
| County |
1978 Estimated Population |
1978 LVN Total |
Ratio of 1978 Population per LVN* |
Ratio of LVNs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
36,259 |
163 |
222 |
449.5 |
| Andrews |
12,734 |
82 |
155 |
643.9 |
| Angelina |
61,210 |
203 |
302 |
331.6 |
| Aransas |
13,187 |
22 |
599 |
166.8 |
| Archer |
6,966 |
28 |
249 |
402 |
| Armstrong |
1,956 |
5 |
391 |
255.6 |
| Atascosa |
23,801 |
74 |
322 |
310.9 |
| Austin |
16,946 |
42 |
403 |
247.8 |
| Bailey |
8,236 |
24 |
343 |
291.4 |
| Bandera |
6,622 |
18 |
368 |
271.8 |
| Bastrop |
23,235 |
60 |
387 |
258.2 |
| Baylor |
4,980 |
34 |
146 |
682.7 |
| Bee |
25,371 |
70 |
362 |
275.9 |
| Bell |
151,208 |
393 |
385 |
259.9 |
| Bexar |
957,132 |
3,400 |
282 |
355.2 |
| Blanco |
4,458 |
15 |
297 |
336.5 |
| Borden |
844 |
1 |
844 |
118.5 |
| Bosque |
12,934 |
101 |
128 |
780.9 |
| Bowie |
73,800 |
256 |
288 |
346.9 |
| Brazoria |
157,332 |
271 |
581 |
172.2 |
| Brazos |
86,468 |
170 |
509 |
196.6 |
| Brewster |
7,617 |
33 |
231 |
433.2 |
| Briscoe |
2,620 |
2 |
1,310 |
76.3 |
| Brooks |
8,345 |
14 |
596 |
167.8 |
| Brown |
31,623 |
216 |
146 |
683 |
| Burleson |
11,852 |
20 |
593 |
168.7 |
| Burnet |
16,523 |
63 |
262 |
381.3 |
| Caldwell |
23,146 |
44 |
526 |
190.1 |
| Calhoun |
19,227 |
69 |
279 |
358.9 |
| Callahan |
10,435 |
64 |
163 |
613.3 |
| Cameron |
195,851 |
408 |
480 |
208.3 |
| Camp |
9,025 |
31 |
291 |
343.5 |
| Carson |
6,613 |
24 |
276 |
362.9 |
| Cass |
28,373 |
86 |
330 |
303.1 |
| Castro |
10,523 |
31 |
339 |
294.6 |
| Chambers |
17,271 |
39 |
443 |
225.8 |
| Cherokee |
36,903 |
215 |
172 |
582.6 |
| Childress |
6,883 |
38 |
181 |
552.1 |
| Clay |
9,287 |
23 |
404 |
247.7 |
| Cochran |
4,923 |
16 |
308 |
325 |
| Coke |
3,175 |
31 |
102 |
976.4 |
| Coleman |
10,408 |
57 |
183 |
547.7 |
| Collin |
129,044 |
293 |
440 |
227.1 |
| Collingsworth |
4,669 |
10 |
467 |
214.2 |
| Colorado |
18,584 |
59 |
315 |
317.5 |
| Comal |
33,996 |
92 |
370 |
270.6 |
| Comanche |
12,474 |
55 |
227 |
440.9 |
| Concho |
2,922 |
10 |
292 |
342.2 |
| Cooke |
26,819 |
65 |
413 |
242.4 |
| Coryell |
52,477 |
110 |
477 |
209.6 |
| Cottle |
2,999 |
19 |
158 |
633.5 |
| Crane |
4,517 |
15 |
301 |
332.1 |
| Crockett |
4,470 |
7 |
639 |
156.6 |
| Crosby |
8,906 |
25 |
356 |
280.7 |
| Culberson |
3,338 |
1 |
3,338 |
30 |
| Dallam |
6,431 |
20 |
322 |
311 |
| Dallas |
1,510,578 |
2,823 |
535 |
186.9 |
| Dawson |
16,267 |
57 |
285 |
350.4 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,731 |
40 |
518 |
192.9 |
| Delta |
4,855 |
21 |
231 |
432.5 |
| Denton |
129,626 |
269 |
482 |
207.5 |
| DeWitt |
18,858 |
86 |
219 |
456 |
| Dickens |
3,580 |
12 |
298 |
335.2 |
| Dimmit |
10,900 |
24 |
454 |
220.2 |
| Donley |
3,987 |
21 |
190 |
526.7 |
| Duval |
12,362 |
23 |
537 |
186.1 |
| Eastland |
19,207 |
134 |
143 |
697.7 |
| Ector |
110,662 |
307 |
360 |
277.4 |
| Edwards |
2,023 |
1 |
2,023 |
49.4 |
| Ellis |
57,143 |
155 |
369 |
271.2 |
| El Paso |
455,778 |
648 |
703 |
142.2 |
| Erath |
21,679 |
108 |
201 |
498.2 |
| Falls |
17,816 |
111 |
161 |
623 |
| Fannin |
23,972 |
111 |
216 |
463 |
| Fayette |
18,596 |
49 |
380 |
263.5 |
| Fisher |
5,985 |
37 |
162 |
618.2 |
| Floyd |
10,078 |
30 |
336 |
297.7 |
| Foard |
2,175 |
25 |
87 |
1,149.4 |
| Fort Bend |
115,127 |
240 |
480 |
208.5 |
| Franklin |
6,571 |
25 |
263 |
380.5 |
| Freestone |
14,092 |
65 |
217 |
461.3 |
| Frio |
13,260 |
28 |
474 |
211.2 |
| Gaines |
12,838 |
27 |
475 |
210.3 |
| Galveston |
190,712 |
685 |
278 |
359.2 |
| Garza |
5,325 |
9 |
592 |
169 |
| Gillespie |
12,942 |
75 |
173 |
579.5 |
| Glasscock |
1,294 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Goliad |
5,101 |
19 |
268 |
372.5 |
| Gonzales |
16,784 |
51 |
329 |
303.9 |
| Gray |
26,502 |
85 |
312 |
320.7 |
| Grayson |
88,486 |
298 |
297 |
336.8 |
| Gregg |
94,775 |
317 |
299 |
334.5 |
| Grimes |
13,235 |
33 |
401 |
249.3 |
| Guadalupe |
44,078 |
90 |
490 |
204.2 |
| Hale |
36,897 |
136 |
271 |
368.6 |
| Hall |
5,685 |
15 |
379 |
263.9 |
| Hamilton |
8,082 |
65 |
124 |
804.3 |
| Hansford |
6,238 |
12 |
520 |
192.4 |
| Hardeman |
6,450 |
42 |
154 |
651.2 |
| Hardin |
38,573 |
114 |
338 |
295.5 |
| Harris |
2,276,020 |
5,133 |
443 |
225.5 |
| Harrison |
50,775 |
160 |
317 |
315.1 |
| Hartley |
3,749 |
1 |
3,749 |
26.7 |
| Haskell |
7,889 |
43 |
183 |
545.1 |
| Hays |
38,004 |
39 |
974 |
102.6 |
| Hemphill |
4,860 |
11 |
442 |
226.3 |
| Henderson |
39,377 |
113 |
348 |
287 |
| Hidalgo |
262,890 |
526 |
500 |
200.1 |
| Hill |
24,540 |
149 |
165 |
607.2 |
| Hockley |
22,668 |
69 |
329 |
304.4 |
| Hood |
15,449 |
47 |
329 |
304.2 |
| Hopkins |
24,338 |
87 |
280 |
357.5 |
| Houston |
21,410 |
67 |
320 |
312.9 |
| Howard |
34,069 |
200 |
170 |
587 |
| Hudspeth |
2,658 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hunt |
53,792 |
150 |
359 |
278.9 |
| Hutchinson |
25,935 |
79 |
328 |
304.6 |
| Irion |
1,304 |
5 |
261 |
383.4 |
| Jack |
7,290 |
22 |
331 |
301.8 |
| Jackson |
13,272 |
55 |
241 |
414.4 |
| Jasper |
29,563 |
120 |
246 |
405.9 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,617 |
1 |
1,617 |
61.8 |
| Jefferson |
249,715 |
874 |
286 |
350 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,067 |
4 |
1,267 |
78.9 |
| Jim Wells |
35,806 |
108 |
332 |
301.6 |
| Johnson |
63,274 |
279 |
227 |
440.9 |
| Jones |
17,034 |
125 |
136 |
733.8 |
| Karnes |
13,565 |
46 |
295 |
339.1 |
| Kaufman |
37,691 |
208 |
181 |
551.9 |
| Kendall |
9,901 |
32 |
309 |
323.2 |
| Kenedy |
586 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kent |
1,225 |
4 |
306 |
326.5 |
| Kerr |
26,882 |
146 |
184 |
543.1 |
| Kimble |
4,036 |
12 |
336 |
297.3 |
| King |
432 |
1 |
432 |
231.5 |
| Kinney |
2,229 |
1 |
2,229 |
44.9 |
| Kleberg |
33,312 |
80 |
416 |
240.2 |
| Knox |
5,455 |
29 |
188 |
531.6 |
| Lamar |
40,934 |
164 |
250 |
400.6 |
| Lamb |
18,487 |
68 |
272 |
367.8 |
| Lampasas |
11,466 |
40 |
287 |
348.9 |
| La Salle |
5,411 |
14 |
387 |
258.7 |
| Lavaca |
18,786 |
137 |
137 |
729.3 |
| Lee |
10,371 |
32 |
324 |
308.6 |
| Leon |
9,423 |
32 |
294 |
339.6 |
| Liberty |
44,276 |
136 |
326 |
307.2 |
| Limestone |
19,800 |
97 |
204 |
489.9 |
| Lipscomb |
3,706 |
3 |
1,235 |
80.9 |
| Live Oak |
9,023 |
9 |
1,003 |
99.7 |
| Llano |
9,532 |
44 |
217 |
461.6 |
| Loving |
88 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lubbock |
205,177 |
802 |
256 |
390.9 |
| Lynn |
8,706 |
27 |
322 |
310.1 |
| McCulloch |
8,700 |
68 |
128 |
781.6 |
| McLennan |
166,114 |
517 |
321 |
311.2 |
| McMullen |
879 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Madison |
10,028 |
30 |
334 |
299.2 |
| Marion |
9,995 |
24 |
416 |
240.1 |
| Martin |
4,704 |
13 |
362 |
276.4 |
| Mason |
3,618 |
16 |
226 |
442.2 |
| Matagorda |
35,845 |
87 |
412 |
242.7 |
| Maverick |
28,737 |
33 |
871 |
114.8 |
| Medina |
22,581 |
39 |
579 |
172.7 |
| Menard |
2,409 |
8 |
301 |
332.1 |
| Midland |
79,197 |
161 |
492 |
203.3 |
| Milam |
22,194 |
57 |
389 |
256.8 |
| Mills |
4,424 |
38 |
116 |
859 |
| Mitchell |
9,082 |
37 |
245 |
407.4 |
| Montague |
16,993 |
53 |
321 |
311.9 |
| Montgomery |
112,680 |
211 |
534 |
187.3 |
| Moore |
16,075 |
51 |
315 |
317.3 |
| Morris |
14,168 |
59 |
240 |
416.4 |
| Motley |
1,986 |
2 |
993 |
100.7 |
| Nacogdoches |
44,706 |
133 |
336 |
297.5 |
| Navarro |
34,489 |
161 |
214 |
466.8 |
| Newton |
12,935 |
27 |
479 |
208.7 |
| Nolan |
17,135 |
94 |
182 |
548.6 |
| Nueces |
262,082 |
1,184 |
221 |
451.8 |
| Ochiltree |
9,612 |
17 |
565 |
176.9 |
| Oldham |
2,267 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Orange |
81,314 |
306 |
266 |
376.3 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,047 |
101 |
248 |
403.2 |
| Panola |
19,761 |
106 |
186 |
536.4 |
| Parker |
42,461 |
176 |
241 |
414.5 |
| Parmer |
10,934 |
13 |
841 |
118.9 |
| Pecos |
14,448 |
17 |
850 |
117.7 |
| Polk |
22,414 |
54 |
415 |
240.9 |
| Potter |
97,008 |
448 |
217 |
461.8 |
| Presidio |
5,118 |
4 |
1,280 |
78.2 |
| Rains |
4,621 |
11 |
420 |
238 |
| Randall |
70,826 |
20 |
3,541 |
28.2 |
| Reagan |
3,955 |
6 |
659 |
151.7 |
| Real |
2,377 |
5 |
475 |
210.3 |
| Red River |
15,743 |
56 |
281 |
355.7 |
| Reeves |
15,948 |
20 |
797 |
125.4 |
| Refugio |
9,332 |
33 |
283 |
353.6 |
| Roberts |
1,139 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Robertson |
14,603 |
35 |
417 |
239.7 |
| Rockwall |
13,034 |
22 |
592 |
168.8 |
| Runnels |
11,917 |
49 |
243 |
411.2 |
| Rusk |
39,924 |
175 |
228 |
438.3 |
| Sabine |
8,396 |
23 |
365 |
273.9 |
| San Augustine |
8,600 |
13 |
662 |
151.2 |
| San Jacinto |
10,491 |
11 |
954 |
104.9 |
| San Patricio |
55,866 |
137 |
408 |
245.2 |
| San Saba |
6,077 |
43 |
141 |
707.6 |
| Schleicher |
2,752 |
4 |
688 |
145.3 |
| Scurry |
17,663 |
75 |
236 |
424.6 |
| Shackelford |
3,799 |
21 |
181 |
552.8 |
| Shelby |
22,403 |
84 |
267 |
374.9 |
| Sherman |
3,270 |
2 |
1,635 |
61.2 |
| Smith |
122,112 |
476 |
257 |
389.8 |
| Somervell |
3,882 |
10 |
388 |
257.6 |
| Starr |
25,354 |
24 |
1,056 |
94.7 |
| Stephens |
9,627 |
36 |
267 |
373.9 |
| Sterling |
1,169 |
8 |
146 |
684.3 |
| Stonewall |
2,415 |
9 |
268 |
372.7 |
| Sutton |
4,739 |
18 |
263 |
379.8 |
| Swisher |
9,852 |
19 |
519 |
192.9 |
| Tarrant |
831,970 |
2,552 |
326 |
306.7 |
| Taylor |
108,313 |
397 |
273 |
366.5 |
| Terrell |
1,676 |
3 |
559 |
179 |
| Terry |
14,477 |
57 |
254 |
393.7 |
| Throckmorton |
2,085 |
32 |
65 |
1,534.8 |
| Titus |
20,488 |
97 |
211 |
473.4 |
| Tom Green |
82,041 |
334 |
246 |
407.1 |
| Travis |
394,762 |
830 |
476 |
210.3 |
| Trinity |
9,086 |
29 |
313 |
319.2 |
| Tyler |
15,456 |
62 |
249 |
401.1 |
| Upshur |
27,073 |
70 |
387 |
258.6 |
| Upton |
4,640 |
9 |
516 |
194 |
| Uvalde |
21,423 |
48 |
446 |
224.1 |
| Val Verde |
34,224 |
73 |
469 |
213.3 |
| Van Zandt |
29,575 |
83 |
356 |
280.6 |
| Victoria |
65,801 |
291 |
226 |
442.2 |
| Walker |
38,969 |
78 |
500 |
200.2 |
| Waller |
18,695 |
45 |
415 |
240.7 |
| Ward |
13,785 |
35 |
394 |
253.9 |
| Washington |
21,366 |
94 |
227 |
440 |
| Webb |
93,985 |
178 |
528 |
189.4 |
| Wharton |
39,542 |
169 |
234 |
427.4 |
| Wheeler |
6,997 |
26 |
269 |
371.6 |
| Wichita |
120,980 |
458 |
264 |
378.6 |
| Wilbarger |
15,815 |
113 |
140 |
714.5 |
| Willacy |
17,111 |
37 |
462 |
216.2 |
| Williamson |
68,680 |
192 |
358 |
279.6 |
| Wilson |
16,011 |
28 |
572 |
174.9 |
| Winkler |
9,880 |
54 |
183 |
546.6 |
| Wise |
25,198 |
60 |
420 |
238.1 |
| Wood |
23,478 |
92 |
255 |
391.9 |
| Yoakum |
8,108 |
14 |
579 |
172.7 |
| Young |
18,348 |
129 |
142 |
703.1 |
| Zapata |
6,175 |
5 |
1,235 |
81 |
| Zavala |
11,610 |
15 |
774 |
129.2 |
| Texas Total |
13,622,567 |
38,470 |
354 |
282.4 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Manpower Special Reports, Bureau of State Health Data and Policy Analysis, Texas Department of Health, 1978. Includes: full-time, part-time, and employed not stated Licensed Vocational Nurse with a Texas practice address.
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, August 1, 2000.
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