| County |
1977 Population |
1977 Optometrist Total |
Ratio of 1977 Population per Optometrist* |
Ratio of Optometrists per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
35,204 |
3 |
11,735 |
8.5 |
| Andrews |
12,434 |
2 |
6,217 |
16.1 |
| Angelina |
59,720 |
6 |
9,953 |
10.0 |
| Aransas |
12,653 |
1 |
12,653 |
7.9 |
| Archer |
6,816 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
1,936 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
23,175 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Austin |
16,556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bailey |
8,266 |
1 |
8,266 |
12.1 |
| Bandera |
6,382 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
22,497 |
2 |
11,249 |
8.9 |
| Baylor |
5,016 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bee |
25,044 |
2 |
12,522 |
8.0 |
| Bell |
147,862 |
11 |
13,442 |
7.4 |
| Bexar |
941,295 |
69 |
13,642 |
7.3 |
| Blanco |
4,347 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Borden |
840 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
12,699 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bowie |
73,056 |
10 |
7,306 |
13.7 |
| Brazoria |
151,202 |
9 |
16,800 |
6.0 |
| Brazos |
82,900 |
6 |
13,817 |
7.2 |
| Brewster |
7,636 |
1 |
7,636 |
13.1 |
| Briscoe |
2,644 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,301 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brown |
30,898 |
4 |
7,725 |
12.9 |
| Burleson |
11,615 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Burnet |
15,881 |
4 |
3,970 |
25.2 |
| Caldwell |
22,899 |
2 |
11,450 |
8.7 |
| Calhoun |
19,048 |
1 |
19,048 |
5.2 |
| Callahan |
10,155 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
188,916 |
7 |
26,988 |
3.7 |
| Camp |
8,894 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Carson |
6,577 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
27,833 |
1 |
27,833 |
3.6 |
| Castro |
10,509 |
1 |
10,509 |
9.5 |
| Chambers |
16,630 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cherokee |
36,290 |
2 |
18,145 |
5.5 |
| Childress |
6,849 |
3 |
2,283 |
43.8 |
| Clay |
9,129 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cochran |
4,978 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,166 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
10,394 |
1 |
10,394 |
9.6 |
| Collin |
121,274 |
10 |
12,127 |
8.2 |
| Collingsworth |
4,676 |
1 |
4,676 |
21.4 |
| Colorado |
18,467 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comal |
32,758 |
3 |
10,919 |
9.2 |
| Comanche |
12,397 |
2 |
6,199 |
16.1 |
| Concho |
2,919 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
26,394 |
3 |
8,798 |
11.4 |
| Coryell |
50,326 |
2 |
25,163 |
4.0 |
| Cottle |
3,021 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
4,464 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,389 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crosby |
8,926 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,350 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
6,372 |
1 |
6,372 |
15.7 |
| Dallas |
1,487,670 |
107 |
13,903 |
7.2 |
| Dawson |
16,308 |
2 |
8,154 |
12.3 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,516 |
2 |
10,258 |
9.7 |
| Delta |
4,865 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
122,877 |
7 |
17,554 |
5.7 |
| De Witt |
18,824 |
1 |
18,824 |
5.3 |
| Dickens |
3,595 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
10,668 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
3,942 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
12,280 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Eastland |
19,061 |
2 |
9,531 |
10.5 |
| Ector |
108,300 |
11 |
9,845 |
10.2 |
| Edwards |
2,024 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
55,837 |
4 |
13,959 |
7.2 |
| El Paso |
443,712 |
30 |
14,790 |
6.8 |
| Erath |
21,233 |
3 |
7,078 |
14.1 |
| Falls |
17,753 |
1 |
17,753 |
5.6 |
| Fannin |
23,804 |
2 |
11,902 |
8.4 |
| Fayette |
18,477 |
5 |
3,695 |
27.1 |
| Fisher |
6,029 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
10,200 |
1 |
10,200 |
9.8 |
| Foard |
2,184 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
107,270 |
6 |
17,878 |
5.6 |
| Franklin |
6,410 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
13,711 |
1 |
13,711 |
7.3 |
| Frio |
12,998 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gaines |
12,681 |
1 |
12,681 |
7.9 |
| Galveston |
188,096 |
13 |
14,469 |
6.9 |
| Garza |
5,319 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
12,638 |
2 |
6,319 |
15.8 |
| Glasscock |
1,293 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,060 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gonzales |
16,730 |
1 |
16,730 |
6.0 |
| Gray |
26,554 |
5 |
5,311 |
18.8 |
| Grayson |
87,825 |
6 |
14,638 |
6.8 |
| Gregg |
92,415 |
11 |
8,401 |
11.9 |
| Grimes |
13,067 |
1 |
13,067 |
7.7 |
| Guadalupe |
42,760 |
3 |
14,253 |
7.0 |
| Hale |
36,554 |
5 |
7,311 |
13.7 |
| Hall |
5,720 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
7,964 |
1 |
7,964 |
12.6 |
| Hansford |
6,249 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardeman |
6,497 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
37,505 |
1 |
37,505 |
2.7 |
| Harris |
2,209,254 |
193 |
11,447 |
8.7 |
| Harrison |
50,034 |
4 |
12,509 |
8.0 |
| Hartley |
3,626 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,966 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
36,706 |
4 |
9,177 |
10.9 |
| Hemphill |
4,636 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
37,767 |
3 |
12,589 |
7.9 |
| Hidalgo |
252,718 |
11 |
22,974 |
4.4 |
| Hill |
24,292 |
2 |
12,146 |
8.2 |
| Hockley |
22,373 |
2 |
11,187 |
8.9 |
| Hood |
14,308 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hopkins |
23,883 |
3 |
7,961 |
12.6 |
| Houston |
20,968 |
2 |
10,484 |
9.5 |
| Howard |
34,539 |
6 |
5,757 |
17.4 |
| Hudspeth |
2,617 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
53,053 |
5 |
10,611 |
9.4 |
| Hutchinson |
25,744 |
4 |
6,436 |
15.5 |
| Irion |
1,261 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,227 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
13,234 |
1 |
13,234 |
7.6 |
| Jasper |
28,951 |
2 |
14,476 |
6.9 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,599 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
249,100 |
18 |
13,839 |
7.2 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,014 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
35,457 |
4 |
8,864 |
11.3 |
| Johnson |
61,082 |
5 |
12,216 |
8.2 |
| Jones |
16,919 |
1 |
16,919 |
5.9 |
| Karnes |
13,548 |
2 |
6,774 |
14.8 |
| Kaufman |
37,025 |
4 |
9,256 |
10.8 |
| Kendall |
9,538 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kenedy |
609 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,268 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
25,928 |
5 |
5,186 |
19.3 |
| Kimble |
4,016 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
435 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,198 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
33,304 |
2 |
16,652 |
6.0 |
| Knox |
5,522 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
40,325 |
5 |
8,065 |
12.4 |
| Lamb |
18,400 |
1 |
18,400 |
5.4 |
| Lampasas |
11,199 |
1 |
11,199 |
8.9 |
| La Salle |
5,367 |
1 |
5,367 |
18.6 |
| Lavaca |
18,675 |
1 |
18,675 |
5.4 |
| Lee |
10,075 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Leon |
9,343 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Liberty |
42,862 |
4 |
10,716 |
9.3 |
| Limestone |
19,588 |
1 |
19,588 |
5.1 |
| Lipscomb |
3,682 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
8,731 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Llano |
9,223 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Loving |
87 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
201,944 |
26 |
7,767 |
12.9 |
| Lynn |
8,757 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,686 |
1 |
8,686 |
11.5 |
| McLennan |
163,792 |
12 |
13,649 |
7.3 |
| McMullen |
921 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
9,718 |
1 |
9,718 |
10.3 |
| Marion |
9,806 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
4,716 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,587 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
34,851 |
2 |
17,426 |
5.7 |
| Maverick |
27,407 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Medina |
22,285 |
3 |
7,428 |
13.5 |
| Menard |
2,442 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
77,468 |
5 |
15,494 |
6.5 |
| Milam |
21,916 |
1 |
21,916 |
4.6 |
| Mills |
4,398 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
9,087 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
16,782 |
2 |
8,391 |
11.9 |
| Montgomery |
104,782 |
2 |
52,391 |
1.9 |
| Moore |
15,818 |
2 |
7,909 |
12.6 |
| Morris |
13,932 |
1 |
13,932 |
7.2 |
| Motley |
2,008 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
43,659 |
4 |
10,915 |
9.2 |
| Navarro |
34,069 |
2 |
17,035 |
5.9 |
| Newton |
12,770 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
17,015 |
4 |
4,254 |
23.5 |
| Nueces |
259,018 |
10 |
25,902 |
3.9 |
| Ochiltree |
9,623 |
2 |
4,812 |
20.8 |
| Oldham |
2,258 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
80,052 |
4 |
20,013 |
5.0 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,530 |
2 |
12,765 |
7.8 |
| Panola |
19,273 |
1 |
19,273 |
5.2 |
| Parker |
41,391 |
1 |
41,391 |
2.4 |
| Parmer |
10,877 |
1 |
10,877 |
9.2 |
| Pecos |
14,357 |
1 |
14,357 |
7.0 |
| Polk |
21,420 |
2 |
10,710 |
9.3 |
| Potter |
96,195 |
21 |
4,581 |
21.8 |
| Presidio |
5,088 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
4,512 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
68,705 |
1 |
68,705 |
1.5 |
| Reagan |
3,863 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,329 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
15,558 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Reeves |
16,019 |
1 |
16,019 |
6.2 |
| Refugio |
9,350 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Roberts |
1,119 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
14,580 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rockwall |
12,278 |
1 |
12,278 |
8.1 |
| Runnels |
11,943 |
2 |
5,972 |
16.7 |
| Rusk |
39,194 |
2 |
19,597 |
5.1 |
| Sabine |
8,248 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Augustine |
8,507 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Jacinto |
10,012 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Patricio |
54,792 |
4 |
13,698 |
7.3 |
| San Saba |
6,002 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
2,725 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
17,394 |
2 |
8,697 |
11.5 |
| Shackelford |
3,738 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shelby |
22,063 |
1 |
22,063 |
4.5 |
| Sherman |
3,319 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
118,982 |
8 |
14,873 |
6.7 |
| Somervell |
3,744 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
24,394 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stephens |
9,476 |
1 |
9,476 |
10.6 |
| Sterling |
1,152 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,415 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
4,547 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
9,920 |
1 |
9,920 |
10.1 |
| Tarrant |
817,508 |
59 |
13,856 |
7.2 |
| Taylor |
107,006 |
9 |
11,890 |
8.4 |
| Terrell |
1,720 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
14,425 |
2 |
7,213 |
13.9 |
| Throckmorton |
2,098 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
20,018 |
3 |
6,673 |
15.0 |
| Tom Green |
80,657 |
9 |
8,962 |
11.2 |
| Travis |
382,348 |
24 |
15,931 |
6.3 |
| Trinity |
8,902 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tyler |
15,079 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
26,308 |
1 |
26,308 |
3.8 |
| Upton |
4,638 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
20,915 |
1 |
20,915 |
4.8 |
| Val Verde |
33,372 |
3 |
11,124 |
9.0 |
| Van Zandt |
28,638 |
1 |
28,638 |
3.5 |
| Victoria |
64,289 |
6 |
10,715 |
9.3 |
| Walker |
37,556 |
3 |
12,519 |
8.0 |
| Waller |
18,135 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ward |
13,691 |
1 |
13,691 |
7.3 |
| Washington |
21,051 |
2 |
10,526 |
9.5 |
| Webb |
91,340 |
4 |
22,835 |
4.4 |
| Wharton |
39,184 |
3 |
13,061 |
7.7 |
| Wheeler |
6,927 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
120,922 |
12 |
10,077 |
9.9 |
| Wilbarger |
15,756 |
3 |
5,252 |
19.0 |
| Willacy |
16,917 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
64,750 |
6 |
10,792 |
9.3 |
| Wilson |
15,636 |
1 |
15,636 |
6.4 |
| Winkler |
9,852 |
1 |
9,852 |
10.2 |
| Wise |
24,508 |
2 |
12,254 |
8.2 |
| Wood |
22,859 |
3 |
7,620 |
13.1 |
| Yoakum |
8,017 |
1 |
8,017 |
12.5 |
| Young |
17,977 |
2 |
8,989 |
11.1 |
| Zapata |
5,940 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
11,582 |
1 |
11,582 |
8.6 |
| Texas Total |
13,318,725 |
1,003 |
13,279 |
7.5 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Selected Health Manpower Report, Texas Department of Health, 1977
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning Analysis, Health Professions Resource Center, January 11, 2001.
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