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Social Workers (SW) by County of Practice - September, 2009

County 2009 Population 2009 SW Total Ratio of 2009 Population per SW* Ratio of SWs per 100,000 Population Rank
Anderson 57,589 24 2,400 41.7 90
Andrews 14,197 3 4,732 21.1 171
Angelina 84,608 82 1,032 96.9 16
Aransas 27,019 11 2,456 40.7 95
Archer 9,464 3 3,155 31.7 128
Armstrong 2,267 2 1,134 88.2 20
Atascosa 45,189 10 4,519 22.1 168
Austin 28,205 1 28,205 3.5 214
Bailey 6,361 1 6,361 15.7 189
Bandera 20,900 2 10,450 9.6 202
Bastrop 79,038 33 2,395 41.8 89
Baylor 3,999 3 1,333 75.0 31
Bee 33,956 10 3,396 29.4 139
Bell 286,049 288 993 100.7 15
Bexar 1,612,972 1,405 1,148 87.1 22
Blanco 10,139 1 10,139 9.9 201
Borden 766 0 - 0.0 -
Bosque 17,689 6 2,948 33.9 119
Bowie 92,641 39 2,375 42.1 87
Brazoria 310,491 82 3,786 26.4 151
Brazos 173,300 74 2,342 42.7 84
Brewster 9,408 4 2,352 42.5 86
Briscoe 1,862 1 1,862 53.7 65
Brooks 7,889 0 - 0.0 -
Brown 39,734 42 946 105.7 14
Burleson 18,466 1 18,466 5.4 213
Burnet 46,080 19 2,425 41.2 91
Caldwell 38,028 20 1,901 52.6 68
Calhoun 23,039 7 3,291 30.4 133
Callahan 14,367 7 2,052 48.7 71
Cameron 408,951 154 2,656 37.7 104
Camp 13,214 4 3,304 30.3 135
Carson 6,750 0 - 0.0 -
Cass 30,638 10 3,064 32.6 124
Castro 7,483 1 7,483 13.4 194
Chambers 34,810 5 6,962 14.4 193
Cherokee 49,662 44 1,129 88.6 19
Childress 7,898 3 2,633 38.0 103
Clay 11,210 2 5,605 17.8 183
Cochran 3,499 5 700 142.9 4
Coke 3,909 3 1,303 76.7 27
Coleman 8,963 3 2,988 33.5 122
Collin 801,865 344 2,331 42.9 83
Collingsworth 3,161 2 1,581 63.3 45
Colorado 22,074 6 3,679 27.2 144
Comal 116,038 81 1,433 69.8 38
Comanche 14,230 5 2,846 35.1 112
Concho 3,869 1 3,869 25.8 156
Cooke 40,414 11 3,674 27.2 143
Coryell 80,692 49 1,647 60.7 48
Cottle 1,872 0 - 0.0 -
Crane 4,273 1 4,273 23.4 165
Crockett 4,545 0 - 0.0 -
Crosby 6,600 2 3,300 30.3 134
Culberson 2,733 0 - 0.0 -
Dallam 6,729 1 6,729 14.9 192
Dallas 2,412,431 1,801 1,339 74.7 32
Dawson 14,830 1 14,830 6.7 207
Deaf Smith 20,372 11 1,852 54.0 64
Delta 5,334 1 5,334 18.7 178
Denton 675,225 301 2,243 44.6 78
De Witt 20,514 9 2,279 43.9 80
Dickens 2,807 0 - 0.0 -
Dimmit 9,816 1 9,816 10.2 199
Donley 3,871 1 3,871 25.8 157
Duval 12,153 2 6,077 16.5 188
Eastland 18,764 5 3,753 26.6 149
Ector 131,553 48 2,741 36.5 107
Edwards 2,211 0 - 0.0 -
Ellis 153,660 53 2,899 34.5 116
El Paso 763,712 405 1,886 53.0 67
Erath 39,152 29 1,350 74.1 33
Falls 18,738 6 3,123 32.0 127
Fannin 34,419 22 1,565 63.9 43
Fayette 24,841 8 3,105 32.2 125
Fisher 4,193 0 - 0.0 -
Floyd 6,979 3 2,326 43.0 82
Foard 1,583 1 1,583 63.2 46
Fort Bend 551,328 206 2,676 37.4 106
Franklin 10,808 2 5,404 18.5 179
Freestone 20,157 2 10,079 9.9 200
Frio 17,807 1 17,807 5.6 212
Gaines 16,277 1 16,277 6.1 209
Galveston 289,203 167 1,732 57.7 53
Garza 5,203 0 - 0.0 -
Gillespie 25,309 19 1,332 75.1 30
Glasscock 1,513 0 - 0.0 -
Goliad 7,630 2 3,815 26.2 153
Gonzales 20,191 5 4,038 24.8 160
Gray 22,843 11 2,077 48.2 72
Grayson 119,674 76 1,575 63.5 44
Gregg 121,581 106 1,147 87.2 21
Grimes 26,152 5 5,230 19.1 176
Guadalupe 124,383 66 1,885 53.1 66
Hale 37,174 11 3,379 29.6 138
Hall 3,836 1 3,836 26.1 155
Hamilton 8,864 5 1,773 56.4 55
Hansford 5,222 0 - 0.0 -
Hardeman 4,619 4 1,155 86.6 23
Hardin 51,842 14 3,703 27.0 147
Harris 4,016,367 2,689 1,494 67.0 41
Harrison 67,152 18 3,731 26.8 148
Hartley 5,786 0 - 0.0 -
Haskell 5,912 4 1,478 67.7 40
Hays 156,605 126 1,243 80.5 25
Hemphill 3,581 2 1,791 55.9 56
Henderson 80,456 35 2,299 43.5 81
Hidalgo 768,405 375 2,049 48.8 70
Hill 36,517 13 2,809 35.6 110
Hockley 23,778 6 3,963 25.2 159
Hood 53,182 29 1,834 54.5 62
Hopkins 34,344 25 1,374 72.8 34
Houston 24,347 10 2,435 41.1 92
Howard 33,590 38 884 113.1 9
Hudspeth 3,772 0 - 0.0 -
Hunt 88,664 61 1,454 68.8 39
Hutchinson 23,586 9 2,621 38.2 102
Irion 1,830 0 - 0.0 -
Jack 9,051 2 4,526 22.1 169
Jackson 15,280 3 5,093 19.6 174
Jasper 35,906 22 1,632 61.3 47
Jeff Davis 2,777 2 1,389 72.0 35
Jefferson 243,485 185 1,316 76.0 28
Jim Hogg 5,495 1 5,495 18.2 180
Jim Wells 42,220 18 2,346 42.6 85
Johnson 164,347 73 2,251 44.4 79
Jones 20,791 4 5,198 19.2 175
Karnes 16,705 6 2,784 35.9 109
Kaufman 103,387 57 1,814 55.1 59
Kendall 34,020 6 5,670 17.6 184
Kenedy 465 0 - 0.0 -
Kent 862 0 - 0.0 -
Kerr 46,483 67 694 144.1 3
Kimble 4,758 0 - 0.0 -
King 374 0 - 0.0 -
Kinney 3,447 0 - 0.0 -
Kleberg 32,105 11 2,919 34.3 117
Knox 4,238 2 2,119 47.2 75
Lamar 50,207 38 1,321 75.7 29
Lamb 15,514 2 7,757 12.9 197
Lampasas 22,088 6 3,681 27.2 146
La Salle 6,030 1 6,030 16.6 187
Lavaca 19,520 6 3,253 30.7 132
Lee 17,875 6 2,979 33.6 121
Leon 16,801 1 16,801 6.0 210
Liberty 80,721 12 6,727 14.9 191
Limestone 23,254 11 2,114 47.3 74
Lipscomb 3,162 0 - 0.0 -
Live Oak 12,421 1 12,421 8.1 206
Llano 19,105 8 2,388 41.9 88
Loving 65 0 - 0.0 -
Lubbock 265,963 248 1,072 93.2 17
Lynn 5,993 0 - 0.0 -
McCulloch 8,626 3 2,875 34.8 114
McLennan 231,025 297 778 128.6 7
McMullen 875 0 - 0.0 -
Madison 14,332 5 2,866 34.9 113
Marion 11,039 3 3,680 27.2 145
Martin 5,251 0 - 0.0 -
Mason 3,829 0 - 0.0 -
Matagorda 38,759 11 3,524 28.4 141
Maverick 54,461 13 4,189 23.9 163
Medina 45,015 6 7,503 13.3 195
Menard 2,436 0 - 0.0 -
Midland 128,116 70 1,830 54.6 61
Milam 26,248 5 5,250 19.0 177
Mills 5,452 6 909 110.1 12
Mitchell 9,792 2 4,896 20.4 172
Montague 20,125 8 2,516 39.8 96
Montgomery 455,104 154 2,955 33.8 120
Moore 21,022 2 10,511 9.5 203
Morris 13,500 3 4,500 22.2 167
Motley 1,423 0 - 0.0 -
Nacogdoches 63,669 70 910 109.9 13
Navarro 50,892 20 2,545 39.3 98
Newton 14,920 1 14,920 6.7 208
Nolan 14,543 8 1,818 55.0 60
Nueces 322,833 229 1,410 70.9 36
Ochiltree 9,880 2 4,940 20.2 173
Oldham 2,318 3 773 129.4 6
Orange 85,018 21 4,048 24.7 161
Palo Pinto 29,402 10 2,940 34.0 118
Panola 24,016 8 3,002 33.3 123
Parker 115,186 41 2,809 35.6 111
Parmer 10,213 3 3,404 29.4 140
Pecos 17,741 0 - 0.0 -
Polk 49,001 20 2,450 40.8 94
Potter 125,017 176 710 140.8 5
Presidio 8,542 0 - 0.0 -
Rains 10,783 1 10,783 9.3 204
Randall 118,869 56 2,123 47.1 76
Reagan 3,142 0 - 0.0 -
Real 3,317 2 1,659 60.3 50
Red River 14,385 5 2,877 34.8 115
Reeves 11,276 3 3,759 26.6 150
Refugio 7,187 2 3,594 27.8 142
Roberts 941 0 - 0.0 -
Robertson 16,803 4 4,201 23.8 164
Rockwall 79,754 31 2,573 38.9 100
Runnels 11,730 7 1,676 59.7 51
Rusk 49,770 13 3,828 26.1 154
Sabine 10,831 1 10,831 9.2 205
San Augustine 9,539 3 3,180 31.4 130
San Jacinto 27,553 3 9,184 10.9 198
San Patricio 70,665 12 5,889 17.0 186
San Saba 6,347 7 907 110.3 11
Schleicher 3,168 0 - 0.0 -
Scurry 17,127 1 17,127 5.8 211
Shackelford 3,446 0 - 0.0 -
Shelby 26,469 15 1,765 56.7 54
Sherman 3,347 1 3,347 29.9 137
Smith 202,857 160 1,268 78.9 26
Somervell 8,399 5 1,680 59.5 52
Starr 65,944 12 5,495 18.2 181
Stephens 10,196 4 2,549 39.2 99
Sterling 1,464 0 - 0.0 -
Stonewall 1,655 1 1,655 60.4 49
Sutton 4,584 1 4,584 21.8 170
Swisher 8,224 2 4,112 24.3 162
Tarrant 1,780,891 1,595 1,117 89.6 18
Taylor 130,837 147 890 112.4 10
Terrell 1,103 0 - 0.0 -
Terry 11,632 2 5,816 17.2 185
Throckmorton 1,885 0 - 0.0 -
Titus 31,584 15 2,106 47.5 73
Tom Green 103,881 58 1,791 55.8 57
Travis 974,427 1,800 541 184.7 2
Trinity 15,055 2 7,528 13.3 196
Tyler 22,016 4 5,504 18.2 182
Upshur 38,003 10 3,800 26.3 152
Upton 3,173 1 3,173 31.5 129
Uvalde 27,695 11 2,518 39.7 97
Val Verde 49,616 15 3,308 30.2 136
Van Zandt 53,139 20 2,657 37.6 105
Victoria 88,687 62 1,430 69.9 37
Walker 65,255 36 1,813 55.2 58
Waller 41,352 15 2,757 36.3 108
Ward 10,020 5 2,004 49.9 69
Washington 33,141 18 1,841 54.3 63
Webb 251,096 64 3,923 25.5 158
Wharton 43,560 14 3,111 32.1 126
Wheeler 5,140 0 - 0.0 -
Wichita 128,119 162 791 126.4 8
Wilbarger 15,240 43 354 282.2 1
Willacy 21,865 5 4,373 22.9 166
Williamson 413,220 267 1,548 64.6 42
Wilson 44,075 17 2,593 38.6 101
Winkler 6,636 1 6,636 15.1 190
Wise 60,193 27 2,229 44.9 77
Wood 44,057 18 2,448 40.9 93
Yoakum 8,178 0 - 0.0 -
Young 18,573 15 1,238 80.8 24
Zapata 14,944 0 - 0.0 -
Zavala 12,735 4 3,184 31.4 131
Texas Total 24,873,773 16,574 1,501 66.6
Out of State   1,385
Total Licensees   17,959

* Data rounded to nearest whole number

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

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