
| County |
1980 Estimated Population |
1980 Veterinarian Total |
Ratio of 1980 Population per Veterinarian* |
Ratio of Veterinarians per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
38,381 |
5 |
7,676 |
13.0 |
| Andrews |
13,323 |
1 |
13,323 |
7.5 |
| Angelina |
64,172 |
8 |
8,022 |
12.5 |
| Aransas |
14,260 |
1 |
14,260 |
7.0 |
| Archer |
7,266 |
2 |
3,633 |
27.5 |
| Armstrong |
1,994 |
1 |
1,994 |
50.2 |
| Atascosa |
25,055 |
4 |
6,264 |
16.0 |
| Austin |
17,726 |
6 |
2,954 |
33.8 |
| Bailey |
8,168 |
3 |
2,723 |
36.7 |
| Bandera |
7,084 |
1 |
7,084 |
14.1 |
| Bastrop |
24,726 |
13 |
1,902 |
52.6 |
| Baylor |
4,919 |
1 |
4,919 |
20.3 |
| Bee |
26,030 |
6 |
4,338 |
23.1 |
| Bell |
157,889 |
26 |
6,073 |
16.5 |
| Bexar |
988,800 |
157 |
6,298 |
15.9 |
| Blanco |
4,681 |
2 |
2,341 |
42.7 |
| Borden |
859 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
13,401 |
5 |
2,680 |
37.3 |
| Bowie |
75,301 |
10 |
7,530 |
13.3 |
| Brazoria |
169,587 |
27 |
6,281 |
15.9 |
| Brazos |
93,588 |
127 |
737 |
135.7 |
| Brewster |
7,573 |
5 |
1,515 |
66.0 |
| Briscoe |
2,579 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,428 |
3 |
2,809 |
35.6 |
| Brown |
33,057 |
8 |
4,132 |
24.2 |
| Burleson |
12,313 |
2 |
6,157 |
16.2 |
| Burnet |
17,803 |
5 |
3,561 |
28.1 |
| Caldwell |
23,637 |
6 |
3,940 |
25.4 |
| Calhoun |
19,574 |
2 |
9,787 |
10.2 |
| Callahan |
10,992 |
2 |
5,496 |
18.2 |
| Cameron |
209,727 |
19 |
11,038 |
9.1 |
| Camp |
9,275 |
2 |
4,638 |
21.6 |
| Carson |
6,672 |
1 |
6,672 |
15.0 |
| Cass |
29,430 |
4 |
7,358 |
13.6 |
| Castro |
10,556 |
1 |
10,556 |
9.5 |
| Chambers |
18,538 |
3 |
6,179 |
16.2 |
| Cherokee |
38,127 |
4 |
9,532 |
10.5 |
| Childress |
6,950 |
2 |
3,475 |
28.8 |
| Clay |
9,582 |
1 |
9,582 |
10.4 |
| Cochran |
4,825 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,196 |
1 |
3,196 |
31.3 |
| Coleman |
10,439 |
7 |
1,491 |
67.1 |
| Collin |
144,576 |
31 |
4,664 |
21.4 |
| Collingsworth |
4,648 |
2 |
2,324 |
43.0 |
| Colorado |
18,823 |
5 |
3,765 |
26.6 |
| Comal |
36,446 |
9 |
4,050 |
24.7 |
| Comanche |
12,617 |
5 |
2,523 |
39.6 |
| Concho |
2,915 |
1 |
2,915 |
34.3 |
| Cooke |
27,656 |
7 |
3,951 |
25.3 |
| Coryell |
56,767 |
7 |
8,110 |
12.3 |
| Cottle |
2,947 |
1 |
2,947 |
33.9 |
| Crane |
4,600 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,608 |
1 |
4,608 |
21.7 |
| Crosby |
8,859 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,315 |
1 |
3,315 |
30.2 |
| Dallam |
6,531 |
1 |
6,531 |
15.3 |
| Dallas |
1,556,390 |
212 |
7,341 |
13.6 |
| Dawson |
16,184 |
3 |
5,395 |
18.5 |
| Deaf Smith |
21,165 |
5 |
4,233 |
23.6 |
| Delta |
4,839 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
143,126 |
29 |
4,935 |
20.3 |
| De Witt |
18,903 |
4 |
4,726 |
21.2 |
| Dickens |
3,539 |
2 |
1,770 |
56.5 |
| Dimmit |
11,367 |
2 |
5,684 |
17.6 |
| Donley |
4,075 |
2 |
2,038 |
49.1 |
| Duval |
12,517 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Eastland |
19,480 |
4 |
4,870 |
20.5 |
| Ector |
115,374 |
13 |
8,875 |
11.3 |
| Edwards |
2,033 |
1 |
2,033 |
49.2 |
| Ellis |
59,743 |
13 |
4,596 |
21.8 |
| El Paso |
479,899 |
51 |
9,410 |
10.6 |
| Erath |
22,560 |
9 |
2,507 |
39.9 |
| Falls |
17,946 |
3 |
5,982 |
16.7 |
| Fannin |
24,285 |
2 |
12,143 |
8.2 |
| Fayette |
18,832 |
6 |
3,139 |
31.9 |
| Fisher |
5,891 |
1 |
5,891 |
17.0 |
| Floyd |
9,834 |
2 |
4,917 |
20.3 |
| Foard |
2,158 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
130,846 |
21 |
6,231 |
16.0 |
| Franklin |
6,893 |
3 |
2,298 |
43.5 |
| Freestone |
14,830 |
2 |
7,415 |
13.5 |
| Frio |
13,785 |
3 |
4,595 |
21.8 |
| Gaines |
13,150 |
1 |
13,150 |
7.6 |
| Galveston |
195,940 |
32 |
6,123 |
16.3 |
| Garza |
5,336 |
1 |
5,336 |
18.7 |
| Gillespie |
13,532 |
4 |
3,383 |
29.6 |
| Glasscock |
1,304 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,193 |
1 |
5,193 |
19.3 |
| Gonzales |
16,883 |
7 |
2,412 |
41.5 |
| Gray |
26,386 |
4 |
6,597 |
15.2 |
| Grayson |
89,796 |
14 |
6,414 |
15.6 |
| Gregg |
99,487 |
19 |
5,236 |
19.1 |
| Grimes |
13,580 |
5 |
2,716 |
36.8 |
| Guadalupe |
46,708 |
9 |
5,190 |
19.3 |
| Hale |
37,592 |
4 |
9,398 |
10.6 |
| Hall |
5,594 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
8,297 |
3 |
2,766 |
36.2 |
| Hansford |
6,209 |
4 |
1,552 |
64.4 |
| Hardeman |
6,368 |
2 |
3,184 |
31.4 |
| Hardin |
40,721 |
4 |
10,180 |
9.8 |
| Harris |
2,409,547 |
331 |
7,280 |
13.7 |
| Harrison |
52,265 |
7 |
7,466 |
13.4 |
| Hartley |
3,987 |
2 |
1,994 |
50.2 |
| Haskell |
7,725 |
1 |
7,725 |
12.9 |
| Hays |
40,594 |
8 |
5,074 |
19.7 |
| Hemphill |
5,304 |
2 |
2,652 |
37.7 |
| Henderson |
42,606 |
8 |
5,326 |
18.8 |
| Hidalgo |
283,229 |
19 |
14,907 |
6.7 |
| Hill |
25,024 |
5 |
5,005 |
20.0 |
| Hockley |
23,230 |
2 |
11,615 |
8.6 |
| Hood |
17,714 |
7 |
2,531 |
39.5 |
| Hopkins |
25,247 |
14 |
1,803 |
55.5 |
| Houston |
22,299 |
3 |
7,433 |
13.5 |
| Howard |
33,142 |
4 |
8,286 |
12.1 |
| Hudspeth |
2,728 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
55,248 |
10 |
5,525 |
18.1 |
| Hutchinson |
26,304 |
6 |
4,384 |
22.8 |
| Irion |
1,386 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,408 |
2 |
3,704 |
27.0 |
| Jackson |
13,352 |
2 |
6,676 |
15.0 |
| Jasper |
30,781 |
5 |
6,156 |
16.2 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,647 |
1 |
1,647 |
60.7 |
| Jefferson |
250,938 |
34 |
7,381 |
13.5 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,168 |
1 |
5,168 |
19.3 |
| Jim Wells |
36,498 |
4 |
9,125 |
11.0 |
| Johnson |
67,649 |
11 |
6,150 |
16.3 |
| Jones |
17,268 |
3 |
5,756 |
17.4 |
| Karnes |
13,593 |
2 |
6,797 |
14.7 |
| Kaufman |
39,015 |
8 |
4,877 |
20.5 |
| Kendall |
10,635 |
4 |
2,659 |
37.6 |
| Kenedy |
543 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,145 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
28,780 |
9 |
3,198 |
31.3 |
| Kimble |
4,063 |
2 |
2,032 |
49.2 |
| King |
425 |
1 |
425 |
235.3 |
| Kinney |
2,279 |
1 |
2,279 |
43.9 |
| Kleberg |
33,358 |
6 |
5,560 |
18.0 |
| Knox |
5,329 |
2 |
2,665 |
37.5 |
| Lamar |
42,156 |
10 |
4,216 |
23.7 |
| Lamb |
18,669 |
2 |
9,335 |
10.7 |
| Lampasas |
12,005 |
3 |
4,002 |
25.0 |
| La Salle |
5,514 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
19,004 |
7 |
2,715 |
36.8 |
| Lee |
10,952 |
3 |
3,651 |
27.4 |
| Leon |
9,594 |
3 |
3,198 |
31.3 |
| Liberty |
47,088 |
8 |
5,886 |
17.0 |
| Limestone |
20,224 |
4 |
5,056 |
19.8 |
| Lipscomb |
3,766 |
2 |
1,883 |
53.1 |
| Live Oak |
9,606 |
4 |
2,402 |
41.6 |
| Llano |
10,144 |
4 |
2,536 |
39.4 |
| Loving |
91 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
211,651 |
31 |
6,827 |
14.6 |
| Lynn |
8,605 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,735 |
5 |
1,747 |
57.2 |
| McLennan |
170,755 |
24 |
7,115 |
14.1 |
| McMullen |
789 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
10,649 |
2 |
5,325 |
18.8 |
| Marion |
10,360 |
1 |
10,360 |
9.7 |
| Martin |
4,684 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,683 |
2 |
1,842 |
54.3 |
| Matagorda |
37,828 |
8 |
4,729 |
21.1 |
| Maverick |
31,398 |
1 |
31,398 |
3.2 |
| Medina |
23,164 |
8 |
2,896 |
34.5 |
| Menard |
2,346 |
2 |
1,173 |
85.3 |
| Midland |
82,636 |
12 |
6,886 |
14.5 |
| Milam |
22,732 |
7 |
3,247 |
30.8 |
| Mills |
4,477 |
1 |
4,477 |
22.3 |
| Mitchell |
9,088 |
4 |
2,272 |
44.0 |
| Montague |
17,410 |
5 |
3,482 |
28.7 |
| Montgomery |
128,487 |
22 |
5,840 |
17.1 |
| Moore |
16,575 |
4 |
4,144 |
24.1 |
| Morris |
14,629 |
1 |
14,629 |
6.8 |
| Motley |
1,950 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
46,786 |
14 |
3,342 |
29.9 |
| Navarro |
35,323 |
6 |
5,887 |
17.0 |
| Newton |
13,254 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
17,359 |
2 |
8,680 |
11.5 |
| Nueces |
268,215 |
39 |
6,877 |
14.5 |
| Ochiltree |
9,588 |
1 |
9,588 |
10.4 |
| Oldham |
2,283 |
1 |
2,283 |
43.8 |
| Orange |
83,838 |
9 |
9,315 |
10.7 |
| Palo Pinto |
24,062 |
3 |
8,021 |
12.5 |
| Panola |
20,724 |
3 |
6,908 |
14.5 |
| Parker |
44,609 |
11 |
4,055 |
24.7 |
| Parmer |
11,038 |
3 |
3,679 |
27.2 |
| Pecos |
14,618 |
4 |
3,655 |
27.4 |
| Polk |
24,407 |
3 |
8,136 |
12.3 |
| Potter |
98,637 |
15 |
6,576 |
15.2 |
| Presidio |
5,188 |
2 |
2,594 |
38.6 |
| Rains |
4,839 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
75,062 |
21 |
3,574 |
28.0 |
| Reagan |
4,135 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,469 |
1 |
2,469 |
40.5 |
| Red River |
16,101 |
3 |
5,367 |
18.6 |
| Reeves |
15,801 |
1 |
15,801 |
6.3 |
| Refugio |
9,289 |
2 |
4,645 |
21.5 |
| Roberts |
1,187 |
1 |
1,187 |
84.2 |
| Robertson |
14,653 |
4 |
3,663 |
27.3 |
| Rockwall |
14,528 |
3 |
4,843 |
20.6 |
| Runnels |
11,872 |
5 |
2,374 |
42.1 |
| Rusk |
41,382 |
4 |
10,346 |
9.7 |
| Sabine |
8,702 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Augustine |
8,785 |
1 |
8,785 |
11.4 |
| San Jacinto |
11,434 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Patricio |
58,013 |
9 |
6,446 |
15.5 |
| San Saba |
6,204 |
2 |
3,102 |
32.2 |
| Schleicher |
2,820 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
18,192 |
3 |
6,064 |
16.5 |
| Shackelford |
3,915 |
2 |
1,958 |
51.1 |
| Shelby |
23,084 |
6 |
3,847 |
26.0 |
| Sherman |
3,174 |
1 |
3,174 |
31.5 |
| Smith |
128,366 |
30 |
4,279 |
23.4 |
| Somervell |
4,154 |
1 |
4,154 |
24.1 |
| Starr |
27,266 |
1 |
27,266 |
3.7 |
| Stephens |
9,926 |
3 |
3,309 |
30.2 |
| Sterling |
1,206 |
1 |
1,206 |
82.9 |
| Stonewall |
2,406 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
5,130 |
5 |
1,026 |
97.5 |
| Swisher |
9,723 |
1 |
9,723 |
10.3 |
| Tarrant |
860,880 |
124 |
6,943 |
14.4 |
| Taylor |
110,932 |
17 |
6,525 |
15.3 |
| Terrell |
1,595 |
1 |
1,595 |
62.7 |
| Terry |
14,581 |
1 |
14,581 |
6.9 |
| Throckmorton |
2,053 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
21,442 |
9 |
2,382 |
42.0 |
| Tom Green |
84,784 |
18 |
4,710 |
21.2 |
| Travis |
419,573 |
86 |
4,879 |
20.5 |
| Trinity |
9,450 |
1 |
9,450 |
10.6 |
| Tyler |
16,223 |
2 |
8,112 |
12.3 |
| Upshur |
28,595 |
2 |
14,298 |
7.0 |
| Upton |
4,619 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
22,441 |
7 |
3,206 |
31.2 |
| Val Verde |
35,910 |
8 |
4,489 |
22.3 |
| Van Zandt |
31,426 |
3 |
10,475 |
9.5 |
| Victoria |
68,807 |
9 |
7,645 |
13.1 |
| Walker |
41,789 |
5 |
8,358 |
12.0 |
| Waller |
19,798 |
7 |
2,828 |
35.4 |
| Ward |
13,976 |
2 |
6,988 |
14.3 |
| Washington |
21,998 |
9 |
2,444 |
40.9 |
| Webb |
99,258 |
8 |
12,407 |
8.1 |
| Wharton |
40,242 |
12 |
3,354 |
29.8 |
| Wheeler |
7,137 |
2 |
3,569 |
28.0 |
| Wichita |
121,082 |
18 |
6,727 |
14.9 |
| Wilbarger |
15,931 |
4 |
3,983 |
25.1 |
| Willacy |
17,495 |
3 |
5,832 |
17.1 |
| Williamson |
76,521 |
15 |
5,101 |
19.6 |
| Wilson |
16,756 |
2 |
8,378 |
11.9 |
| Winkler |
9,944 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wise |
26,575 |
7 |
3,796 |
26.3 |
| Wood |
24,697 |
4 |
6,174 |
16.2 |
| Yoakum |
8,299 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
19,083 |
2 |
9,542 |
10.5 |
| Zapata |
6,628 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
11,666 |
2 |
5,833 |
17.1 |
| Texas Total |
14,229,191 |
2,396 |
5,939 |
16.8 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, May 1980; and, "Texas Health Manpower Reports, Health Professionals in Texas by Activity Status, 1980 - 1981," Data Collection and Dissemination Section, Bureau of State Health Planning and Resource Development, Texas Department of Health.
The data includes all licensed veterinarians regardless of activity status. The practice address was used to determine the county. However, if the practice address was unavailable, the mailing address was used to determine the county.
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center, August 11, 2000.
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