1977 LVNs by County of Practice

County	1977 Estimated Population	1977 LVN Total	Ratio of 1977 Population per LVN*	Ratio of LVNs per 100,000 Population
Anderson	35,204	147	239	417.6
Andrews	12,434	72	173	579.1
Angelina	59,720	196	305	328.2
Aransas	12,653	8	1,582	63.2
Archer	6,816	14	487	205.4
Armstrong	1,936	4	484	206.6
Atascosa	23,175	44	527	189.9
Austin	16,556	36	460	217.4
Bailey	8,266	19	435	229.9
Bandera	6,382	10	638	156.7
Bastrop	22,497	44	511	195.6
Baylor	5,016	44	114	877.2
Bee	25,044	49	511	195.7
Bell	147,862	341	434	230.6
Bexar	941,295	2,918	323	310
Blanco	4,347	13	334	299.1
Borden	840	0	0	0
Bosque	12,699	87	146	685.1
Bowie	73,056	184	397	251.9
Brazoria	151,202	179	845	118.4
Brazos	82,900	139	596	167.7
Brewster	7,636	23	332	301.2
Briscoe	2,644	0	0	0
Brooks	8,301	15	553	180.7
Brown	30,898	197	157	637.6
Burleson	11,615	17	683	146.4
Burnet	15,881	61	260	384.1
Caldwell	22,899	41	559	179
Calhoun	19,048	71	268	372.7
Callahan	10,155	34	299	334.8
Cameron	188,916	346	546	183.2
Camp	8,894	32	278	359.8
Carson	6,577	29	227	440.9
Cass	27,833	72	387	258.7
Castro	10,509	26	404	247.4
Chambers	16,630	34	489	204.4
Cherokee	36,290	186	195	512.5
Childress	6,849	34	201	496.4
Clay	9,129	18	507	197.2
Cochran	4,978	13	383	261.1
Coke	3,166	25	127	789.6
Coleman	10,394	57	182	548.4
Collin	121,274	165	735	136.1
Collingsworth	4,676	9	520	192.5
Colorado	18,467	50	369	270.8
Comal	32,758	79	415	241.2
Comanche	12,397	51	243	411.4
Concho	2,919	9	324	308.3
Cooke	26,394	64	412	242.5
Coryell	50,326	68	740	135.1
Cottle	3,021	15	201	496.5
Crane	4,464	10	446	224
Crockett	4,389	4	1,097	91.1
Crosby	8,926	14	638	156.8
Culberson	3,350	1	3,350	29.9
Dallam	6,372	15	425	235.4
Dallas	1,487,670	2,616	569	175.8
Dawson	16,308	48	340	294.3
Deaf Smith	20,516	30	684	146.2
Delta	4,865	10	487	205.5
Denton	122,877	205	599	166.8
DeWitt	18,824	87	216	462.2
Dickens	3,595	7	514	194.7
Dimmit	10,668	21	508	196.9
Donley	3,942	6	657	152.2
Duval	12,280	9	1,364	73.3
Eastland	19,061	125	152	655.8
Ector	108,300	294	368	271.5
Edwards	2,024	2	1,012	98.8
Ellis	55,837	108	517	193.4
El Paso	443,712	509	872	114.7
Erath	21,233	100	212	471
Falls	17,753	94	189	529.5
Fannin	23,804	91	262	382.3
Fayette	18,477	37	499	200.2
Fisher	6,029	31	194	514.2
Floyd	10,200	19	537	186.3
Foard	2,184	17	128	778.4
Fort Bend	107,270	166	646	154.7
Franklin	6,410	25	256	390
Freestone	13,711	50	274	364.7
Frio	12,998	30	433	230.8
Gaines	12,681	22	576	173.5
Galveston	188,096	618	304	328.6
Garza	5,319	6	887	112.8
Gillespie	12,638	59	214	466.8
Glasscock	1,293	1	1,293	77.3
Goliad	5,060	19	266	375.5
Gonzales	16,730	42	398	251
Gray	26,554	89	298	335.2
Grayson	87,825	292	301	332.5
Gregg	92,415	290	319	313.8
Grimes	13,067	42	311	321.4
Guadalupe	42,760	61	701	142.7
Hale	36,554	124	295	339.2
Hall	5,720	24	238	419.6
Hamilton	7,964	71	112	891.5
Hansford	6,249	11	568	176
Hardeman	6,497	26	250	400.2
Hardin	37,505	71	528	189.3
Harris	2,209,254	4,393	503	198.8
Harrison	50,034	133	376	265.8
Hartley	3,626	3	1,209	82.7
Haskell	7,966	42	190	527.2
Hays	36,706	31	1,184	84.5
Hemphill	4,636	13	357	280.4
Henderson	37,767	82	461	217.1
Hidalgo	252,718	414	610	163.8
Hill	24,292	129	188	531
Hockley	22,373	58	386	259.2
Hood	14,308	33	434	230.6
Hopkins	23,883	73	327	305.7
Houston	20,968	65	323	310
Howard	34,539	176	196	509.6
Hudspeth	2,617	1	2,617	38.2
Hunt	53,053	118	450	222.4
Hutchinson	25,744	52	495	202
Irion	1,261	1	1,261	79.3
Jack	7,227	17	425	235.2
Jackson	13,234	42	315	317.4
Jasper	28,951	96	302	331.6
Jeff Davis	1,599	0	0	0
Jefferson	249,100	862	289	346
Jim Hogg	5,014	6	836	119.7
Jim Wells	35,457	87	408	245.4
Johnson	61,082	201	304	329.1
Jones	16,919	114	148	673.8
Karnes	13,548	41	330	302.6
Kaufman	37,025	197	188	532.1
Kendall	9,538	14	681	146.8
Kenedy	609	0	0	0
Kent	1,268	3	423	236.6
Kerr	25,928	134	193	516.8
Kimble	4,016	10	402	249
King	435	0	0	0
Kinney	2,198	2	1,099	91
Kleberg	33,304	58	574	174.2
Knox	5,522	14	394	253.5
Lamar	40,325	166	243	411.7
Lamb	18,400	59	312	320.7
Lampasas	11,199	28	400	250
La Salle	5,367	6	895	111.8
Lavaca	18,675	110	170	589
Lee	10,075	27	373	268
Leon	9,343	19	492	203.4
Liberty	42,862	103	416	240.3
Limestone	19,588	95	206	485
Lipscomb	3,682	0	0	0
Live Oak	8,731	11	794	126
Llano	9,223	38	243	412
Loving	87	0	0	0
Lubbock	201,944	674	300	333.8
Lynn	8,757	17	515	194.1
McCulloch	8,686	66	132	759.8
McLennan	163,792	384	427	234.4
McMullen	921	1	921	108.6
Madison	9,718	25	389	257.3
Marion	9,806	21	467	214.2
Martin	4,716	12	393	254.5
Mason	3,587	15	239	418.2
Matagorda	34,851	77	453	220.9
Maverick	27,407	24	1,142	87.6
Medina	22,285	24	929	107.7
Menard	2,442	9	271	368.6
Midland	77,468	128	605	165.2
Milam	21,916	36	609	164.3
Mills	4,398	36	122	818.6
Mitchell	9,087	40	227	440.2
Montague	16,782	47	357	280.1
Montgomery	104,782	132	794	126
Moore	15,818	45	352	284.5
Morris	13,932	54	258	387.6
Motley	2,008	3	669	149.4
Nacogdoches	43,659	97	450	222.2
Navarro	34,069	153	223	449.1
Newton	12,770	25	511	195.8
Nolan	17,015	72	236	423.2
Nueces	259,018	1,046	248	403.8
Ochiltree	9,623	16	601	166.3
Oldham	2,258	0	0	0
Orange	80,052	198	404	247.3
Palo Pinto	25,530	104	245	407.4
Panola	19,273	92	209	477.4
Parker	41,391	115	360	277.8
Parmer	10,877	7	1,554	64.4
Pecos	14,357	24	598	167.2
Polk	21,420	38	564	177.4
Potter	96,195	434	222	451.2
Presidio	5,088	1	5,088	19.7
Rains	4,512	2	2,256	44.3
Randall	68,705	19	3,616	27.7
Reagan	3,863	9	429	233
Real	2,329	3	776	128.8
Red River	15,558	50	311	321.4
Reeves	16,019	12	1,335	74.9
Refugio	9,350	36	260	385
Roberts	1,119	1	1,119	89.4
Robertson	14,580	23	634	157.8
Rockwall	12,278	16	767	130.3
Runnels	11,943	33	362	276.3
Rusk	39,194	142	276	362.3
Sabine	8,248	16	516	194
San Augustine	8,507	13	654	152.8
San Jacinto	10,012	4	2,503	40
San Patricio	54,792	93	589	169.7
San Saba	6,002	36	167	599.8
Schleicher	2,725	6	454	220.2
Scurry	17,394	16	1,087	92
Shackelford	3,738	63	59	1,685.4
Shelby	22,063	59	374	267.4
Sherman	3,319	2	1,660	60.3
Smith	118,982	416	286	349.6
Somervell	3,744	5	749	133.5
Starr	24,394	5	4,879	20.5
Stephens	9,476	11	861	116.1
Sterling	1,152	0	0	0
Stonewall	2,415	5	483	207
Sutton	4,547	12	379	263.9
Swisher	9,920	9	1,102	90.7
Tarrant	817,508	593	1,379	72.5
Taylor	107,006	79	1,355	73.8
Terrell	1,720	0	0	0
Terry	14,425	48	301	332.8
Throckmorton	2,098	22	95	1,048.6
Titus	20,018	82	244	409.6
Tom Green	80,657	310	260	384.3
Travis	382,348	707	541	184.9
Trinity	8,902	21	424	235.9
Tyler	15,079	55	274	364.7
Upshur	26,308	49	537	186.3
Upton	4,638	11	422	237.2
Uvalde	20,915	41	510	196
Val Verde	33,372	52	642	155.8
Van Zandt	28,638	50	573	174.6
Victoria	64,289	265	243	412.2
Walker	37,556	64	587	170.4
Waller	18,135	39	465	215.1
Ward	13,691	36	380	262.9
Washington	21,051	85	248	403.8
Webb	91,340	139	657	152.2
Wharton	39,184	138	284	352.2
Wheeler	6,927	18	385	259.9
Wichita	120,922	368	329	304.3
Wilbarger	15,756	114	138	723.5
Willacy	16,917	28	604	165.5
Williamson	64,750	151	429	233.2
Wilson	15,636	24	652	153.5
Winkler	9,852	55	179	558.3
Wise	24,508	41	598	167.3
Wood	22,859	79	289	345.6
Yoakum	8,017	12	668	149.7
Young	17,977	113	159	628.6
Zapata	5,940	2	2,970	33.7
Zavala	11,582	9	1,287	77.7
Texas Total	13,318,725	30,724	433	230.7

* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source: Texas Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners, Bureau of State Health Data and Policy Analysis, Texas Department of Health, 1977. Includes all active Licensed Vocational Nurse with a Texas address - excludes inactive LVNs (8,536).

Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, August 11, 2000.

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Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) by County of Practice - November, 1977