
| County |
1978 Population |
1978 RN Total |
Ratio of 1978 Population per RN* |
Ratio of RN per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
36,259 |
40 |
906 |
110.3 |
| Andrews |
12,734 |
31 |
411 |
243.4 |
| Angelina |
61,210 |
94 |
651 |
153.6 |
| Aransas |
13,187 |
10 |
1,319 |
75.8 |
| Archer |
6,966 |
10 |
697 |
143.6 |
| Armstrong |
1,956 |
5 |
391 |
255.6 |
| Atascosa |
23,801 |
36 |
661 |
151.3 |
| Austin |
16,946 |
18 |
941 |
106.2 |
| Bailey |
8,236 |
8 |
1,030 |
97.1 |
| Bandera |
6,622 |
5 |
1,324 |
75.5 |
| Bastrop |
23,235 |
32 |
726 |
137.7 |
| Baylor |
4,980 |
13 |
383 |
261.0 |
| Bee |
25,371 |
36 |
705 |
141.9 |
| Bell |
151,208 |
476 |
318 |
314.8 |
| Bexar |
957,132 |
2,525 |
379 |
263.8 |
| Blanco |
4,458 |
8 |
557 |
179.5 |
| Borden |
844 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
12,934 |
32 |
404 |
247.4 |
| Bowie |
73,800 |
152 |
486 |
206.0 |
| Brazoria |
157,332 |
257 |
612 |
163.3 |
| Brazos |
86,468 |
163 |
530 |
188.5 |
| Brewster |
7,617 |
12 |
635 |
157.5 |
| Briscoe |
2,620 |
2 |
1,310 |
76.3 |
| Brooks |
8,345 |
6 |
1,391 |
71.9 |
| Brown |
31,623 |
50 |
632 |
158.1 |
| Burleson |
11,852 |
9 |
1,317 |
75.9 |
| Burnet |
16,523 |
20 |
826 |
121.0 |
| Caldwell |
23,146 |
18 |
1,286 |
77.8 |
| Calhoun |
19,227 |
29 |
663 |
150.8 |
| Callahan |
10,435 |
21 |
497 |
201.2 |
| Cameron |
195,851 |
203 |
965 |
103.7 |
| Camp |
9,025 |
12 |
752 |
133.0 |
| Carson |
6,613 |
12 |
551 |
181.5 |
| Cass |
28,373 |
42 |
676 |
148.0 |
| Castro |
10,523 |
11 |
957 |
104.5 |
| Chambers |
17,271 |
22 |
785 |
127.4 |
| Cherokee |
36,903 |
72 |
513 |
195.1 |
| Childress |
6,883 |
11 |
626 |
159.8 |
| Clay |
9,287 |
14 |
663 |
150.7 |
| Cochran |
4,923 |
7 |
703 |
142.2 |
| Coke |
3,175 |
6 |
529 |
189.0 |
| Coleman |
10,408 |
18 |
578 |
172.9 |
| Collin |
129,044 |
253 |
510 |
196.1 |
| Collingsworth |
4,669 |
4 |
1,167 |
85.7 |
| Colorado |
18,584 |
28 |
664 |
150.7 |
| Comal |
33,996 |
56 |
607 |
164.7 |
| Comanche |
12,474 |
19 |
657 |
152.3 |
| Concho |
2,922 |
3 |
974 |
102.7 |
| Cooke |
26,819 |
59 |
455 |
220.0 |
| Coryell |
52,477 |
43 |
1,220 |
81.9 |
| Cottle |
2,999 |
4 |
750 |
133.4 |
| Crane |
4,517 |
12 |
376 |
265.7 |
| Crockett |
4,470 |
5 |
894 |
111.9 |
| Crosby |
8,906 |
10 |
891 |
112.3 |
| Culberson |
3,338 |
6 |
556 |
179.7 |
| Dallam |
6,431 |
10 |
643 |
155.5 |
| Dallas |
1,510,578 |
4,218 |
358 |
279.2 |
| Dawson |
16,267 |
18 |
904 |
110.7 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,731 |
30 |
691 |
144.7 |
| Delta |
4,855 |
4 |
1,214 |
82.4 |
| Denton |
129,626 |
240 |
540 |
185.1 |
| De Witt |
18,858 |
23 |
820 |
122.0 |
| Dickens |
3,580 |
2 |
1,790 |
55.9 |
| Dimmit |
10,900 |
5 |
2,180 |
45.9 |
| Donley |
3,987 |
4 |
997 |
100.3 |
| Duval |
12,362 |
4 |
3,091 |
32.4 |
| Eastland |
19,207 |
28 |
686 |
145.8 |
| Ector |
110,662 |
172 |
643 |
155.4 |
| Edwards |
2,023 |
1 |
2,023 |
49.4 |
| Ellis |
57,143 |
52 |
1,099 |
91.0 |
| El Paso |
455,778 |
897 |
508 |
196.8 |
| Erath |
21,679 |
33 |
657 |
152.2 |
| Falls |
17,816 |
54 |
330 |
303.1 |
| Fannin |
23,972 |
52 |
461 |
216.9 |
| Fayette |
18,596 |
20 |
930 |
107.6 |
| Fisher |
5,985 |
8 |
748 |
133.7 |
| Floyd |
10,078 |
16 |
630 |
158.8 |
| Foard |
2,175 |
3 |
725 |
137.9 |
| Fort Bend |
115,127 |
209 |
551 |
181.5 |
| Franklin |
6,571 |
7 |
939 |
106.5 |
| Freestone |
14,092 |
15 |
939 |
106.4 |
| Frio |
13,260 |
12 |
1,105 |
90.5 |
| Gaines |
12,838 |
11 |
1,167 |
85.7 |
| Galveston |
190,712 |
840 |
227 |
440.5 |
| Garza |
5,325 |
6 |
888 |
112.7 |
| Gillespie |
12,942 |
32 |
404 |
247.3 |
| Glasscock |
1,294 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,101 |
10 |
510 |
196.0 |
| Gonzales |
16,784 |
25 |
671 |
149.0 |
| Gray |
26,502 |
57 |
465 |
215.1 |
| Grayson |
88,486 |
241 |
367 |
272.4 |
| Gregg |
94,775 |
187 |
507 |
197.3 |
| Grimes |
13,235 |
16 |
827 |
120.9 |
| Guadalupe |
44,078 |
52 |
848 |
118.0 |
| Hale |
36,897 |
64 |
577 |
173.5 |
| Hall |
5,685 |
7 |
812 |
123.1 |
| Hamilton |
8,082 |
13 |
622 |
160.9 |
| Hansford |
6,238 |
11 |
567 |
176.3 |
| Hardeman |
6,450 |
10 |
645 |
155.0 |
| Hardin |
38,573 |
54 |
714 |
140.0 |
| Harris |
2,276,020 |
6,370 |
357 |
279.9 |
| Harrison |
50,775 |
55 |
923 |
108.3 |
| Hartley |
3,749 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,889 |
9 |
877 |
114.1 |
| Hays |
38,004 |
46 |
826 |
121.0 |
| Hemphill |
4,860 |
8 |
608 |
164.6 |
| Henderson |
39,377 |
25 |
1,575 |
63.5 |
| Hidalgo |
262,890 |
274 |
959 |
104.2 |
| Hill |
24,540 |
43 |
571 |
175.2 |
| Hockley |
22,668 |
20 |
1,133 |
88.2 |
| Hood |
15,449 |
20 |
772 |
129.5 |
| Hopkins |
24,338 |
29 |
839 |
119.2 |
| Houston |
21,410 |
33 |
649 |
154.1 |
| Howard |
34,069 |
114 |
299 |
334.6 |
| Hudspeth |
2,658 |
3 |
886 |
112.9 |
| Hunt |
53,792 |
72 |
747 |
133.8 |
| Hutchinson |
25,935 |
29 |
894 |
111.8 |
| Irion |
1,304 |
1 |
1,304 |
76.7 |
| Jack |
7,290 |
7 |
1,041 |
96.0 |
| Jackson |
13,272 |
13 |
1,021 |
98.0 |
| Jasper |
29,563 |
36 |
821 |
121.8 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,617 |
1 |
1,617 |
61.8 |
| Jefferson |
249,715 |
614 |
407 |
245.9 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,067 |
2 |
2,534 |
39.5 |
| Jim Wells |
35,806 |
31 |
1,155 |
86.6 |
| Johnson |
63,274 |
133 |
476 |
210.2 |
| Jones |
17,034 |
25 |
681 |
146.8 |
| Karnes |
13,565 |
16 |
848 |
118.0 |
| Kaufman |
37,691 |
68 |
554 |
180.4 |
| Kendall |
9,901 |
31 |
319 |
313.1 |
| Kenedy |
586 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,225 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
26,882 |
122 |
220 |
453.8 |
| Kimble |
4,036 |
5 |
807 |
123.9 |
| King |
432 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,229 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
33,312 |
35 |
952 |
105.1 |
| Knox |
5,455 |
8 |
682 |
146.7 |
| Lamar |
40,934 |
95 |
431 |
232.1 |
| Lamb |
18,487 |
25 |
739 |
135.2 |
| Lampasas |
11,466 |
18 |
637 |
157.0 |
| La Salle |
5,411 |
3 |
1,804 |
55.4 |
| Lavaca |
18,786 |
21 |
895 |
111.8 |
| Lee |
10,371 |
8 |
1,296 |
77.1 |
| Leon |
9,423 |
9 |
1,047 |
95.5 |
| Liberty |
44,276 |
42 |
1,054 |
94.9 |
| Limestone |
19,800 |
20 |
990 |
101.0 |
| Lipscomb |
3,706 |
5 |
741 |
134.9 |
| Live Oak |
9,023 |
7 |
1,289 |
77.6 |
| Llano |
9,532 |
17 |
561 |
178.3 |
| Loving |
88 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
205,177 |
511 |
402 |
249.1 |
| Lynn |
8,706 |
6 |
1,451 |
68.9 |
| McCulloch |
8,700 |
13 |
669 |
149.4 |
| McLennan |
166,114 |
495 |
336 |
298.0 |
| McMullen |
879 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
10,028 |
18 |
557 |
179.5 |
| Marion |
9,995 |
13 |
769 |
130.1 |
| Martin |
4,704 |
4 |
1,176 |
85.0 |
| Mason |
3,618 |
6 |
603 |
165.8 |
| Matagorda |
35,845 |
36 |
996 |
100.4 |
| Maverick |
28,737 |
15 |
1,916 |
52.2 |
| Medina |
22,581 |
24 |
941 |
106.3 |
| Menard |
2,409 |
7 |
344 |
290.6 |
| Midland |
79,197 |
142 |
558 |
179.3 |
| Milam |
22,194 |
29 |
765 |
130.7 |
| Mills |
4,424 |
8 |
553 |
180.8 |
| Mitchell |
9,082 |
11 |
826 |
121.1 |
| Montague |
16,993 |
19 |
894 |
111.8 |
| Montgomery |
112,680 |
137 |
822 |
121.6 |
| Moore |
16,075 |
22 |
731 |
136.9 |
| Morris |
14,168 |
25 |
567 |
176.5 |
| Motley |
1,986 |
1 |
1,986 |
50.4 |
| Nacogdoches |
44,706 |
73 |
612 |
163.3 |
| Navarro |
34,489 |
49 |
704 |
142.1 |
| Newton |
12,935 |
6 |
2,156 |
46.4 |
| Nolan |
17,135 |
27 |
635 |
157.6 |
| Nueces |
262,082 |
573 |
457 |
218.6 |
| Ochiltree |
9,612 |
14 |
687 |
145.7 |
| Oldham |
2,267 |
6 |
378 |
264.7 |
| Orange |
81,314 |
116 |
701 |
142.7 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,047 |
32 |
783 |
127.8 |
| Panola |
19,761 |
30 |
659 |
151.8 |
| Parker |
42,461 |
46 |
923 |
108.3 |
| Parmer |
10,934 |
20 |
547 |
182.9 |
| Pecos |
14,448 |
24 |
602 |
166.1 |
| Polk |
22,414 |
28 |
801 |
124.9 |
| Potter |
97,008 |
627 |
155 |
646.3 |
| Presidio |
5,118 |
1 |
5,118 |
19.5 |
| Rains |
4,621 |
4 |
1,155 |
86.6 |
| Randall |
70,826 |
44 |
1,610 |
62.1 |
| Reagan |
3,955 |
5 |
791 |
126.4 |
| Real |
2,377 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
15,743 |
16 |
984 |
101.6 |
| Reeves |
15,948 |
12 |
1,329 |
75.2 |
| Refugio |
9,332 |
11 |
848 |
117.9 |
| Roberts |
1,139 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
14,603 |
9 |
1,623 |
61.6 |
| Rockwall |
13,034 |
19 |
686 |
145.8 |
| Runnels |
11,917 |
19 |
627 |
159.4 |
| Rusk |
39,924 |
37 |
1,079 |
92.7 |
| Sabine |
8,396 |
5 |
1,679 |
59.6 |
| San Augustine |
8,600 |
11 |
782 |
127.9 |
| San Jacinto |
10,491 |
4 |
2,623 |
38.1 |
| San Patricio |
55,866 |
64 |
873 |
114.6 |
| San Saba |
6,077 |
9 |
675 |
148.1 |
| Schleicher |
2,752 |
4 |
688 |
145.3 |
| Scurry |
17,663 |
4 |
4,416 |
22.6 |
| Shackelford |
3,799 |
26 |
146 |
684.4 |
| Shelby |
22,403 |
21 |
1,067 |
93.7 |
| Sherman |
3,270 |
2 |
1,635 |
61.2 |
| Smith |
122,112 |
334 |
366 |
273.5 |
| Somervell |
3,882 |
7 |
555 |
180.3 |
| Starr |
25,354 |
15 |
1,690 |
59.2 |
| Stephens |
9,627 |
11 |
875 |
114.3 |
| Sterling |
1,169 |
2 |
585 |
171.1 |
| Stonewall |
2,415 |
6 |
403 |
248.4 |
| Sutton |
4,739 |
3 |
1,580 |
63.3 |
| Swisher |
9,852 |
13 |
758 |
132.0 |
| Tarrant |
831,970 |
2,133 |
390 |
256.4 |
| Taylor |
108,313 |
293 |
370 |
270.5 |
| Terrell |
1,676 |
2 |
838 |
119.3 |
| Terry |
14,477 |
19 |
762 |
131.2 |
| Throckmorton |
2,085 |
4 |
521 |
191.8 |
| Titus |
20,488 |
33 |
621 |
161.1 |
| Tom Green |
82,041 |
232 |
354 |
282.8 |
| Travis |
394,762 |
1,320 |
299 |
334.4 |
| Trinity |
9,086 |
12 |
757 |
132.1 |
| Tyler |
15,456 |
17 |
909 |
110.0 |
| Upshur |
27,073 |
19 |
1,425 |
70.2 |
| Upton |
4,640 |
5 |
928 |
107.8 |
| Uvalde |
21,423 |
30 |
714 |
140.0 |
| Val Verde |
34,224 |
39 |
878 |
114.0 |
| Van Zandt |
29,575 |
16 |
1,848 |
54.1 |
| Victoria |
65,801 |
118 |
558 |
179.3 |
| Walker |
38,969 |
48 |
812 |
123.2 |
| Waller |
18,695 |
12 |
1,558 |
64.2 |
| Ward |
13,785 |
10 |
1,379 |
72.5 |
| Washington |
21,366 |
34 |
628 |
159.1 |
| Webb |
93,985 |
116 |
810 |
123.4 |
| Wharton |
39,542 |
56 |
706 |
141.6 |
| Wheeler |
6,997 |
12 |
583 |
171.5 |
| Wichita |
120,980 |
357 |
339 |
295.1 |
| Wilbarger |
15,815 |
36 |
439 |
227.6 |
| Willacy |
17,111 |
20 |
856 |
116.9 |
| Williamson |
68,680 |
100 |
687 |
145.6 |
| Wilson |
16,011 |
20 |
801 |
124.9 |
| Winkler |
9,880 |
13 |
760 |
131.6 |
| Wise |
25,198 |
22 |
1,145 |
87.3 |
| Wood |
23,478 |
29 |
810 |
123.5 |
| Yoakum |
8,108 |
6 |
1,351 |
74.0 |
| Young |
18,348 |
35 |
524 |
190.8 |
| Zapata |
6,175 |
2 |
3,088 |
32.4 |
| Zavala |
11,610 |
4 |
2,903 |
34.5 |
| Texas Total |
13,622,567 |
30,546 |
446 |
224.2 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, 1/8/01
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