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Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) and Intern Speech-Language Pathologists (ISLP) by County of Practice - September, 2009

County 2009 Population 2009 SLP & ISLP Total Ratio of 2009 Population per SLP & ISLP* Ratio of SLPs & ISLPs per 100,000 Population Rank
Anderson 57,589 11 5,235 19.1 141
Andrews 14,197 2 7,099 14.1 166
Angelina 84,608 33 2,564 39.0 45
Aransas 27,019 3 9,006 11.1 182
Archer 9,464 2 4,732 21.1 126
Armstrong 2,267 0 - 0.0 -
Atascosa 45,189 9 5,021 19.9 134
Austin 28,205 3 9,402 10.6 185
Bailey 6,361 2 3,181 31.4 69
Bandera 20,900 4 5,225 19.1 140
Bastrop 79,038 18 4,391 22.8 110
Baylor 3,999 0 - 0.0 -
Bee 33,956 5 6,791 14.7 160
Bell 286,049 87 3,288 30.4 74
Bexar 1,612,972 694 2,324 43.0 33
Blanco 10,139 0 - 0.0 -
Borden 766 1 766 130.5 1
Bosque 17,689 4 4,422 22.6 113
Bowie 92,641 45 2,059 48.6 26
Brazoria 310,491 68 4,566 21.9 119
Brazos 173,300 45 3,851 26.0 101
Brewster 9,408 5 1,882 53.1 20
Briscoe 1,862 0 - 0.0 -
Brooks 7,889 1 7,889 12.7 172
Brown 39,734 12 3,311 30.2 75
Burleson 18,466 4 4,617 21.7 122
Burnet 46,080 8 5,760 17.4 151
Caldwell 38,028 10 3,803 26.3 96
Calhoun 23,039 5 4,608 21.7 121
Callahan 14,367 0 - 0.0 -
Cameron 408,951 123 3,325 30.1 77
Camp 13,214 1 13,214 7.6 194
Carson 6,750 1 6,750 14.8 159
Cass 30,638 7 4,377 22.8 109
Castro 7,483 2 3,742 26.7 93
Chambers 34,810 4 8,703 11.5 178
Cherokee 49,662 7 7,095 14.1 165
Childress 7,898 1 7,898 12.7 173
Clay 11,210 10 1,121 89.2 4
Cochran 3,499 0 - 0.0 -
Coke 3,909 0 - 0.0 -
Coleman 8,963 1 8,963 11.2 180
Collin 801,865 485 1,653 60.5 13
Collingsworth 3,161 0 - 0.0 -
Colorado 22,074 2 11,037 9.1 191
Comal 116,038 49 2,368 42.2 35
Comanche 14,230 8 1,779 56.2 17
Concho 3,869 0 - 0.0 -
Cooke 40,414 7 5,773 17.3 152
Coryell 80,692 9 8,966 11.2 181
Cottle 1,872 0 - 0.0 -
Crane 4,273 2 2,137 46.8 30
Crockett 4,545 1 4,545 22.0 118
Crosby 6,600 6 1,100 90.9 2
Culberson 2,733 0 - 0.0 -
Dallam 6,729 0 - 0.0 -
Dallas 2,412,431 1,137 2,122 47.1 29
Dawson 14,830 1 14,830 6.7 198
Deaf Smith 20,372 5 4,074 24.5 104
Delta 5,334 0 - 0.0 -
Denton 675,225 324 2,084 48.0 27
De Witt 20,514 7 2,931 34.1 56
Dickens 2,807 0 - 0.0 -
Dimmit 9,816 1 9,816 10.2 187
Donley 3,871 0 - 0.0 -
Duval 12,153 4 3,038 32.9 59
Eastland 18,764 4 4,691 21.3 125
Ector 131,553 36 3,654 27.4 89
Edwards 2,211 0 - 0.0 -
Ellis 153,660 40 3,842 26.0 100
El Paso 763,712 305 2,504 39.9 42
Erath 39,152 15 2,610 38.3 46
Falls 18,738 5 3,748 26.7 94
Fannin 34,419 9 3,824 26.1 98
Fayette 24,841 5 4,968 20.1 132
Fisher 4,193 0 - 0.0 -
Floyd 6,979 2 3,490 28.7 84
Foard 1,583 0 - 0.0 -
Fort Bend 551,328 198 2,784 35.9 50
Franklin 10,808 2 5,404 18.5 144
Freestone 20,157 4 5,039 19.8 135
Frio 17,807 1 17,807 5.6 201
Gaines 16,277 5 3,255 30.7 72
Galveston 289,203 108 2,678 37.3 48
Garza 5,203 1 5,203 19.2 139
Gillespie 25,309 9 2,812 35.6 51
Glasscock 1,513 0 - 0.0 -
Goliad 7,630 4 1,908 52.4 23
Gonzales 20,191 4 5,048 19.8 137
Gray 22,843 4 5,711 17.5 150
Grayson 119,674 48 2,493 40.1 41
Gregg 121,581 64 1,900 52.6 22
Grimes 26,152 3 8,717 11.5 179
Guadalupe 124,383 22 5,654 17.7 148
Hale 37,174 7 5,311 18.8 142
Hall 3,836 0 - 0.0 -
Hamilton 8,864 3 2,955 33.8 57
Hansford 5,222 0 - 0.0 -
Hardeman 4,619 3 1,540 64.9 10
Hardin 51,842 14 3,703 27.0 92
Harris 4,016,367 1,335 3,009 33.2 58
Harrison 67,152 17 3,950 25.3 103
Hartley 5,786 2 2,893 34.6 53
Haskell 5,912 0 - 0.0 -
Hays 156,605 65 2,409 41.5 38
Hemphill 3,581 0 - 0.0 -
Henderson 80,456 11 7,314 13.7 169
Hidalgo 768,405 324 2,372 42.2 36
Hill 36,517 6 6,086 16.4 156
Hockley 23,778 7 3,397 29.4 80
Hood 53,182 15 3,545 28.2 85
Hopkins 34,344 7 4,906 20.4 131
Houston 24,347 3 8,116 12.3 175
Howard 33,590 4 8,398 11.9 177
Hudspeth 3,772 0 - 0.0 -
Hunt 88,664 16 5,542 18.0 146
Hutchinson 23,586 6 3,931 25.4 102
Irion 1,830 0 - 0.0 -
Jack 9,051 1 9,051 11.0 183
Jackson 15,280 6 2,547 39.3 44
Jasper 35,906 8 4,488 22.3 115
Jeff Davis 2,777 0 - 0.0 -
Jefferson 243,485 78 3,122 32.0 65
Jim Hogg 5,495 0 - 0.0 -
Jim Wells 42,220 17 2,484 40.3 40
Johnson 164,347 51 3,222 31.0 71
Jones 20,791 5 4,158 24.0 105
Karnes 16,705 3 5,568 18.0 147
Kaufman 103,387 24 4,308 23.2 108
Kendall 34,020 10 3,402 29.4 81
Kenedy 465 0 - 0.0 -
Kent 862 0 - 0.0 -
Kerr 46,483 15 3,099 32.3 62
Kimble 4,758 0 - 0.0 -
King 374 0 - 0.0 -
Kinney 3,447 0 - 0.0 -
Kleberg 32,105 14 2,293 43.6 32
Knox 4,238 2 2,119 47.2 28
Lamar 50,207 14 3,586 27.9 86
Lamb 15,514 2 7,757 12.9 171
Lampasas 22,088 5 4,418 22.6 112
La Salle 6,030 0 - 0.0 -
Lavaca 19,520 1 19,520 5.1 202
Lee 17,875 4 4,469 22.4 114
Leon 16,801 1 16,801 6.0 200
Liberty 80,721 10 8,072 12.4 174
Limestone 23,254 5 4,651 21.5 124
Lipscomb 3,162 0 - 0.0 -
Live Oak 12,421 4 3,105 32.2 63
Llano 19,105 5 3,821 26.2 97
Loving 65 0 - 0.0 -
Lubbock 265,963 166 1,602 62.4 12
Lynn 5,993 0 - 0.0 -
McCulloch 8,626 3 2,875 34.8 52
McLennan 231,025 104 2,221 45.0 31
McMullen 875 0 - 0.0 -
Madison 14,332 1 14,332 7.0 195
Marion 11,039 2 5,520 18.1 145
Martin 5,251 0 - 0.0 -
Mason 3,829 1 3,829 26.1 99
Matagorda 38,759 8 4,845 20.6 130
Maverick 54,461 6 9,077 11.0 184
Medina 45,015 12 3,751 26.7 95
Menard 2,436 2 1,218 82.1 5
Midland 128,116 35 3,660 27.3 90
Milam 26,248 0 - 0.0 -
Mills 5,452 0 - 0.0 -
Mitchell 9,792 1 9,792 10.2 186
Montague 20,125 3 6,708 14.9 158
Montgomery 455,104 143 3,183 31.4 70
Moore 21,022 3 7,007 14.3 163
Morris 13,500 3 4,500 22.2 116
Motley 1,423 1 1,423 70.3 7
Nacogdoches 63,669 34 1,873 53.4 19
Navarro 50,892 7 7,270 13.8 168
Newton 14,920 1 14,920 6.7 199
Nolan 14,543 5 2,909 34.4 54
Nueces 322,833 135 2,391 41.8 37
Ochiltree 9,880 5 1,976 50.6 25
Oldham 2,318 0 - 0.0 -
Orange 85,018 16 5,314 18.8 143
Palo Pinto 29,402 9 3,267 30.6 73
Panola 24,016 5 4,803 20.8 128
Parker 115,186 37 3,113 32.1 64
Parmer 10,213 2 5,107 19.6 138
Pecos 17,741 3 5,914 16.9 154
Polk 49,001 7 7,000 14.3 162
Potter 125,017 75 1,667 60.0 15
Presidio 8,542 0 - 0.0 -
Rains 10,783 3 3,594 27.8 88
Randall 118,869 35 3,396 29.4 79
Reagan 3,142 1 3,142 31.8 67
Real 3,317 0 - 0.0 -
Red River 14,385 1 14,385 7.0 196
Reeves 11,276 1 11,276 8.9 192
Refugio 7,187 2 3,594 27.8 87
Roberts 941 0 - 0.0 -
Robertson 16,803 4 4,201 23.8 107
Rockwall 79,754 45 1,772 56.4 16
Runnels 11,730 5 2,346 42.6 34
Rusk 49,770 11 4,525 22.1 117
Sabine 10,831 1 10,831 9.2 189
San Augustine 9,539 2 4,770 21.0 127
San Jacinto 27,553 4 6,888 14.5 161
San Patricio 70,665 14 5,048 19.8 136
San Saba 6,347 0 - 0.0 -
Schleicher 3,168 0 - 0.0 -
Scurry 17,127 3 5,709 17.5 149
Shackelford 3,446 0 - 0.0 -
Shelby 26,469 6 4,412 22.7 111
Sherman 3,347 1 3,347 29.9 78
Smith 202,857 122 1,663 60.1 14
Somervell 8,399 2 4,200 23.8 106
Starr 65,944 11 5,995 16.7 155
Stephens 10,196 0 - 0.0 -
Sterling 1,464 1 1,464 68.3 8
Stonewall 1,655 0 - 0.0 -
Sutton 4,584 1 4,584 21.8 120
Swisher 8,224 3 2,741 36.5 49
Tarrant 1,780,891 706 2,523 39.6 43
Taylor 130,837 86 1,521 65.7 9
Terrell 1,103 1 1,103 90.7 3
Terry 11,632 1 11,632 8.6 193
Throckmorton 1,885 0 - 0.0 -
Titus 31,584 17 1,858 53.8 18
Tom Green 103,881 39 2,664 37.5 47
Travis 974,427 509 1,914 52.2 24
Trinity 15,055 0 - 0.0 -
Tyler 22,016 7 3,145 31.8 68
Upshur 38,003 11 3,455 28.9 82
Upton 3,173 2 1,587 63.0 11
Uvalde 27,695 8 3,462 28.9 83
Val Verde 49,616 7 7,088 14.1 164
Van Zandt 53,139 11 4,831 20.7 129
Victoria 88,687 47 1,887 53.0 21
Walker 65,255 9 7,251 13.8 167
Waller 41,352 4 10,338 9.7 188
Ward 10,020 2 5,010 20.0 133
Washington 33,141 9 3,682 27.2 91
Webb 251,096 43 5,839 17.1 153
Wharton 43,560 7 6,223 16.1 157
Wheeler 5,140 4 1,285 77.8 6
Wichita 128,119 44 2,912 34.3 55
Wilbarger 15,240 5 3,048 32.8 60
Willacy 21,865 7 3,124 32.0 66
Williamson 413,220 171 2,416 41.4 39
Wilson 44,075 3 14,692 6.8 197
Winkler 6,636 2 3,318 30.1 76
Wise 60,193 13 4,630 21.6 123
Wood 44,057 4 11,014 9.1 190
Yoakum 8,178 1 8,178 12.2 176
Young 18,573 6 3,096 32.3 61
Zapata 14,944 2 7,472 13.4 170
Zavala 12,735 0 - 0.0 -
Texas Total 24,873,773 9,216 2,699 37.1
Out of State   857
Total Licensees   10,073

* Data rounded to nearest whole number

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

Note: All active Speech-Language Pathologists and Intern Speech-Language Pathologists. The Speech-Language Pathologists and Intern Speech-Language Pathologists were sorted by their county of practice. If the practice address was unavailable, the mailing address was used to determine the county.

Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, October 20, 2009.

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Last updated August 24, 2010