
| County |
1981 Estimated Population |
1981 DPCP Total |
Ratio of 1981 Population per DPCP* |
Ratio of DPCPs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
40,732 |
30 |
1,358 |
73.7 |
| Andrews |
14,075 |
10 |
1,408 |
71.0 |
| Angelina |
65,914 |
63 |
1,046 |
95.6 |
| Aransas |
14,911 |
9 |
1,657 |
60.4 |
| Archer |
7,535 |
1 |
7,535 |
13.3 |
| Armstrong |
2,006 |
1 |
2,006 |
49.9 |
| Atascosa |
25,598 |
8 |
3,200 |
31.3 |
| Austin |
18,366 |
11 |
1,670 |
59.9 |
| Bailey |
8,312 |
4 |
2,078 |
48.1 |
| Bandera |
7,175 |
4 |
1,794 |
55.7 |
| Bastrop |
26,437 |
9 |
2,937 |
34.0 |
| Baylor |
5,038 |
5 |
1,008 |
99.2 |
| Bee |
26,574 |
12 |
2,215 |
45.2 |
| Bell |
163,344 |
338 |
483 |
206.9 |
| Bexar |
1,016,852 |
1,719 |
592 |
169.1 |
| Blanco |
4,680 |
3 |
1,560 |
64.1 |
| Borden |
845 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
13,424 |
12 |
1,119 |
89.4 |
| Bowie |
76,123 |
102 |
746 |
134.0 |
| Brazoria |
175,400 |
87 |
2,016 |
49.6 |
| Brazos |
102,391 |
86 |
1,191 |
84.0 |
| Brewster |
7,707 |
9 |
856 |
116.8 |
| Briscoe |
2,550 |
1 |
2,550 |
39.2 |
| Brooks |
8,534 |
4 |
2,134 |
46.9 |
| Brown |
33,819 |
27 |
1,253 |
79.8 |
| Burleson |
13,287 |
4 |
3,322 |
30.1 |
| Burnet |
18,266 |
16 |
1,142 |
87.6 |
| Caldwell |
24,276 |
15 |
1,618 |
61.8 |
| Calhoun |
20,385 |
10 |
2,039 |
49.1 |
| Callahan |
10,909 |
4 |
2,727 |
36.7 |
| Cameron |
220,188 |
170 |
1,295 |
77.2 |
| Camp |
9,425 |
9 |
1,047 |
95.5 |
| Carson |
6,951 |
1 |
6,951 |
14.4 |
| Cass |
30,078 |
17 |
1,769 |
56.5 |
| Castro |
10,533 |
2 |
5,267 |
19.0 |
| Chambers |
18,816 |
7 |
2,688 |
37.2 |
| Cherokee |
38,648 |
39 |
991 |
100.9 |
| Childress |
6,894 |
8 |
862 |
116.0 |
| Clay |
9,630 |
2 |
4,815 |
20.8 |
| Cochran |
4,762 |
2 |
2,381 |
42.0 |
| Coke |
3,380 |
1 |
3,380 |
29.6 |
| Coleman |
10,555 |
7 |
1,508 |
66.3 |
| Collin |
153,960 |
229 |
672 |
148.7 |
| Collingsworth |
4,631 |
4 |
1,158 |
86.4 |
| Colorado |
19,321 |
17 |
1,137 |
88.0 |
| Comal |
37,705 |
38 |
992 |
100.8 |
| Comanche |
12,834 |
8 |
1,604 |
62.3 |
| Concho |
3,020 |
2 |
1,510 |
66.2 |
| Cooke |
28,439 |
19 |
1,497 |
66.8 |
| Coryell |
57,473 |
13 |
4,421 |
22.6 |
| Cottle |
2,845 |
2 |
1,423 |
70.3 |
| Crane |
4,816 |
3 |
1,605 |
62.3 |
| Crockett |
4,954 |
3 |
1,651 |
60.6 |
| Crosby |
8,855 |
4 |
2,214 |
45.2 |
| Culberson |
3,402 |
1 |
3,402 |
29.4 |
| Dallam |
6,620 |
5 |
1,324 |
75.5 |
| Dallas |
1,597,908 |
2,796 |
571 |
175.0 |
| Dawson |
16,388 |
7 |
2,341 |
42.7 |
| Deaf Smith |
21,102 |
9 |
2,345 |
42.6 |
| Delta |
4,805 |
1 |
4,805 |
20.8 |
| Denton |
154,320 |
127 |
1,215 |
82.3 |
| De Witt |
19,035 |
8 |
2,379 |
42.0 |
| Dickens |
3,383 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,762 |
5 |
2,352 |
42.5 |
| Donley |
4,130 |
2 |
2,065 |
48.4 |
| Duval |
12,695 |
3 |
4,232 |
23.6 |
| Eastland |
20,303 |
14 |
1,450 |
69.0 |
| Ector |
123,419 |
101 |
1,222 |
81.8 |
| Edwards |
2,149 |
1 |
2,149 |
46.5 |
| Ellis |
61,063 |
27 |
2,262 |
44.2 |
| El Paso |
497,522 |
534 |
932 |
107.3 |
| Erath |
23,197 |
15 |
1,546 |
64.7 |
| Falls |
17,977 |
17 |
1,057 |
94.6 |
| Fannin |
24,270 |
15 |
1,618 |
61.8 |
| Fayette |
19,775 |
17 |
1,163 |
86.0 |
| Fisher |
5,854 |
4 |
1,464 |
68.3 |
| Floyd |
9,681 |
4 |
2,420 |
41.3 |
| Foard |
2,139 |
1 |
2,139 |
46.8 |
| Fort Bend |
142,094 |
89 |
1,597 |
62.6 |
| Franklin |
7,141 |
3 |
2,380 |
42.0 |
| Freestone |
15,416 |
9 |
1,713 |
58.4 |
| Frio |
13,780 |
5 |
2,756 |
36.3 |
| Gaines |
13,649 |
5 |
2,730 |
36.6 |
| Galveston |
201,604 |
534 |
378 |
264.9 |
| Garza |
5,612 |
2 |
2,806 |
35.6 |
| Gillespie |
13,924 |
14 |
995 |
100.5 |
| Glasscock |
1,273 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,321 |
1 |
5,321 |
18.8 |
| Gonzales |
17,519 |
9 |
1,947 |
51.4 |
| Gray |
27,129 |
28 |
969 |
103.2 |
| Grayson |
91,146 |
128 |
712 |
140.4 |
| Gregg |
103,482 |
116 |
892 |
112.1 |
| Grimes |
14,450 |
9 |
1,606 |
62.3 |
| Guadalupe |
48,488 |
26 |
1,865 |
53.6 |
| Hale |
38,302 |
35 |
1,094 |
91.4 |
| Hall |
5,366 |
4 |
1,342 |
74.5 |
| Hamilton |
8,275 |
7 |
1,182 |
84.6 |
| Hansford |
6,247 |
3 |
2,082 |
48.0 |
| Hardeman |
6,588 |
2 |
3,294 |
30.4 |
| Hardin |
41,451 |
12 |
3,454 |
28.9 |
| Harris |
2,546,578 |
4,440 |
574 |
174.4 |
| Harrison |
53,671 |
38 |
1,412 |
70.8 |
| Hartley |
4,159 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,736 |
3 |
2,579 |
38.8 |
| Hays |
42,971 |
35 |
1,228 |
81.5 |
| Hemphill |
5,705 |
3 |
1,902 |
52.6 |
| Henderson |
44,140 |
17 |
2,596 |
38.5 |
| Hidalgo |
298,564 |
198 |
1,508 |
66.3 |
| Hill |
25,003 |
20 |
1,250 |
80.0 |
| Hockley |
23,942 |
8 |
2,993 |
33.4 |
| Hood |
18,391 |
15 |
1,226 |
81.6 |
| Hopkins |
25,549 |
20 |
1,277 |
78.3 |
| Houston |
22,640 |
12 |
1,887 |
53.0 |
| Howard |
34,191 |
50 |
684 |
146.2 |
| Hudspeth |
2,956 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
56,894 |
34 |
1,673 |
59.8 |
| Hutchinson |
27,651 |
18 |
1,536 |
65.1 |
| Irion |
1,460 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,525 |
5 |
1,505 |
66.4 |
| Jackson |
13,750 |
6 |
2,292 |
43.6 |
| Jasper |
31,259 |
20 |
1,563 |
64.0 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,709 |
2 |
855 |
117.0 |
| Jefferson |
252,254 |
368 |
685 |
145.9 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,299 |
1 |
5,299 |
18.9 |
| Jim Wells |
37,319 |
24 |
1,555 |
64.3 |
| Johnson |
70,028 |
47 |
1,490 |
67.1 |
| Jones |
17,376 |
11 |
1,580 |
63.3 |
| Karnes |
13,624 |
5 |
2,725 |
36.7 |
| Kaufman |
40,142 |
39 |
1,029 |
97.2 |
| Kendall |
11,065 |
11 |
1,006 |
99.4 |
| Kenedy |
518 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,124 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
29,437 |
67 |
439 |
227.6 |
| Kimble |
4,174 |
2 |
2,087 |
47.9 |
| King |
427 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,406 |
1 |
2,406 |
41.6 |
| Kleberg |
34,018 |
20 |
1,701 |
58.8 |
| Knox |
5,355 |
2 |
2,678 |
37.3 |
| Lamar |
42,492 |
51 |
833 |
120.0 |
| Lamb |
18,672 |
11 |
1,697 |
58.9 |
| Lampasas |
11,907 |
6 |
1,985 |
50.4 |
| La Salle |
5,669 |
1 |
5,669 |
17.6 |
| Lavaca |
19,178 |
12 |
1,598 |
62.6 |
| Lee |
12,392 |
4 |
3,098 |
32.3 |
| Leon |
10,079 |
3 |
3,360 |
29.8 |
| Liberty |
49,017 |
17 |
2,883 |
34.7 |
| Limestone |
20,583 |
13 |
1,583 |
63.2 |
| Lipscomb |
4,029 |
1 |
4,029 |
24.8 |
| Live Oak |
9,878 |
2 |
4,939 |
20.2 |
| Llano |
9,997 |
6 |
1,666 |
60.0 |
| Loving |
91 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
213,353 |
369 |
578 |
173.0 |
| Lynn |
8,467 |
3 |
2,822 |
35.4 |
| McCulloch |
8,769 |
6 |
1,462 |
68.4 |
| McLennan |
173,737 |
236 |
736 |
135.8 |
| McMullen |
783 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,105 |
9 |
1,234 |
81.0 |
| Marion |
10,465 |
6 |
1,744 |
57.3 |
| Martin |
4,970 |
3 |
1,657 |
60.4 |
| Mason |
3,621 |
1 |
3,621 |
27.6 |
| Matagorda |
38,522 |
25 |
1,541 |
64.9 |
| Maverick |
33,010 |
12 |
2,751 |
36.4 |
| Medina |
23,216 |
6 |
3,869 |
25.8 |
| Menard |
2,361 |
1 |
2,361 |
42.4 |
| Midland |
88,997 |
88 |
1,011 |
98.9 |
| Milam |
23,183 |
13 |
1,783 |
56.1 |
| Mills |
4,547 |
4 |
1,137 |
88.0 |
| Mitchell |
9,125 |
9 |
1,014 |
98.6 |
| Montague |
17,747 |
10 |
1,775 |
56.3 |
| Montgomery |
136,497 |
59 |
2,314 |
43.2 |
| Moore |
17,206 |
14 |
1,229 |
81.4 |
| Morris |
14,930 |
10 |
1,493 |
67.0 |
| Motley |
1,879 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
47,786 |
60 |
796 |
125.6 |
| Navarro |
36,780 |
47 |
783 |
127.8 |
| Newton |
13,328 |
4 |
3,332 |
30.0 |
| Nolan |
17,694 |
10 |
1,769 |
56.5 |
| Nueces |
273,805 |
454 |
603 |
165.8 |
| Ochiltree |
10,194 |
4 |
2,549 |
39.2 |
| Oldham |
2,295 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
86,339 |
35 |
2,467 |
40.5 |
| Palo Pinto |
24,622 |
17 |
1,448 |
69.0 |
| Panola |
21,221 |
7 |
3,032 |
33.0 |
| Parker |
46,179 |
19 |
2,430 |
41.1 |
| Parmer |
11,054 |
3 |
3,685 |
27.1 |
| Pecos |
15,591 |
7 |
2,227 |
44.9 |
| Polk |
25,648 |
10 |
2,565 |
39.0 |
| Potter |
100,564 |
247 |
407 |
245.6 |
| Presidio |
5,272 |
2 |
2,636 |
37.9 |
| Rains |
4,986 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
76,788 |
8 |
9,599 |
10.4 |
| Reagan |
4,622 |
2 |
2,311 |
43.3 |
| Real |
2,569 |
1 |
2,569 |
38.9 |
| Red River |
16,078 |
9 |
1,786 |
56.0 |
| Reeves |
16,385 |
6 |
2,731 |
36.6 |
| Refugio |
9,403 |
4 |
2,351 |
42.5 |
| Roberts |
1,171 |
1 |
1,171 |
85.4 |
| Robertson |
15,177 |
4 |
3,794 |
26.4 |
| Rockwall |
15,578 |
11 |
1,416 |
70.6 |
| Runnels |
11,931 |
8 |
1,491 |
67.1 |
| Rusk |
41,995 |
20 |
2,100 |
47.6 |
| Sabine |
8,819 |
1 |
8,819 |
11.3 |
| San Augustine |
8,963 |
3 |
2,988 |
33.5 |
| San Jacinto |
11,725 |
2 |
5,863 |
17.1 |
| San Patricio |
59,388 |
30 |
1,980 |
50.5 |
| San Saba |
5,766 |
1 |
5,766 |
17.3 |
| Schleicher |
2,942 |
2 |
1,471 |
68.0 |
| Scurry |
18,899 |
10 |
1,890 |
52.9 |
| Shackelford |
4,027 |
2 |
2,014 |
49.7 |
| Shelby |
23,316 |
9 |
2,591 |
38.6 |
| Sherman |
3,218 |
1 |
3,218 |
31.1 |
| Smith |
132,732 |
225 |
590 |
169.5 |
| Somervell |
3,989 |
2 |
1,995 |
50.1 |
| Starr |
29,189 |
5 |
5,838 |
17.1 |
| Stephens |
10,232 |
6 |
1,705 |
58.6 |
| Sterling |
1,280 |
1 |
1,280 |
78.1 |
| Stonewall |
2,402 |
1 |
2,402 |
41.6 |
| Sutton |
5,542 |
2 |
2,771 |
36.1 |
| Swisher |
9,540 |
3 |
3,180 |
31.4 |
| Tarrant |
895,563 |
1,226 |
730 |
136.9 |
| Taylor |
115,025 |
148 |
777 |
128.7 |
| Terrell |
1,612 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
14,675 |
8 |
1,834 |
54.5 |
| Throckmorton |
2,142 |
1 |
2,142 |
46.7 |
| Titus |
21,926 |
23 |
953 |
104.9 |
| Tom Green |
87,225 |
116 |
752 |
133.0 |
| Travis |
430,443 |
677 |
636 |
157.3 |
| Trinity |
9,684 |
4 |
2,421 |
41.3 |
| Tyler |
16,378 |
4 |
4,095 |
24.4 |
| Upshur |
29,620 |
6 |
4,937 |
20.3 |
| Upton |
4,751 |
2 |
2,376 |
42.1 |
| Uvalde |
22,652 |
15 |
1,510 |
66.2 |
| Val Verde |
37,240 |
17 |
2,191 |
45.6 |
| Van Zandt |
31,787 |
10 |
3,179 |
31.5 |
| Victoria |
71,453 |
116 |
616 |
162.3 |
| Walker |
43,055 |
29 |
1,485 |
67.4 |
| Waller |
21,027 |
6 |
3,505 |
28.5 |
| Ward |
14,742 |
3 |
4,914 |
20.4 |
| Washington |
23,018 |
17 |
1,354 |
73.9 |
| Webb |
105,078 |
65 |
1,617 |
61.9 |
| Wharton |
40,557 |
39 |
1,040 |
96.2 |
| Wheeler |
7,310 |
7 |
1,044 |
95.8 |
| Wichita |
123,140 |
161 |
765 |
130.7 |
| Wilbarger |
16,198 |
18 |
900 |
111.1 |
| Willacy |
17,885 |
6 |
2,981 |
33.5 |
| Williamson |
81,839 |
31 |
2,640 |
37.9 |
| Wilson |
17,023 |
6 |
2,837 |
35.2 |
| Winkler |
10,515 |
8 |
1,314 |
76.1 |
| Wise |
27,222 |
12 |
2,269 |
44.1 |
| Wood |
24,988 |
10 |
2,499 |
40.0 |
| Yoakum |
8,387 |
2 |
4,194 |
23.8 |
| Young |
19,594 |
13 |
1,507 |
66.3 |
| Zapata |
7,098 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
11,850 |
4 |
2,963 |
33.8 |
| Texas Total |
14,746,544 |
18,636 |
790 |
126.4 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, May, 1981. And, "Texas Health Manpower Reports: Health Professionals in Texas by Activity Status, 1980-1981," Bureau of State Health Planning and Resource Development, Texas Department of Health.
Includes: all active Direct Patient Care Physicians with a Texas mailing address. The county was determined based on the zip code. The term, "active physician," included all physicians with a practice type as direct patient care, intern, or resident. The term, "inactive physician," included those physicians who classified their practice type as teaching, administration, research, military, retired, or not in practice (4,357).
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center, July 24, 2000.
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