Direct Patient Care Physicians (DPC) by County of Practice

Direct Patient Care Physicians (DPC) by County of Practice - August, 2009

County	2009 Population	2009 DPC Total	Ratio of 2009 Population per DPC*	Ratio of DPC per 100,000 Population	Rank
Anderson	57,589	71	811	123.3	47
Andrews	14,197	14	1,014	98.6	70
Angelina	84,608	151	560	178.5	25
Aransas	27,019	16	1,689	59.2	129
Archer	9,464	2	4,732	21.1	214
Armstrong	2,267	0	-	0.0	-
Atascosa	45,189	32	1,412	70.8	108
Austin	28,205	10	2,821	35.5	173
Bailey	6,361	6	1,060	94.3	75
Bandera	20,900	5	4,180	23.9	207
Bastrop	79,038	38	2,080	48.1	153
Baylor	3,999	7	571	175.0	26
Bee	33,956	24	1,415	70.7	110
Bell	286,049	539	531	188.4	23
Bexar	1,612,972	3,299	489	204.5	18
Blanco	10,139	4	2,535	39.5	164
Borden	766	0	-	0.0	-
Bosque	17,689	10	1,769	56.5	133
Bowie	92,641	247	375	266.6	3
Brazoria	310,491	235	1,321	75.7	99
Brazos	173,300	375	462	216.4	14
Brewster	9,408	10	941	106.3	60
Briscoe	1,862	0	-	0.0	-
Brooks	7,889	2	3,945	25.4	206
Brown	39,734	67	593	168.6	29
Burleson	18,466	4	4,617	21.7	212
Burnet	46,080	60	768	130.2	42
Caldwell	38,028	19	2,001	50.0	149
Calhoun	23,039	18	1,280	78.1	97
Callahan	14,367	3	4,789	20.9	215
Cameron	408,951	490	835	119.8	48
Camp	13,214	15	881	113.5	52
Carson	6,750	0	-	0.0	-
Cass	30,638	15	2,043	49.0	152
Castro	7,483	4	1,871	53.5	140
Chambers	34,810	7	4,973	20.1	217
Cherokee	49,662	68	730	136.9	37
Childress	7,898	8	987	101.3	67
Clay	11,210	3	3,737	26.8	199
Cochran	3,499	1	3,499	28.6	196
Coke	3,909	1	3,909	25.6	205
Coleman	8,963	3	2,988	33.5	180
Collin	801,865	1,386	579	172.8	28
Collingsworth	3,161	2	1,581	63.3	123
Colorado	22,074	29	761	131.4	41
Comal	116,038	144	806	124.1	46
Comanche	14,230	12	1,186	84.3	87
Concho	3,869	1	3,869	25.8	203
Cooke	40,414	33	1,225	81.7	92
Coryell	80,692	36	2,241	44.6	158
Cottle	1,872	0	-	0.0	-
Crane	4,273	2	2,137	46.8	154
Crockett	4,545	1	4,545	22.0	211
Crosby	6,600	2	3,300	30.3	191
Culberson	2,733	1	2,733	36.6	169
Dallam	6,729	0	-	0.0	-
Dallas	2,412,431	5,204	464	215.7	15
Dawson	14,830	5	2,966	33.7	178
Deaf Smith	20,372	15	1,358	73.6	101
Delta	5,334	1	5,334	18.7	221
Denton	675,225	694	973	102.8	66
De Witt	20,514	15	1,368	73.1	104
Dickens	2,807	0	-	0.0	-
Dimmit	9,816	7	1,402	71.3	107
Donley	3,871	1	3,871	25.8	204
Duval	12,153	0	-	0.0	-
Eastland	18,764	13	1,443	69.3	113
Ector	131,553	209	629	158.9	31
Edwards	2,211	1	2,211	45.2	155
Ellis	153,660	99	1,552	64.4	119
El Paso	763,712	844	905	110.5	55
Erath	39,152	36	1,088	91.9	76
Falls	18,738	4	4,685	21.3	213
Fannin	34,419	14	2,459	40.7	163
Fayette	24,841	26	955	104.7	64
Fisher	4,193	3	1,398	71.5	105
Floyd	6,979	8	872	114.6	50
Foard	1,583	0	-	0.0	-
Fort Bend	551,328	535	1,031	97.0	71
Franklin	10,808	7	1,544	64.8	118
Freestone	20,157	10	2,016	49.6	150
Frio	17,807	8	2,226	44.9	157
Gaines	16,277	5	3,255	30.7	189
Galveston	289,203	313	924	108.2	58
Garza	5,203	1	5,203	19.2	220
Gillespie	25,309	64	395	252.9	5
Glasscock	1,513	0	-	0.0	-
Goliad	7,630	2	3,815	26.2	201
Gonzales	20,191	12	1,683	59.4	128
Gray	22,843	26	879	113.8	51
Grayson	119,674	236	507	197.2	21
Gregg	121,581	298	408	245.1	6
Grimes	26,152	14	1,868	53.5	139
Guadalupe	124,383	73	1,704	58.7	130
Hale	37,174	31	1,199	83.4	89
Hall	3,836	1	3,836	26.1	202
Hamilton	8,864	10	886	112.8	53
Hansford	5,222	2	2,611	38.3	166
Hardeman	4,619	6	770	129.9	43
Hardin	51,842	18	2,880	34.7	174
Harris	4,016,367	7,857	511	195.6	22
Harrison	67,152	47	1,429	70.0	112
Hartley	5,786	5	1,157	86.4	85
Haskell	5,912	2	2,956	33.8	177
Hays	156,605	133	1,177	84.9	86
Hemphill	3,581	4	895	111.7	54
Henderson	80,456	72	1,117	89.5	80
Hidalgo	768,405	802	958	104.4	65
Hill	36,517	19	1,922	52.0	144
Hockley	23,778	15	1,585	63.1	124
Hood	53,182	58	917	109.1	57
Hopkins	34,344	37	928	107.7	59
Houston	24,347	12	2,029	49.3	151
Howard	33,590	45	746	134.0	39
Hudspeth	3,772	0	-	0.0	-
Hunt	88,664	81	1,095	91.4	78
Hutchinson	23,586	15	1,572	63.6	121
Irion	1,830	0	-	0.0	-
Jack	9,051	4	2,263	44.2	159
Jackson	15,280	5	3,056	32.7	183
Jasper	35,906	32	1,122	89.1	81
Jeff Davis	2,777	1	2,777	36.0	172
Jefferson	243,485	541	450	222.2	13
Jim Hogg	5,495	1	5,495	18.2	223
Jim Wells	42,220	33	1,279	78.2	96
Johnson	164,347	85	1,933	51.7	145
Jones	20,791	14	1,485	67.3	116
Karnes	16,705	5	3,341	29.9	193
Kaufman	103,387	81	1,276	78.3	95
Kendall	34,020	52	654	152.9	34
Kenedy	465	0	-	0.0	-
Kent	862	0	-	0.0	-
Kerr	46,483	113	411	243.1	7
Kimble	4,758	3	1,586	63.1	125
King	374	0	-	0.0	-
Kinney	3,447	1	3,447	29.0	194
Kleberg	32,105	21	1,529	65.4	117
Knox	4,238	3	1,413	70.8	109
Lamar	50,207	102	492	203.2	19
Lamb	15,514	5	3,103	32.2	184
Lampasas	22,088	12	1,841	54.3	138
La Salle	6,030	2	3,015	33.2	182
Lavaca	19,520	16	1,220	82.0	91
Lee	17,875	4	4,469	22.4	210
Leon	16,801	4	4,200	23.8	208
Liberty	80,721	52	1,552	64.4	120
Limestone	23,254	23	1,011	98.9	69
Lipscomb	3,162	0	-	0.0	-
Live Oak	12,421	2	6,211	16.1	225
Llano	19,105	21	910	109.9	56
Loving	65	0	-	0.0	-
Lubbock	265,963	624	426	234.6	9
Lynn	5,993	3	1,998	50.1	148
McCulloch	8,626	5	1,725	58.0	131
McLennan	231,025	418	553	180.9	24
McMullen	875	0	-	0.0	-
Madison	14,332	6	2,389	41.9	160
Marion	11,039	6	1,840	54.4	137
Martin	5,251	2	2,626	38.1	167
Mason	3,829	0	-	0.0	-
Matagorda	38,759	39	994	100.6	68
Maverick	54,461	31	1,757	56.9	132
Medina	45,015	15	3,001	33.3	181
Menard	2,436	2	1,218	82.1	90
Midland	128,116	190	674	148.3	35
Milam	26,248	14	1,875	53.3	141
Mills	5,452	3	1,817	55.0	135
Mitchell	9,792	2	4,896	20.4	216
Montague	20,125	11	1,830	54.7	136
Montgomery	455,104	708	643	155.6	32
Moore	21,022	15	1,401	71.4	106
Morris	13,500	2	6,750	14.8	227
Motley	1,423	0	-	0.0	-
Nacogdoches	63,669	127	501	199.5	20
Navarro	50,892	49	1,039	96.3	73
Newton	14,920	5	2,984	33.5	179
Nolan	14,543	14	1,039	96.3	74
Nueces	322,833	730	442	226.1	12
Ochiltree	9,880	5	1,976	50.6	147
Oldham	2,318	0	-	0.0	-
Orange	85,018	45	1,889	52.9	142
Palo Pinto	29,402	27	1,089	91.8	77
Panola	24,016	15	1,601	62.5	126
Parker	115,186	87	1,324	75.5	100
Parmer	10,213	4	2,553	39.2	165
Pecos	17,741	13	1,365	73.3	103
Polk	49,001	41	1,195	83.7	88
Potter	125,017	405	309	324.0	2
Presidio	8,542	2	4,271	23.4	209
Rains	10,783	2	5,392	18.5	222
Randall	118,869	72	1,651	60.6	127
Reagan	3,142	1	3,142	31.8	185
Real	3,317	0	-	0.0	-
Red River	14,385	4	3,596	27.8	198
Reeves	11,276	9	1,253	79.8	94
Refugio	7,187	2	3,594	27.8	197
Roberts	941	0	-	0.0	-
Robertson	16,803	3	5,601	17.9	224
Rockwall	79,754	106	752	132.9	40
Runnels	11,730	8	1,466	68.2	115
Rusk	49,770	28	1,778	56.3	134
Sabine	10,831	4	2,708	36.9	168
San Augustine	9,539	5	1,908	52.4	143
San Jacinto	27,553	4	6,888	14.5	228
San Patricio	70,665	24	2,944	34.0	176
San Saba	6,347	1	6,347	15.8	226
Schleicher	3,168	1	3,168	31.6	186
Scurry	17,127	13	1,317	75.9	98
Shackelford	3,446	3	1,149	87.1	84
Shelby	26,469	11	2,406	41.6	161
Sherman	3,347	0	-	0.0	-
Smith	202,857	685	296	337.7	1
Somervell	8,399	13	646	154.8	33
Starr	65,944	20	3,297	30.3	190
Stephens	10,196	7	1,457	68.7	114
Sterling	1,464	0	-	0.0	-
Stonewall	1,655	4	414	241.7	8
Sutton	4,584	4	1,146	87.3	83
Swisher	8,224	3	2,741	36.5	171
Tarrant	1,780,891	3,097	575	173.9	27
Taylor	130,837	278	471	212.5	16
Terrell	1,103	1	1,103	90.7	79
Terry	11,632	6	1,939	51.6	146
Throckmorton	1,885	2	943	106.1	61
Titus	31,584	52	607	164.6	30
Tom Green	103,881	235	442	226.2	11
Travis	974,427	2,502	389	256.8	4
Trinity	15,055	4	3,764	26.6	200
Tyler	22,016	9	2,446	40.9	162
Upshur	38,003	11	3,455	28.9	195
Upton	3,173	1	3,173	31.5	187
Uvalde	27,695	29	955	104.7	63
Val Verde	49,616	35	1,418	70.5	111
Van Zandt	53,139	16	3,321	30.1	192
Victoria	88,687	206	431	232.3	10
Walker	65,255	69	946	105.7	62
Waller	41,352	3	13,784	7.3	229
Ward	10,020	2	5,010	20.0	219
Washington	33,141	43	771	129.7	44
Webb	251,096	205	1,225	81.6	93
Wharton	43,560	59	738	135.4	38
Wheeler	5,140	6	857	116.7	49
Wichita	128,119	263	487	205.3	17
Wilbarger	15,240	21	726	137.8	36
Willacy	21,865	8	2,733	36.6	170
Williamson	413,220	534	774	129.2	45
Wilson	44,075	15	2,938	34.0	175
Winkler	6,636	3	2,212	45.2	156
Wise	60,193	53	1,136	88.1	82
Wood	44,057	28	1,573	63.6	122
Yoakum	8,178	6	1,363	73.4	102
Young	18,573	18	1,032	96.9	72
Zapata	14,944	3	4,981	20.1	218
Zavala	12,735	4	3,184	31.4	188
Texas Total	24,873,773	39,374	632	158.3

* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source:Texas Medical Board - August 24, 2009

Includes: Active physicians with Texas practice addresses and a practice type of direct patient care. The mailing address was substituted for those records that did not contain a practice address.

Excludes: Federal and military physicians, residents and fellows.

Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, September 29, 2009.

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