| County |
1977 Population |
1977 Diet Totals |
Ratio of 1977 Population per Diet* |
Ratio of Diet per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
35,204 |
1 |
35,204 |
2.8 |
| Andrews |
12,434 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Angelina |
59,720 |
3 |
19,907 |
5.0 |
| Aransas |
12,653 |
2 |
6,327 |
15.8 |
| Archer |
6,816 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
1,936 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
23,175 |
2 |
11,588 |
8.6 |
| Austin |
16,556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bailey |
8,266 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bandera |
6,382 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
22,497 |
2 |
11,249 |
8.9 |
| Baylor |
5,016 |
2 |
2,508 |
39.9 |
| Bee |
25,044 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bell |
147,862 |
25 |
5,914 |
16.9 |
| Bexar |
941,295 |
151 |
6,234 |
16.0 |
| Blanco |
4,347 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Borden |
840 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
12,699 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bowie |
73,056 |
4 |
18,264 |
5.5 |
| Brazoria |
151,202 |
5 |
30,240 |
3.3 |
| Brazos |
82,900 |
10 |
8,290 |
12.1 |
| Brewster |
7,636 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Caldwell |
22,899 |
1 |
22,899 |
4.4 |
| Calhoun |
19,048 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Callahan |
10,155 |
1 |
10,155 |
9.8 |
| Cameron |
188,916 |
11 |
17,174 |
5.8 |
| Camp |
8,894 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Carson |
6,577 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
27,833 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Clay |
9,129 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cochran |
4,978 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,166 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
10,394 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
121,274 |
17 |
7,134 |
14.0 |
| Collingsworth |
4,676 |
1 |
4,676 |
21.4 |
| Colorado |
18,467 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comal |
32,758 |
4 |
8,190 |
12.2 |
| Comanche |
12,397 |
1 |
12,397 |
8.1 |
| Concho |
2,919 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
26,394 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coryell |
50,326 |
3 |
16,775 |
6.0 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallas |
1,487,670 |
239 |
6,225 |
16.1 |
| 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 |
41 |
2,997 |
33.4 |
| De Witt |
18,824 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ector |
108,300 |
2 |
54,150 |
1.8 |
| Edwards |
2,024 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
55,837 |
3 |
18,612 |
5.4 |
| El Paso |
443,712 |
38 |
11,677 |
8.6 |
| Erath |
21,233 |
2 |
10,617 |
9.4 |
| Falls |
17,753 |
3 |
5,918 |
16.9 |
| Fannin |
23,804 |
2 |
11,902 |
8.4 |
| Fayette |
18,477 |
1 |
18,477 |
5.4 |
| Fisher |
6,029 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
10,200 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Foard |
2,184 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
107,270 |
10 |
10,727 |
9.3 |
| Franklin |
6,410 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
13,711 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Frio |
12,998 |
1 |
12,998 |
7.7 |
| Gaines |
12,681 |
1 |
12,681 |
7.9 |
| Galveston |
188,096 |
34 |
5,532 |
18.1 |
| Garza |
5,319 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
12,638 |
3 |
4,213 |
23.7 |
| Glasscock |
1,293 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,060 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gonzales |
16,730 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gray |
26,554 |
2 |
13,277 |
7.5 |
| Grayson |
87,825 |
6 |
14,638 |
6.8 |
| Gregg |
92,415 |
5 |
18,483 |
5.4 |
| Grimes |
13,067 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Guadalupe |
42,760 |
1 |
42,760 |
2.3 |
| Hale |
36,554 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hall |
5,720 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
7,964 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hansford |
6,249 |
1 |
6,249 |
16.0 |
| Hardeman |
6,497 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
37,505 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Harris |
2,209,254 |
365 |
6,053 |
16.5 |
| Harrison |
50,034 |
1 |
50,034 |
2.0 |
| Hartley |
3,626 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,966 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
36,706 |
3 |
12,235 |
8.2 |
| Hemphill |
4,636 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
37,767 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hidalgo |
252,718 |
8 |
31,590 |
3.2 |
| Hill |
24,292 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hockley |
22,373 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hood |
14,308 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hopkins |
23,883 |
2 |
11,942 |
8.4 |
| Houston |
20,968 |
2 |
10,484 |
9.5 |
| Howard |
34,539 |
3 |
11,513 |
8.7 |
| Hudspeth |
2,617 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
53,053 |
4 |
13,263 |
7.5 |
| Hutchinson |
25,744 |
3 |
8,581 |
11.7 |
| Irion |
1,261 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,227 |
2 |
3,614 |
27.7 |
| Jackson |
13,234 |
1 |
13,234 |
7.6 |
| Jasper |
28,951 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,599 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
249,100 |
16 |
15,569 |
6.4 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,014 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
35,457 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Johnson |
61,082 |
8 |
7,635 |
13.1 |
| Jones |
16,919 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Karnes |
13,548 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kaufman |
37,025 |
2 |
18,513 |
5.4 |
| Kendall |
9,538 |
4 |
2,385 |
41.9 |
| Kenedy |
609 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,268 |
1 |
1,268 |
78.9 |
| Kerr |
25,928 |
8 |
3,241 |
30.9 |
| Kimble |
4,016 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
435 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,198 |
10 |
220 |
455.0 |
| Kleberg |
33,304 |
2 |
16,652 |
6.0 |
| Knox |
5,522 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
40,325 |
1 |
40,325 |
2.5 |
| Lamb |
18,400 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lampasas |
11,199 |
2 |
5,600 |
17.9 |
| La Salle |
5,367 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
18,675 |
1 |
18,675 |
5.4 |
| Lee |
10,075 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Leon |
9,343 |
1 |
9,343 |
10.7 |
| Liberty |
42,862 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Limestone |
19,588 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
47 |
4,297 |
23.3 |
| Lynn |
8,757 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,686 |
1 |
8,686 |
11.5 |
| McLennan |
163,792 |
21 |
7,800 |
12.8 |
| McMullen |
921 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
9,718 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Marion |
9,806 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
4,716 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,587 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
34,851 |
1 |
34,851 |
2.9 |
| Maverick |
27,407 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Medina |
22,285 |
1 |
22,285 |
4.5 |
| Menard |
2,442 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
77,468 |
6 |
12,911 |
7.7 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montgomery |
104,782 |
2 |
52,391 |
1.9 |
| Moore |
15,818 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Morris |
13,932 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
2 |
8,508 |
11.8 |
| Nueces |
259,018 |
22 |
11,774 |
8.5 |
| Ochiltree |
9,623 |
1 |
9,623 |
10.4 |
| Oldham |
2,258 |
1 |
2,258 |
44.3 |
| Orange |
80,052 |
3 |
26,684 |
3.7 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,530 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Panola |
19,273 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Parker |
41,391 |
4 |
10,348 |
9.7 |
| Parmer |
10,877 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pecos |
14,357 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Polk |
21,420 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Potter |
96,195 |
18 |
5,344 |
18.7 |
| Presidio |
5,088 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
4,512 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
68,705 |
3 |
22,902 |
4.4 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
2 |
27,396 |
3.7 |
| San Saba |
6,002 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
2,725 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
17,394 |
1 |
17,394 |
5.7 |
| Shackelford |
3,738 |
1 |
3,738 |
26.8 |
| Shelby |
22,063 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sherman |
3,319 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
118,982 |
9 |
13,220 |
7.6 |
| Somervell |
3,744 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
24,394 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stephens |
9,476 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sterling |
1,152 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,415 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
4,547 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
9,920 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tarrant |
817,508 |
78 |
10,481 |
9.5 |
| Taylor |
107,006 |
8 |
13,376 |
7.5 |
| Terrell |
1,720 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
14,425 |
1 |
14,425 |
6.9 |
| Throckmorton |
2,098 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
20,018 |
2 |
10,009 |
10.0 |
| Tom Green |
80,657 |
4 |
20,164 |
5.0 |
| Travis |
382,348 |
89 |
4,296 |
23.3 |
| Trinity |
8,902 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tyler |
15,079 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
26,308 |
3 |
8,769 |
11.4 |
| Upton |
4,638 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
20,915 |
1 |
20,915 |
4.8 |
| Val Verde |
33,372 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Van Zandt |
28,638 |
1 |
28,638 |
3.5 |
| Victoria |
64,289 |
7 |
9,184 |
10.9 |
| Walker |
37,556 |
4 |
9,389 |
10.7 |
| Waller |
18,135 |
2 |
9,068 |
11.0 |
| Ward |
13,691 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Washington |
21,051 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Webb |
91,340 |
2 |
45,670 |
2.2 |
| Wharton |
39,184 |
2 |
19,592 |
5.1 |
| Wheeler |
6,927 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
120,922 |
15 |
8,061 |
12.4 |
| Wilbarger |
15,756 |
1 |
15,756 |
6.3 |
| Willacy |
16,917 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
64,750 |
1 |
64,750 |
1.5 |
| Wilson |
15,636 |
1 |
15,636 |
6.4 |
| Winkler |
9,852 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wise |
24,508 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wood |
22,859 |
1 |
22,859 |
4.4 |
| Yoakum |
8,017 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
17,977 |
1 |
17,977 |
5.6 |
| Zapata |
5,940 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
11,582 |
1 |
11,582 |
8.6 |
| Texas Total |
13,318,725 |
1,483 |
8,981 |
11.1 |
*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, Health Professions Resource Center, January 11, 2001.
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