 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Denton |
565,845 |
13 |
43,527 |
2.3 |
46 |
| De Witt |
20,598 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Dickens |
2,741 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Dimmit |
10,615 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Donley |
3,855 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Duval |
13,623 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Eastland |
18,567 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Ector |
125,884 |
3 |
41,961 |
2.4 |
42 |
| Edwards |
2,228 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Ellis |
132,813 |
2 |
66,407 |
1.5 |
58 |
| El Paso |
739,145 |
13 |
56,857 |
1.8 |
52 |
| Erath |
35,712 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Falls |
19,255 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Fannin |
33,158 |
1 |
33,158 |
3.0 |
33 |
| Fayette |
23,245 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Fisher |
4,311 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Floyd |
8,063 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Foard |
1,604 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Fort Bend |
449,778 |
6 |
74,963 |
1.3 |
63 |
| Franklin |
9,459 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Freestone |
19,297 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Frio |
17,564 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Gaines |
15,241 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Galveston |
270,715 |
20 |
13,536 |
7.4 |
13 |
| Garza |
5,232 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Gillespie |
22,297 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Glasscock |
1,476 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Goliad |
7,409 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Gonzales |
19,953 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Gray |
22,557 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Grayson |
117,047 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Gregg |
116,156 |
4 |
29,039 |
3.4 |
28 |
| Grimes |
25,682 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Guadalupe |
103,346 |
3 |
34,449 |
2.9 |
34 |
| Hale |
37,161 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hall |
3,883 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hamilton |
8,457 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hansford |
5,627 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hardeman |
4,767 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hardin |
50,627 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Harris |
3,708,107 |
189 |
19,620 |
5.1 |
21 |
| Harrison |
65,200 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hartley |
5,668 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Haskell |
6,113 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hays |
131,774 |
1 |
131,774 |
0.8 |
69 |
| Hemphill |
3,581 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Henderson |
79,242 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hidalgo |
678,278 |
10 |
67,828 |
1.5 |
60 |
| Hill |
35,311 |
1 |
35,311 |
2.8 |
35 |
| Hockley |
23,316 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hood |
47,538 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hopkins |
33,159 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Houston |
23,733 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Howard |
34,274 |
4 |
8,569 |
11.7 |
3 |
| Hudspeth |
3,636 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Hunt |
88,642 |
2 |
44,321 |
2.3 |
48 |
| Hutchinson |
23,581 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Irion |
1,835 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Jack |
8,917 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Jackson |
15,146 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Jasper |
37,034 |
3 |
12,345 |
8.1 |
10 |
| Jeff Davis |
2,263 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Jefferson |
253,935 |
10 |
25,394 |
3.9 |
27 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,608 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Jim Wells |
41,705 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Johnson |
148,575 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Jones |
20,874 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Karnes |
16,400 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Kaufman |
88,385 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Kendall |
27,878 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Kenedy |
441 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Kent |
853 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Kerr |
45,962 |
4 |
11,491 |
8.7 |
8 |
| Kimble |
4,623 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| King |
364 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Kinney |
3,513 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Kleberg |
33,630 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Knox |
4,284 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Lamar |
49,793 |
2 |
24,897 |
4.0 |
26 |
| Lamb |
15,200 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Lampasas |
20,097 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| La Salle |
6,372 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Lavaca |
19,546 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Lee |
17,202 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Leon |
16,510 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Liberty |
79,712 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Limestone |
23,379 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Lipscomb |
3,118 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Live Oak |
12,595 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Llano |
18,640 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Loving |
66 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Lubbock |
254,987 |
16 |
15,937 |
6.3 |
17 |
| Lynn |
6,815 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| McCulloch |
8,492 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| McLennan |
221,740 |
9 |
24,638 |
4.1 |
25 |
| McMullen |
861 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Madison |
13,521 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Marion |
11,192 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Martin |
5,029 |
1 |
5,029 |
19.9 |
1 |
| Mason |
3,799 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Matagorda |
39,529 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Maverick |
50,837 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Medina |
43,058 |
1 |
43,058 |
2.3 |
44 |
| Menard |
2,378 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Midland |
118,732 |
2 |
59,366 |
1.7 |
54 |
| Milam |
25,987 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Mills |
5,189 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Mitchell |
9,918 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Montague |
19,427 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Montgomery |
368,453 |
6 |
61,409 |
1.6 |
55 |
| Moore |
20,827 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Morris |
13,196 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Motley |
1,431 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Nacogdoches |
62,381 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Navarro |
48,950 |
1 |
48,950 |
2.0 |
50 |
| Newton |
15,527 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Nolan |
16,102 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Nueces |
324,053 |
8 |
40,507 |
2.5 |
40 |
| Ochiltree |
9,516 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Oldham |
2,295 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Orange |
88,591 |
2 |
44,296 |
2.3 |
47 |
| Palo Pinto |
28,534 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Panola |
23,295 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Parker |
107,055 |
1 |
107,055 |
0.9 |
66 |
| Parmer |
10,420 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Pecos |
17,288 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Polk |
44,843 |
1 |
44,843 |
2.2 |
49 |
| Potter |
118,748 |
16 |
7,422 |
13.5 |
2 |
| Presidio |
8,126 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Rains |
11,025 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Randall |
114,355 |
7 |
16,336 |
6.1 |
19 |
| Reagan |
3,560 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Real |
3,134 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Red River |
14,404 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Reeves |
13,362 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Refugio |
8,147 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Roberts |
920 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Robertson |
16,786 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Rockwall |
59,099 |
2 |
29,550 |
3.4 |
31 |
| Runnels |
11,611 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Rusk |
48,783 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Sabine |
10,588 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| San Augustine |
9,387 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| San Jacinto |
23,908 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| San Patricio |
72,985 |
1 |
72,985 |
1.4 |
62 |
| San Saba |
6,452 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Schleicher |
3,083 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Scurry |
16,669 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Shackelford |
3,352 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Shelby |
26,230 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Sherman |
3,310 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Smith |
187,638 |
12 |
15,637 |
6.4 |
16 |
| Somervell |
8,017 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Starr |
60,176 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Stephens |
9,835 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Sterling |
1,441 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Stonewall |
1,708 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Sutton |
4,399 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Swisher |
8,648 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Tarrant |
1,602,624 |
55 |
29,139 |
3.4 |
29 |
| Taylor |
127,539 |
3 |
42,513 |
2.4 |
43 |
| Terrell |
1,092 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Terry |
13,132 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Throckmorton |
1,879 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Titus |
29,733 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Tom Green |
105,560 |
12 |
8,797 |
11.4 |
4 |
| Travis |
863,575 |
86 |
10,042 |
10.0 |
7 |
| Trinity |
14,267 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Tyler |
21,279 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Upshur |
37,342 |
1 |
37,342 |
2.7 |
36 |
| Upton |
3,595 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Uvalde |
27,022 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Val Verde |
47,811 |
3 |
15,937 |
6.3 |
18 |
| Van Zandt |
52,262 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Victoria |
88,202 |
3 |
29,401 |
3.4 |
30 |
| Walker |
65,662 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Waller |
38,689 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Ward |
11,322 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Washington |
31,517 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Webb |
229,382 |
2 |
114,691 |
0.9 |
68 |
| Wharton |
43,271 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Wheeler |
5,139 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Wichita |
133,656 |
2 |
66,828 |
1.5 |
59 |
| Wilbarger |
14,771 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Willacy |
21,448 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Williamson |
326,830 |
3 |
108,943 |
0.9 |
67 |
| Wilson |
38,289 |
2 |
19,145 |
5.2 |
20 |
| Winkler |
7,456 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Wise |
55,025 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Wood |
39,921 |
2 |
19,961 |
5.0 |
22 |
| Yoakum |
7,794 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Young |
18,004 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Zapata |
13,806 |
1 |
13,806 |
7.2 |
14 |
| Zavala |
12,228 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
| Texas Total |
23,002,555 |
864 |
26,623 |
3.8 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, September 9, 2005.
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, 10/21/05.
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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