| County |
1982 Estimated Population |
1982 Diet Totals |
Ratio of 1982 Population per Diet* |
Ratio of Diet per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
40,457 |
1 |
40,457 |
2.5 |
| Andrews |
13,930 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Angelina |
67,421 |
8 |
8,428 |
11.9 |
| Aransas |
15,375 |
1 |
15,375 |
6.5 |
| Archer |
7,637 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
2,021 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
26,692 |
1 |
26,692 |
3.7 |
| Austin |
18,684 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bailey |
8,283 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bandera |
7,603 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
26,430 |
1 |
26,430 |
3.8 |
| Baylor |
4,851 |
2 |
2,426 |
41.2 |
| Bee |
26,958 |
2 |
13,479 |
7.4 |
| Bell |
165,237 |
48 |
3,442 |
29.0 |
| Bexar |
1,025,316 |
223 |
4,598 |
21.7 |
| Blanco |
4,915 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Borden |
859 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
13,891 |
1 |
13,891 |
7.2 |
| Bowie |
76,753 |
8 |
9,594 |
10.4 |
| Brazoria |
185,244 |
12 |
15,437 |
6.5 |
| Brazos |
94,492 |
30 |
3,150 |
31.7 |
| Brewster |
7,562 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Briscoe |
2,555 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,580 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brown |
34,642 |
4 |
8,661 |
11.5 |
| Burleson |
12,794 |
1 |
12,794 |
7.8 |
| Burnet |
19,294 |
1 |
19,294 |
5.2 |
| Caldwell |
24,146 |
3 |
8,049 |
12.4 |
| Calhoun |
19,893 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Callahan |
11,750 |
1 |
11,750 |
8.5 |
| Cameron |
229,139 |
16 |
14,321 |
7.0 |
| Camp |
9,641 |
1 |
9,641 |
10.4 |
| Carson |
6,752 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
30,683 |
2 |
15,342 |
6.5 |
| Castro |
10,925 |
1 |
10,925 |
9.2 |
| Chambers |
20,247 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cherokee |
39,520 |
3 |
13,173 |
7.6 |
| Childress |
7,029 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Clay |
9,933 |
1 |
9,933 |
10.1 |
| Cochran |
4,876 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,204 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
10,457 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
165,067 |
70 |
2,358 |
42.4 |
| Collingsworth |
4,644 |
2 |
2,322 |
43.1 |
| Colorado |
19,031 |
1 |
19,031 |
5.3 |
| Comal |
39,564 |
6 |
6,594 |
15.2 |
| Comanche |
12,778 |
1 |
12,778 |
7.8 |
| Concho |
2,939 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
28,463 |
2 |
14,232 |
7.0 |
| Coryell |
59,809 |
7 |
8,544 |
11.7 |
| Cottle |
2,895 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
4,741 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,824 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crosby |
9,064 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,616 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
6,645 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallas |
1,606,720 |
340 |
4,726 |
21.2 |
| Dawson |
16,159 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Deaf Smith |
22,134 |
1 |
22,134 |
4.5 |
| Delta |
4,848 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
160,821 |
50 |
3,216 |
31.1 |
| De Witt |
19,016 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dickens |
3,518 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,957 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
4,178 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
12,842 |
1 |
12,842 |
7.8 |
| Eastland |
19,762 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ector |
121,052 |
4 |
30,263 |
3.3 |
| Edwards |
2,127 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
62,839 |
5 |
12,568 |
8.0 |
| El Paso |
513,302 |
67 |
7,661 |
13.1 |
| Erath |
23,518 |
2 |
11,759 |
8.5 |
| Falls |
18,039 |
3 |
6,013 |
16.6 |
| Fannin |
24,643 |
4 |
6,161 |
16.2 |
| Fayette |
19,106 |
2 |
9,553 |
10.5 |
| Fisher |
5,860 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
10,017 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Foard |
2,119 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
151,665 |
37 |
4,099 |
24.4 |
| Franklin |
7,322 |
1 |
7,322 |
13.7 |
| Freestone |
15,930 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Frio |
14,554 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gaines |
13,546 |
3 |
4,515 |
22.1 |
| Galveston |
201,474 |
35 |
5,756 |
17.4 |
| Garza |
5,384 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
14,151 |
2 |
7,076 |
14.1 |
| Glasscock |
1,339 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,307 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gonzales |
17,068 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gray |
26,158 |
2 |
13,079 |
7.6 |
| Grayson |
90,830 |
8 |
11,354 |
8.8 |
| Gregg |
104,690 |
11 |
9,517 |
10.5 |
| Grimes |
13,986 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Guadalupe |
50,021 |
4 |
12,505 |
8.0 |
| Hale |
38,657 |
2 |
19,329 |
5.2 |
| Hall |
5,535 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
8,542 |
2 |
4,271 |
23.4 |
| Hansford |
6,178 |
2 |
3,089 |
32.4 |
| Hardeman |
6,350 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
43,398 |
4 |
10,850 |
9.2 |
| Harris |
2,571,295 |
590 |
4,358 |
22.9 |
| Harrison |
53,923 |
3 |
17,974 |
5.6 |
| Hartley |
4,266 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,588 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
41,180 |
2 |
20,590 |
4.9 |
| Hemphill |
5,873 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
46,704 |
1 |
46,704 |
2.1 |
| Hidalgo |
311,966 |
17 |
18,351 |
5.4 |
| Hill |
25,515 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hockley |
23,916 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hood |
20,449 |
2 |
10,225 |
9.8 |
| Hopkins |
26,255 |
3 |
8,752 |
11.4 |
| Houston |
23,178 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Howard |
32,353 |
6 |
5,392 |
18.5 |
| Hudspeth |
2,943 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
56,692 |
8 |
7,087 |
14.1 |
| Hutchinson |
26,522 |
5 |
5,304 |
18.9 |
| Irion |
1,464 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,566 |
1 |
7,566 |
13.2 |
| Jackson |
13,407 |
2 |
6,704 |
14.9 |
| Jasper |
32,183 |
1 |
32,183 |
3.1 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,709 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
250,901 |
21 |
11,948 |
8.4 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,372 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
37,473 |
3 |
12,491 |
8.0 |
| Johnson |
73,071 |
14 |
5,219 |
19.2 |
| Jones |
17,541 |
3 |
5,847 |
17.1 |
| Karnes |
13,635 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kaufman |
40,714 |
3 |
13,571 |
7.4 |
| Kendall |
11,439 |
3 |
3,813 |
26.2 |
| Kenedy |
590 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,111 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
30,768 |
13 |
2,367 |
42.3 |
| Kimble |
4,083 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
432 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,409 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
33,743 |
8 |
4,218 |
23.7 |
| Knox |
5,243 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
43,532 |
2 |
21,766 |
4.6 |
| Lamb |
18,976 |
1 |
18,976 |
5.3 |
| Lampasas |
12,628 |
1 |
12,628 |
7.9 |
| La Salle |
5,656 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
19,201 |
3 |
6,400 |
15.6 |
| Lee |
11,639 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Leon |
9,859 |
2 |
4,930 |
20.3 |
| Liberty |
50,768 |
1 |
50,768 |
2.0 |
| Limestone |
20,602 |
2 |
10,301 |
9.7 |
| Lipscomb |
3,864 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
10,361 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Llano |
10,735 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Loving |
87 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
216,772 |
65 |
3,335 |
30.0 |
| Lynn |
8,788 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,765 |
1 |
8,765 |
11.4 |
| McLennan |
175,171 |
21 |
8,341 |
12.0 |
| McMullen |
771 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
10,646 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Marion |
10,823 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
4,768 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,729 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
40,331 |
5 |
8,066 |
12.4 |
| Maverick |
35,640 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Medina |
23,878 |
2 |
11,939 |
8.4 |
| Menard |
2,329 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
86,718 |
15 |
5,781 |
17.3 |
| Milam |
23,373 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mills |
4,524 |
1 |
4,524 |
22.1 |
| Mitchell |
9,180 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
17,829 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montgomery |
148,705 |
6 |
24,784 |
4.0 |
| Moore |
17,100 |
1 |
17,100 |
5.8 |
| Morris |
15,145 |
1 |
15,145 |
6.6 |
| Motley |
1,919 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
47,848 |
6 |
7,975 |
12.5 |
| Navarro |
36,216 |
4 |
9,054 |
11.0 |
| Newton |
13,639 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
17,622 |
2 |
8,811 |
11.3 |
| Nueces |
275,356 |
40 |
6,884 |
14.5 |
| Ochiltree |
9,538 |
2 |
4,769 |
21.0 |
| Oldham |
2,289 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
86,347 |
4 |
21,587 |
4.6 |
| Palo Pinto |
23,287 |
1 |
23,287 |
4.3 |
| Panola |
21,983 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Parker |
47,280 |
7 |
6,754 |
14.8 |
| Parmer |
11,345 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pecos |
15,107 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Polk |
27,036 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Potter |
100,194 |
27 |
3,711 |
26.9 |
| Presidio |
5,343 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
5,109 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
79,339 |
2 |
39,670 |
2.5 |
| Reagan |
4,363 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,539 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
16,546 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Reeves |
15,953 |
1 |
15,953 |
6.3 |
| Refugio |
9,276 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Roberts |
1,250 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
14,723 |
1 |
14,723 |
6.8 |
| Rockwall |
16,427 |
4 |
4,107 |
24.4 |
| Runnels |
11,903 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rusk |
43,218 |
2 |
21,609 |
4.6 |
| Sabine |
9,011 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Augustine |
8,960 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Jacinto |
12,696 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Patricio |
60,579 |
2 |
30,290 |
3.3 |
| San Saba |
6,361 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
2,949 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
18,686 |
1 |
18,686 |
5.4 |
| Shackelford |
4,083 |
1 |
4,083 |
24.5 |
| Shelby |
23,813 |
1 |
23,813 |
4.2 |
| Sherman |
3,088 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
135,286 |
23 |
5,882 |
17.0 |
| Somervell |
4,541 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
30,408 |
2 |
15,204 |
6.6 |
| Stephens |
10,329 |
1 |
10,329 |
9.7 |
| Sterling |
1,225 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,397 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
5,581 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
9,792 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tarrant |
891,619 |
154 |
5,790 |
17.3 |
| Taylor |
113,074 |
16 |
7,067 |
14.2 |
| Terrell |
1,624 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
14,927 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Throckmorton |
2,040 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
22,554 |
2 |
11,277 |
8.9 |
| Tom Green |
87,655 |
13 |
6,743 |
14.8 |
| Travis |
442,839 |
149 |
2,972 |
33.6 |
| Trinity |
9,901 |
1 |
9,901 |
10.1 |
| Tyler |
17,181 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
30,553 |
2 |
15,277 |
6.5 |
| Upton |
4,687 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
23,890 |
3 |
7,963 |
12.6 |
| Val Verde |
38,379 |
1 |
38,379 |
2.6 |
| Van Zandt |
33,807 |
3 |
11,269 |
8.9 |
| Victoria |
72,208 |
9 |
8,023 |
12.5 |
| Walker |
42,905 |
7 |
6,129 |
16.3 |
| Waller |
20,795 |
1 |
20,795 |
4.8 |
| Ward |
14,230 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Washington |
22,687 |
5 |
4,537 |
22.0 |
| Webb |
108,701 |
3 |
36,234 |
2.8 |
| Wharton |
41,036 |
5 |
8,207 |
12.2 |
| Wheeler |
7,325 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
120,209 |
30 |
4,007 |
25.0 |
| Wilbarger |
16,041 |
1 |
16,041 |
6.2 |
| Willacy |
18,112 |
1 |
18,112 |
5.5 |
| Williamson |
87,152 |
17 |
5,127 |
19.5 |
| Wilson |
17,692 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Winkler |
10,078 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wise |
28,195 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wood |
26,194 |
1 |
26,194 |
3.8 |
| Yoakum |
8,538 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
19,949 |
1 |
19,949 |
5.0 |
| Zapata |
7,133 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,025 |
1 |
12,025 |
8.3 |
| Texas Total |
14,944,493 |
2,452 |
6,095 |
16.4 |
*Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Manpower Special Reports, Bureau of State Health Data and Policy Analysis, Texas Department of Health, 1982.
Prepared By: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center, July 20, 2000.
Return to Previous Page