
| County |
1981 Estimated Population |
1981 PCP Total |
Ratio of 1981 Population per PCP* |
Ratio of PCP per 100,000 population |
| Anderson |
40,732 |
19 |
2,144 |
46.6 |
| Andrews |
14,075 |
6 |
2,346 |
42.6 |
| Angelina |
65,914 |
34 |
1,939 |
51.6 |
| Aransas |
14,911 |
7 |
2,130 |
46.9 |
| Archer |
7,535 |
1 |
7,535 |
13.3 |
| Armstrong |
2,006 |
1 |
2,006 |
49.9 |
| Atascosa |
25,598 |
7 |
3,657 |
27.3 |
| Austin |
18,366 |
9 |
2,041 |
49.0 |
| Bailey |
8,312 |
2 |
4,156 |
24.1 |
| Bandera |
7,175 |
1 |
7,175 |
13.9 |
| Bastrop |
26,437 |
8 |
3,305 |
30.3 |
| Baylor |
5,038 |
4 |
1,260 |
79.4 |
| Bee |
26,574 |
10 |
2,657 |
37.6 |
| Bell |
163,344 |
121 |
1,350 |
74.1 |
| Bexar |
1,016,852 |
553 |
1,839 |
54.4 |
| Blanco |
4,680 |
2 |
2,340 |
42.7 |
| Borden |
845 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
13,424 |
9 |
1,492 |
67.0 |
| Bowie |
76,123 |
41 |
1,857 |
53.9 |
| Brazoria |
175,400 |
57 |
3,077 |
32.5 |
| Brazos |
102,391 |
44 |
2,327 |
43.0 |
| Brewster |
7,707 |
7 |
1,101 |
90.8 |
| Briscoe |
2,550 |
1 |
2,550 |
39.2 |
| Brooks |
8,534 |
4 |
2,134 |
46.9 |
| Brown |
33,819 |
14 |
2,416 |
41.4 |
| Burleson |
13,287 |
4 |
3,322 |
30.1 |
| Burnet |
18,266 |
13 |
1,405 |
71.2 |
| Caldwell |
24,276 |
15 |
1,618 |
61.8 |
| Calhoun |
20,385 |
9 |
2,265 |
44.2 |
| Callahan |
10,909 |
4 |
2,727 |
36.7 |
| Cameron |
220,188 |
79 |
2,787 |
35.9 |
| Camp |
9,425 |
11 |
857 |
116.7 |
| Carson |
6,951 |
1 |
6,951 |
14.4 |
| Cass |
30,078 |
15 |
2,005 |
49.9 |
| Castro |
10,533 |
2 |
5,267 |
19.0 |
| Chambers |
18,816 |
6 |
3,136 |
31.9 |
| Cherokee |
38,648 |
23 |
1,680 |
59.5 |
| Childress |
6,894 |
5 |
1,379 |
72.5 |
| 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 |
4 |
2,639 |
37.9 |
| Collin |
153,960 |
106 |
1,452 |
68.8 |
| Collingsworth |
4,631 |
2 |
2,316 |
43.2 |
| Colorado |
19,321 |
10 |
1,932 |
51.8 |
| Comal |
37,705 |
21 |
1,795 |
55.7 |
| Comanche |
12,834 |
6 |
2,139 |
46.8 |
| Concho |
3,020 |
2 |
1,510 |
66.2 |
| Cooke |
28,439 |
13 |
2,188 |
45.7 |
| Coryell |
57,473 |
10 |
5,747 |
17.4 |
| Cottle |
2,845 |
1 |
2,845 |
35.1 |
| Crane |
4,816 |
3 |
1,605 |
62.3 |
| Crockett |
4,954 |
2 |
2,477 |
40.4 |
| Crosby |
8,855 |
4 |
2,214 |
45.2 |
| Culberson |
3,402 |
1 |
3,402 |
29.4 |
| Dallam |
6,620 |
4 |
1,655 |
60.4 |
| Dallas |
1,597,908 |
968 |
1,651 |
60.6 |
| Dawson |
16,388 |
6 |
2,731 |
36.6 |
| Deaf Smith |
21,102 |
6 |
3,517 |
28.4 |
| Delta |
4,805 |
1 |
4,805 |
20.8 |
| Denton |
154,320 |
71 |
2,174 |
46.0 |
| De Witt |
19,035 |
8 |
2,379 |
42.0 |
| Dickens |
3,383 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,762 |
3 |
3,921 |
25.5 |
| Donley |
4,130 |
2 |
2,065 |
48.4 |
| Duval |
12,695 |
3 |
4,232 |
23.6 |
| Eastland |
20,303 |
12 |
1,692 |
59.1 |
| Ector |
123,419 |
44 |
2,805 |
35.7 |
| Edwards |
2,149 |
1 |
2,149 |
46.5 |
| Ellis |
61,063 |
21 |
2,908 |
34.4 |
| El Paso |
497,522 |
216 |
2,303 |
43.4 |
| Erath |
23,197 |
9 |
2,577 |
38.8 |
| Falls |
17,977 |
11 |
1,634 |
61.2 |
| Fannin |
24,270 |
11 |
2,206 |
45.3 |
| Fayette |
19,775 |
12 |
1,648 |
60.7 |
| 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 |
34 |
4,179 |
23.9 |
| Franklin |
7,141 |
3 |
2,380 |
42.0 |
| Freestone |
15,416 |
8 |
1,927 |
51.9 |
| Frio |
13,780 |
3 |
4,593 |
21.8 |
| Gaines |
13,649 |
4 |
3,412 |
29.3 |
| Galveston |
201,604 |
151 |
1,335 |
74.9 |
| Garza |
5,612 |
2 |
2,806 |
35.6 |
| Gillespie |
13,924 |
9 |
1,547 |
64.6 |
| Glasscock |
1,273 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,321 |
1 |
5,321 |
18.8 |
| Gonzales |
17,519 |
7 |
2,503 |
40.0 |
| Gray |
27,129 |
15 |
1,809 |
55.3 |
| Grayson |
91,146 |
56 |
1,628 |
61.4 |
| Gregg |
103,482 |
65 |
1,592 |
62.8 |
| Grimes |
14,450 |
7 |
2,064 |
48.4 |
| Guadalupe |
48,488 |
16 |
3,031 |
33.0 |
| Hale |
38,302 |
24 |
1,596 |
62.7 |
| Hall |
5,366 |
3 |
1,789 |
55.9 |
| Hamilton |
8,275 |
6 |
1,379 |
72.5 |
| Hansford |
6,247 |
2 |
3,124 |
32.0 |
| Hardeman |
6,588 |
1 |
6,588 |
15.2 |
| Hardin |
41,451 |
12 |
3,454 |
28.9 |
| Harris |
2,546,578 |
1,665 |
1,529 |
65.4 |
| Harrison |
53,671 |
20 |
2,684 |
37.3 |
| Hartley |
4,159 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,736 |
3 |
2,579 |
38.8 |
| Hays |
42,971 |
19 |
2,262 |
44.2 |
| Hemphill |
5,705 |
3 |
1,902 |
52.6 |
| Henderson |
44,140 |
14 |
3,153 |
31.7 |
| Hidalgo |
298,564 |
106 |
2,817 |
35.5 |
| Hill |
25,003 |
15 |
1,667 |
60.0 |
| Hockley |
23,942 |
7 |
3,420 |
29.2 |
| Hood |
18,391 |
12 |
1,533 |
65.2 |
| Hopkins |
25,549 |
14 |
1,825 |
54.8 |
| Houston |
22,640 |
10 |
2,264 |
44.2 |
| Howard |
34,191 |
21 |
1,628 |
61.4 |
| Hudspeth |
2,956 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
56,894 |
19 |
2,994 |
33.4 |
| Hutchinson |
27,651 |
11 |
2,514 |
39.8 |
| Irion |
1,460 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,525 |
4 |
1,881 |
53.2 |
| Jackson |
13,750 |
4 |
3,438 |
29.1 |
| Jasper |
31,259 |
17 |
1,839 |
54.4 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,709 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
252,254 |
168 |
1,502 |
66.6 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,299 |
1 |
5,299 |
18.9 |
| Jim Wells |
37,319 |
17 |
2,195 |
45.6 |
| Johnson |
70,028 |
30 |
2,334 |
42.8 |
| Jones |
17,376 |
6 |
2,896 |
34.5 |
| Karnes |
13,624 |
4 |
3,406 |
29.4 |
| Kaufman |
40,142 |
22 |
1,825 |
54.8 |
| Kendall |
11,065 |
6 |
1,844 |
54.2 |
| Kenedy |
518 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,124 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
29,437 |
33 |
892 |
112.1 |
| Kimble |
4,174 |
1 |
4,174 |
24.0 |
| King |
427 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,406 |
1 |
2,406 |
41.6 |
| Kleberg |
34,018 |
14 |
2,430 |
41.2 |
| Knox |
5,355 |
2 |
2,678 |
37.3 |
| La Salle |
5,669 |
1 |
5,669 |
17.6 |
| Lamar |
42,492 |
18 |
2,361 |
42.4 |
| Lamb |
18,672 |
10 |
1,867 |
53.6 |
| Lampasas |
11,907 |
6 |
1,985 |
50.4 |
| Lavaca |
19,178 |
11 |
1,743 |
57.4 |
| Lee |
12,392 |
4 |
3,098 |
32.3 |
| Leon |
10,079 |
3 |
3,360 |
29.8 |
| Liberty |
49,017 |
14 |
3,501 |
28.6 |
| Limestone |
20,583 |
13 |
1,583 |
63.2 |
| Lipscomb |
4,029 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
137 |
1,557 |
64.2 |
| Lynn |
8,467 |
3 |
2,822 |
35.4 |
| McCulloch |
8,769 |
5 |
1,754 |
57.0 |
| McLennan |
173,737 |
90 |
1,930 |
51.8 |
| McMullen |
783 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,105 |
7 |
1,586 |
63.0 |
| Marion |
10,465 |
5 |
2,093 |
47.8 |
| Martin |
4,970 |
3 |
1,657 |
60.4 |
| Mason |
3,621 |
1 |
3,621 |
27.6 |
| Matagorda |
38,522 |
14 |
2,752 |
36.3 |
| Maverick |
33,010 |
6 |
5,502 |
18.2 |
| Medina |
23,216 |
5 |
4,643 |
21.5 |
| Menard |
2,361 |
1 |
2,361 |
42.4 |
| Midland |
88,997 |
44 |
2,023 |
49.4 |
| Milam |
23,183 |
8 |
2,898 |
34.5 |
| Mills |
4,547 |
3 |
1,516 |
66.0 |
| Mitchell |
9,125 |
8 |
1,141 |
87.7 |
| Montague |
17,747 |
7 |
2,535 |
39.4 |
| Montgomery |
136,497 |
31 |
4,403 |
22.7 |
| Moore |
17,206 |
11 |
1,564 |
63.9 |
| Morris |
14,930 |
9 |
1,659 |
60.3 |
| Motley |
1,879 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
47,786 |
35 |
1,365 |
73.2 |
| Navarro |
36,780 |
21 |
1,751 |
57.1 |
| Newton |
13,328 |
2 |
6,664 |
15.0 |
| Nolan |
17,694 |
6 |
2,949 |
33.9 |
| Nueces |
273,805 |
203 |
1,349 |
74.1 |
| Ochiltree |
10,194 |
3 |
3,398 |
29.4 |
| Oldham |
2,295 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
86,339 |
24 |
3,597 |
27.8 |
| Palo Pinto |
24,622 |
11 |
2,238 |
44.7 |
| Panola |
21,221 |
6 |
3,537 |
28.3 |
| Parker |
46,179 |
16 |
2,886 |
34.6 |
| Parmer |
11,054 |
3 |
3,685 |
27.1 |
| Pecos |
15,591 |
5 |
3,118 |
32.1 |
| Polk |
25,648 |
8 |
3,206 |
31.2 |
| Potter |
100,564 |
93 |
1,081 |
92.5 |
| Presidio |
5,272 |
2 |
2,636 |
37.9 |
| Rains |
4,986 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
76,788 |
7 |
10,970 |
9.1 |
| Reagan |
4,622 |
2 |
2,311 |
43.3 |
| Real |
2,569 |
1 |
2,569 |
38.9 |
| Red River |
16,078 |
4 |
4,020 |
24.9 |
| Reeves |
16,385 |
4 |
4,096 |
24.4 |
| Refugio |
9,403 |
2 |
4,702 |
21.3 |
| Roberts |
1,171 |
1 |
1,171 |
85.4 |
| Robertson |
15,177 |
3 |
5,059 |
19.8 |
| Rockwall |
15,578 |
6 |
2,596 |
38.5 |
| Runnels |
11,931 |
6 |
1,989 |
50.3 |
| Rusk |
41,995 |
14 |
3,000 |
33.3 |
| Sabine |
8,819 |
1 |
8,819 |
11.3 |
| San Augustine |
8,963 |
3 |
2,988 |
33.5 |
| San Jacinto |
11,725 |
1 |
11,725 |
8.5 |
| San Patricio |
59,388 |
22 |
2,699 |
37.0 |
| San Saba |
5,766 |
1 |
5,766 |
17.3 |
| Schleicher |
2,942 |
2 |
1,471 |
68.0 |
| Scurry |
18,899 |
6 |
3,150 |
31.7 |
| Shackelford |
4,027 |
1 |
4,027 |
24.8 |
| Shelby |
23,316 |
7 |
3,331 |
30.0 |
| Sherman |
3,218 |
1 |
3,218 |
31.1 |
| Smith |
132,732 |
103 |
1,289 |
77.6 |
| Somervell |
3,989 |
2 |
1,995 |
50.1 |
| Starr |
29,189 |
4 |
7,297 |
13.7 |
| Stephens |
10,232 |
6 |
1,705 |
58.6 |
| Sterling |
1,280 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
540 |
1,658 |
60.3 |
| Taylor |
115,025 |
64 |
1,797 |
55.6 |
| Terrell |
1,612 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
14,675 |
7 |
2,096 |
47.7 |
| Throckmorton |
2,142 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
21,926 |
17 |
1,290 |
77.5 |
| Tom Green |
87,225 |
45 |
1,938 |
51.6 |
| Travis |
430,443 |
277 |
1,554 |
64.4 |
| Trinity |
9,684 |
3 |
3,228 |
31.0 |
| Tyler |
16,378 |
4 |
4,095 |
24.4 |
| Upshur |
29,620 |
3 |
9,873 |
10.1 |
| Upton |
4,751 |
2 |
2,376 |
42.1 |
| Uvalde |
22,652 |
12 |
1,888 |
53.0 |
| Val Verde |
37,240 |
8 |
4,655 |
21.5 |
| Van Zandt |
31,787 |
7 |
4,541 |
22.0 |
| Victoria |
71,453 |
48 |
1,489 |
67.2 |
| Walker |
43,055 |
19 |
2,266 |
44.1 |
| Waller |
21,027 |
4 |
5,257 |
19.0 |
| Ward |
14,742 |
1 |
14,742 |
6.8 |
| Washington |
23,018 |
9 |
2,558 |
39.1 |
| Webb |
105,078 |
28 |
3,753 |
26.6 |
| Wharton |
40,557 |
25 |
1,622 |
61.6 |
| Wheeler |
7,310 |
7 |
1,044 |
95.8 |
| Wichita |
123,140 |
74 |
1,664 |
60.1 |
| Wilbarger |
16,198 |
11 |
1,473 |
67.9 |
| Willacy |
17,885 |
6 |
2,981 |
33.5 |
| Williamson |
81,839 |
22 |
3,720 |
26.9 |
| Wilson |
17,023 |
5 |
3,405 |
29.4 |
| Winkler |
10,515 |
6 |
1,753 |
57.1 |
| Wise |
27,222 |
11 |
2,475 |
40.4 |
| Wood |
24,988 |
7 |
3,570 |
28.0 |
| Yoakum |
8,387 |
2 |
4,194 |
23.8 |
| Young |
19,594 |
10 |
1,959 |
51.0 |
| Zapata |
7,098 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
11,850 |
4 |
2,963 |
33.8 |
| Texas Total |
14,746,544 |
7,883 |
1,871 |
53.5 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, 1981. Includes: all active physicians with a Texas mailing address and practicing in one of 5 direct patient care specialties: general pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, general internal medicine, family practice and general practice. Excludes: Federal physicians, residents and fellows. Note: 22,966 TX physicians, all specialties & settings; 16,540 Direct Patient Care (11.5% Rural); Primary Care Physicians were 16.3% Rural.
All physicians were categorized by the county of residence. The county was determined based on the zip code.
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of State Health Data and Policy Analysis, Health Professions Resource Center. August 23, 1999.
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