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Respiratory Care Pratitioners (RCPs) by County of Practice - September, 2009

County 2009 Population 2009 RCP Total Ratio of 2009 Population per RCP* Ratio of RCPs per 100,000 Population Rank
Anderson 57,589 25 2,304 43.4 51
Andrews 14,197 13 1,092 91.6 11
Angelina 84,608 136 622 160.7 2
Aransas 27,019 0 - 0.0 -
Archer 9,464 2 4,732 21.1 141
Armstrong 2,267 0 - 0.0 -
Atascosa 45,189 10 4,519 22.1 137
Austin 28,205 3 9,402 10.6 189
Bailey 6,361 1 6,361 15.7 168
Bandera 20,900 3 6,967 14.4 172
Bastrop 79,038 11 7,185 13.9 174
Baylor 3,999 0 - 0.0 -
Bee 33,956 14 2,425 41.2 57
Bell 286,049 172 1,663 60.1 32
Bexar 1,612,972 875 1,843 54.2 36
Blanco 10,139 2 5,070 19.7 151
Borden 766 0 - 0.0 -
Bosque 17,689 5 3,538 28.3 111
Bowie 92,641 116 799 125.2 5
Brazoria 310,491 122 2,545 39.3 67
Brazos 173,300 54 3,209 31.2 97
Brewster 9,408 4 2,352 42.5 53
Briscoe 1,862 0 - 0.0 -
Brooks 7,889 2 3,945 25.4 127
Brown 39,734 16 2,483 40.3 63
Burleson 18,466 3 6,155 16.2 166
Burnet 46,080 9 5,120 19.5 153
Caldwell 38,028 7 5,433 18.4 159
Calhoun 23,039 12 1,920 52.1 40
Callahan 14,367 4 3,592 27.8 115
Cameron 408,951 254 1,610 62.1 28
Camp 13,214 8 1,652 60.5 30
Carson 6,750 2 3,375 29.6 104
Cass 30,638 14 2,188 45.7 47
Castro 7,483 0 - 0.0 -
Chambers 34,810 2 17,405 5.7 196
Cherokee 49,662 18 2,759 36.2 77
Childress 7,898 3 2,633 38.0 72
Clay 11,210 5 2,242 44.6 50
Cochran 3,499 1 3,499 28.6 108
Coke 3,909 0 - 0.0 -
Coleman 8,963 6 1,494 66.9 25
Collin 801,865 323 2,483 40.3 62
Collingsworth 3,161 0 - 0.0 -
Colorado 22,074 5 4,415 22.7 136
Comal 116,038 39 2,975 33.6 89
Comanche 14,230 5 2,846 35.1 80
Concho 3,869 0 - 0.0 -
Cooke 40,414 13 3,109 32.2 94
Coryell 80,692 17 4,747 21.1 142
Cottle 1,872 0 - 0.0 -
Crane 4,273 1 4,273 23.4 135
Crockett 4,545 0 - 0.0 -
Crosby 6,600 3 2,200 45.5 48
Culberson 2,733 0 - 0.0 -
Dallam 6,729 1 6,729 14.9 171
Dallas 2,412,431 1,386 1,741 57.5 33
Dawson 14,830 2 7,415 13.5 175
Deaf Smith 20,372 6 3,395 29.5 107
Delta 5,334 2 2,667 37.5 73
Denton 675,225 225 3,001 33.3 90
De Witt 20,514 25 821 121.9 6
Dickens 2,807 0 - 0.0 -
Dimmit 9,816 2 4,908 20.4 147
Donley 3,871 0 - 0.0 -
Duval 12,153 0 - 0.0 -
Eastland 18,764 3 6,255 16.0 167
Ector 131,553 151 871 114.8 7
Edwards 2,211 0 - 0.0 -
Ellis 153,660 38 4,044 24.7 130
El Paso 763,712 361 2,116 47.3 45
Erath 39,152 8 4,894 20.4 146
Falls 18,738 2 9,369 10.7 188
Fannin 34,419 9 3,824 26.1 122
Fayette 24,841 9 2,760 36.2 78
Fisher 4,193 0 - 0.0 -
Floyd 6,979 1 6,979 14.3 173
Foard 1,583 0 - 0.0 -
Fort Bend 551,328 186 2,964 33.7 88
Franklin 10,808 4 2,702 37.0 75
Freestone 20,157 6 3,360 29.8 103
Frio 17,807 0 - 0.0 -
Gaines 16,277 4 4,069 24.6 131
Galveston 289,203 154 1,878 53.2 38
Garza 5,203 1 5,203 19.2 156
Gillespie 25,309 8 3,164 31.6 96
Glasscock 1,513 1 1,513 66.1 27
Goliad 7,630 2 3,815 26.2 121
Gonzales 20,191 4 5,048 19.8 150
Gray 22,843 6 3,807 26.3 120
Grayson 119,674 49 2,442 40.9 59
Gregg 121,581 97 1,253 79.8 17
Grimes 26,152 3 8,717 11.5 185
Guadalupe 124,383 48 2,591 38.6 68
Hale 37,174 11 3,379 29.6 105
Hall 3,836 2 1,918 52.1 39
Hamilton 8,864 3 2,955 33.8 86
Hansford 5,222 4 1,306 76.6 19
Hardeman 4,619 0 - 0.0 -
Hardin 51,842 24 2,160 46.3 46
Harris 4,016,367 1,964 2,045 48.9 43
Harrison 67,152 12 5,596 17.9 162
Hartley 5,786 2 2,893 34.6 83
Haskell 5,912 2 2,956 33.8 87
Hays 156,605 52 3,012 33.2 91
Hemphill 3,581 1 3,581 27.9 114
Henderson 80,456 28 2,873 34.8 81
Hidalgo 768,405 215 3,574 28.0 113
Hill 36,517 15 2,434 41.1 58
Hockley 23,778 10 2,378 42.1 55
Hood 53,182 18 2,955 33.8 85
Hopkins 34,344 21 1,635 61.1 29
Houston 24,347 8 3,043 32.9 92
Howard 33,590 16 2,099 47.6 44
Hudspeth 3,772 0 - 0.0 -
Hunt 88,664 25 3,547 28.2 112
Hutchinson 23,586 6 3,931 25.4 126
Irion 1,830 0 - 0.0 -
Jack 9,051 1 9,051 11.0 187
Jackson 15,280 5 3,056 32.7 93
Jasper 35,906 11 3,264 30.6 98
Jeff Davis 2,777 0 - 0.0 -
Jefferson 243,485 278 876 114.2 8
Jim Hogg 5,495 0 - 0.0 -
Jim Wells 42,220 11 3,838 26.1 123
Johnson 164,347 35 4,696 21.3 140
Jones 20,791 4 5,198 19.2 155
Karnes 16,705 2 8,353 12.0 180
Kaufman 103,387 25 4,135 24.2 132
Kendall 34,020 4 8,505 11.8 183
Kenedy 465 0 - 0.0 -
Kent 862 0 - 0.0 -
Kerr 46,483 25 1,859 53.8 37
Kimble 4,758 0 - 0.0 -
King 374 1 374 267.4 1
Kinney 3,447 0 - 0.0 -
Kleberg 32,105 13 2,470 40.5 61
Knox 4,238 0 - 0.0 -
Lamar 50,207 37 1,357 73.7 20
Lamb 15,514 3 5,171 19.3 154
Lampasas 22,088 7 3,155 31.7 95
La Salle 6,030 0 - 0.0 -
Lavaca 19,520 7 2,789 35.9 79
Lee 17,875 0 - 0.0 -
Leon 16,801 2 8,401 11.9 181
Liberty 80,721 16 5,045 19.8 149
Limestone 23,254 16 1,453 68.8 24
Lipscomb 3,162 0 - 0.0 -
Live Oak 12,421 0 - 0.0 -
Llano 19,105 1 19,105 5.2 197
Loving 65 0 - 0.0 -
Lubbock 265,963 241 1,104 90.6 12
Lynn 5,993 1 5,993 16.7 165
McCulloch 8,626 3 2,875 34.8 82
McLennan 231,025 127 1,819 55.0 34
McMullen 875 0 - 0.0 -
Madison 14,332 3 4,777 20.9 145
Marion 11,039 2 5,520 18.1 161
Martin 5,251 1 5,251 19.0 157
Mason 3,829 0 - 0.0 -
Matagorda 38,759 11 3,524 28.4 110
Maverick 54,461 13 4,189 23.9 134
Medina 45,015 5 9,003 11.1 186
Menard 2,436 0 - 0.0 -
Midland 128,116 107 1,197 83.5 14
Milam 26,248 2 13,124 7.6 192
Mills 5,452 0 - 0.0 -
Mitchell 9,792 1 9,792 10.2 190
Montague 20,125 10 2,013 49.7 41
Montgomery 455,104 136 3,346 29.9 102
Moore 21,022 8 2,628 38.1 71
Morris 13,500 1 13,500 7.4 194
Motley 1,423 0 - 0.0 -
Nacogdoches 63,669 53 1,201 83.2 15
Navarro 50,892 13 3,915 25.5 125
Newton 14,920 1 14,920 6.7 195
Nolan 14,543 5 2,909 34.4 84
Nueces 322,833 228 1,416 70.6 22
Ochiltree 9,880 1 9,880 10.1 191
Oldham 2,318 2 1,159 86.3 13
Orange 85,018 38 2,237 44.7 49
Palo Pinto 29,402 12 2,450 40.8 60
Panola 24,016 9 2,668 37.5 74
Parker 115,186 44 2,618 38.2 70
Parmer 10,213 0 - 0.0 -
Pecos 17,741 3 5,914 16.9 164
Polk 49,001 21 2,333 42.9 52
Potter 125,017 167 749 133.6 3
Presidio 8,542 0 - 0.0 -
Rains 10,783 0 - 0.0 -
Randall 118,869 50 2,377 42.1 54
Reagan 3,142 0 - 0.0 -
Real 3,317 1 3,317 30.1 99
Red River 14,385 6 2,398 41.7 56
Reeves 11,276 3 3,759 26.6 119
Refugio 7,187 2 3,594 27.8 116
Roberts 941 0 - 0.0 -
Robertson 16,803 2 8,402 11.9 182
Rockwall 79,754 22 3,625 27.6 117
Runnels 11,730 3 3,910 25.6 124
Rusk 49,770 12 4,148 24.1 133
Sabine 10,831 2 5,416 18.5 158
San Augustine 9,539 2 4,770 21.0 144
San Jacinto 27,553 6 4,592 21.8 139
San Patricio 70,665 35 2,019 49.5 42
San Saba 6,347 0 - 0.0 -
Schleicher 3,168 0 - 0.0 -
Scurry 17,127 2 8,564 11.7 184
Shackelford 3,446 0 - 0.0 -
Shelby 26,469 4 6,617 15.1 169
Sherman 3,347 0 - 0.0 -
Smith 202,857 215 944 106.0 9
Somervell 8,399 6 1,400 71.4 21
Starr 65,944 5 13,189 7.6 193
Stephens 10,196 2 5,098 19.6 152
Sterling 1,464 0 - 0.0 -
Stonewall 1,655 0 - 0.0 -
Sutton 4,584 1 4,584 21.8 138
Swisher 8,224 1 8,224 12.2 177
Tarrant 1,780,891 978 1,821 54.9 35
Taylor 130,837 122 1,072 93.2 10
Terrell 1,103 0 - 0.0 -
Terry 11,632 7 1,662 60.2 31
Throckmorton 1,885 0 - 0.0 -
Titus 31,584 21 1,504 66.5 26
Tom Green 103,881 82 1,267 78.9 18
Travis 974,427 386 2,524 39.6 65
Trinity 15,055 3 5,018 19.9 148
Tyler 22,016 8 2,752 36.3 76
Upshur 38,003 8 4,750 21.1 143
Upton 3,173 0 - 0.0 -
Uvalde 27,695 7 3,956 25.3 128
Val Verde 49,616 6 8,269 12.1 178
Van Zandt 53,139 16 3,321 30.1 101
Victoria 88,687 115 771 129.7 4
Walker 65,255 12 5,438 18.4 160
Waller 41,352 5 8,270 12.1 179
Ward 10,020 4 2,505 39.9 64
Washington 33,141 5 6,628 15.1 170
Webb 251,096 44 5,707 17.5 163
Wharton 43,560 11 3,960 25.3 129
Wheeler 5,140 0 - 0.0 -
Wichita 128,119 106 1,209 82.7 16
Wilbarger 15,240 6 2,540 39.4 66
Willacy 21,865 0 - 0.0 -
Williamson 413,220 118 3,502 28.6 109
Wilson 44,075 12 3,673 27.2 118
Winkler 6,636 2 3,318 30.1 100
Wise 60,193 23 2,617 38.2 69
Wood 44,057 13 3,389 29.5 106
Yoakum 8,178 1 8,178 12.2 176
Young 18,573 13 1,429 70.0 23
Zapata 14,944 0 - 0.0 -
Zavala 12,735 0 - 0.0 -
Texas Total 24,873,773 11,872 2,095 47.7
Out of State   908
Total Licensees   12,780

* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source: Texas Department of State Health Services, Professional Licensing and Certification Unit, September 10, 2009.

Includes all active Respiratory Care Pratitioners with a Texas address. The Respiratory Care Pratitioners were sorted by their county of practice.

Prepared by:Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, October 8, 2009.

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