
| County |
1982 Population |
1982 Optometrist Total |
Ratio of 1982 Population per Optometrist* |
Ratio of Optometrists per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
40,457 |
4 |
10,114 |
9.9 |
| Andrews |
13,930 |
2 |
6,965 |
14.4 |
| Angelina |
67,421 |
7 |
9,632 |
10.4 |
| 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 |
1 |
18,684 |
5.4 |
| Bailey |
8,283 |
1 |
8,283 |
12.1 |
| Bandera |
7,603 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
26,430 |
1 |
26,430 |
3.8 |
| Baylor |
4,851 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bee |
26,958 |
2 |
13,479 |
7.4 |
| Bell |
165,237 |
12 |
13,770 |
7.3 |
| Bexar |
1,025,316 |
63 |
16,275 |
6.1 |
| Blanco |
4,915 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Borden |
859 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
13,891 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bowie |
76,753 |
9 |
8,528 |
11.7 |
| Brazoria |
185,244 |
13 |
14,250 |
7.0 |
| Brazos |
94,492 |
6 |
15,749 |
6.3 |
| Brewster |
7,562 |
1 |
7,562 |
13.2 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Burnet |
19,294 |
4 |
4,824 |
20.7 |
| Caldwell |
24,146 |
2 |
12,073 |
8.3 |
| Calhoun |
19,893 |
2 |
9,947 |
10.1 |
| Callahan |
11,750 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
229,139 |
9 |
25,460 |
3.9 |
| Camp |
9,641 |
2 |
4,821 |
20.7 |
| 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 |
4 |
9,880 |
10.1 |
| Childress |
7,029 |
3 |
2,343 |
42.7 |
| Clay |
9,933 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cochran |
4,876 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,204 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
10,457 |
1 |
10,457 |
9.6 |
| Collin |
165,067 |
22 |
7,503 |
13.3 |
| Collingsworth |
4,644 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
19,031 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comal |
39,564 |
5 |
7,913 |
12.6 |
| 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 |
2 |
29,905 |
3.3 |
| 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 |
2 |
3,323 |
30.1 |
| Dallas |
1,606,720 |
116 |
13,851 |
7.2 |
| Dawson |
16,159 |
1 |
16,159 |
6.2 |
| Deaf Smith |
22,134 |
1 |
22,134 |
4.5 |
| Delta |
4,848 |
2 |
2,424 |
41.3 |
| Denton |
160,821 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| De Witt |
19,016 |
10 |
1,902 |
52.6 |
| Dickens |
3,518 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,957 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
4,178 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
12,842 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Eastland |
19,762 |
3 |
6,587 |
15.2 |
| Ector |
121,052 |
12 |
10,088 |
9.9 |
| Edwards |
2,127 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
62,839 |
4 |
15,710 |
6.4 |
| El Paso |
513,302 |
28 |
18,332 |
5.5 |
| Erath |
23,518 |
4 |
5,880 |
17.0 |
| Falls |
18,039 |
1 |
18,039 |
5.5 |
| Fannin |
24,643 |
3 |
8,214 |
12.2 |
| Fayette |
19,106 |
4 |
4,777 |
20.9 |
| Fisher |
5,860 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
10,017 |
1 |
10,017 |
10.0 |
| Foard |
2,119 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
151,665 |
6 |
25,278 |
4.0 |
| Franklin |
7,322 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
15,930 |
2 |
7,965 |
12.6 |
| Frio |
14,554 |
1 |
14,554 |
6.9 |
| Gaines |
13,546 |
1 |
13,546 |
7.4 |
| Galveston |
201,474 |
15 |
13,432 |
7.4 |
| 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 |
2 |
8,534 |
11.7 |
| Gray |
26,158 |
6 |
4,360 |
22.9 |
| Grayson |
90,830 |
8 |
11,354 |
8.8 |
| Gregg |
104,690 |
14 |
7,478 |
13.4 |
| Grimes |
13,986 |
1 |
13,986 |
7.2 |
| Guadalupe |
50,021 |
5 |
10,004 |
10.0 |
| Hale |
38,657 |
4 |
9,664 |
10.3 |
| Hall |
5,535 |
1 |
5,535 |
18.1 |
| Hamilton |
8,542 |
1 |
8,542 |
11.7 |
| Hansford |
6,178 |
1 |
6,178 |
16.2 |
| Hardeman |
6,350 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
43,398 |
1 |
43,398 |
2.3 |
| Harris |
2,571,295 |
208 |
12,362 |
8.1 |
| Harrison |
53,923 |
4 |
13,481 |
7.4 |
| Hartley |
4,266 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,588 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
41,180 |
6 |
6,863 |
14.6 |
| Hemphill |
5,873 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
46,704 |
3 |
15,568 |
6.4 |
| Hidalgo |
311,966 |
14 |
22,283 |
4.5 |
| Hill |
25,515 |
2 |
12,758 |
7.8 |
| Hockley |
23,916 |
1 |
23,916 |
4.2 |
| Hood |
20,449 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hopkins |
26,255 |
2 |
13,128 |
7.6 |
| Houston |
23,178 |
2 |
11,589 |
8.6 |
| Howard |
32,353 |
6 |
5,392 |
18.5 |
| Hudspeth |
2,943 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
56,692 |
3 |
18,897 |
5.3 |
| Hutchinson |
26,522 |
5 |
5,304 |
18.9 |
| Irion |
1,464 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,566 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
13,407 |
1 |
13,407 |
7.5 |
| Jasper |
32,183 |
4 |
8,046 |
12.4 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,709 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
250,901 |
18 |
13,939 |
7.2 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,372 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
37,473 |
6 |
6,246 |
16.0 |
| Johnson |
73,071 |
8 |
9,134 |
10.9 |
| Jones |
17,541 |
1 |
17,541 |
5.7 |
| Karnes |
13,635 |
1 |
13,635 |
7.3 |
| Kaufman |
40,714 |
3 |
13,571 |
7.4 |
| Kendall |
11,439 |
1 |
11,439 |
8.7 |
| Kenedy |
590 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,111 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
30,768 |
2 |
15,384 |
6.5 |
| Kimble |
4,083 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
432 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,409 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
33,743 |
2 |
16,872 |
5.9 |
| Knox |
5,243 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
43,532 |
5 |
8,706 |
11.5 |
| Lamb |
18,976 |
2 |
9,488 |
10.5 |
| Lampasas |
12,628 |
1 |
12,628 |
7.9 |
| La Salle |
5,656 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
19,201 |
1 |
19,201 |
5.2 |
| Lee |
11,639 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Leon |
9,859 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Liberty |
50,768 |
4 |
12,692 |
7.9 |
| Limestone |
20,602 |
1 |
20,602 |
4.9 |
| 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 |
29 |
7,475 |
13.4 |
| Lynn |
8,788 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,765 |
1 |
8,765 |
11.4 |
| McLennan |
175,171 |
13 |
13,475 |
7.4 |
| 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 |
3 |
13,444 |
7.4 |
| Maverick |
35,640 |
1 |
35,640 |
2.8 |
| Medina |
23,878 |
2 |
11,939 |
8.4 |
| Menard |
2,329 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
86,718 |
7 |
12,388 |
8.1 |
| Milam |
23,373 |
2 |
11,687 |
8.6 |
| Mills |
4,524 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
9,180 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
17,829 |
3 |
5,943 |
16.8 |
| Montgomery |
148,705 |
4 |
37,176 |
2.7 |
| Moore |
17,100 |
4 |
4,275 |
23.4 |
| Morris |
15,145 |
1 |
15,145 |
6.6 |
| Motley |
1,919 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
47,848 |
5 |
9,570 |
10.4 |
| Navarro |
36,216 |
3 |
12,072 |
8.3 |
| Newton |
13,639 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
17,622 |
3 |
5,874 |
17.0 |
| Nueces |
275,356 |
13 |
21,181 |
4.7 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Panola |
21,983 |
2 |
10,992 |
9.1 |
| Parker |
47,280 |
2 |
23,640 |
4.2 |
| Parmer |
11,345 |
1 |
11,345 |
8.8 |
| Pecos |
15,107 |
1 |
15,107 |
6.6 |
| Polk |
27,036 |
3 |
9,012 |
11.1 |
| Potter |
100,194 |
23 |
4,356 |
23.0 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rockwall |
16,427 |
1 |
16,427 |
6.1 |
| 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 |
3 |
20,193 |
5.0 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shelby |
23,813 |
2 |
11,907 |
8.4 |
| Sherman |
3,088 |
1 |
3,088 |
32.4 |
| Smith |
135,286 |
10 |
13,529 |
7.4 |
| Somervell |
4,541 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
30,408 |
1 |
30,408 |
3.3 |
| 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 |
1 |
9,792 |
10.2 |
| Tarrant |
891,619 |
64 |
13,932 |
7.2 |
| Taylor |
113,074 |
11 |
10,279 |
9.7 |
| Terrell |
1,624 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
14,927 |
2 |
7,464 |
13.4 |
| Throckmorton |
2,040 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
22,554 |
3 |
7,518 |
13.3 |
| Tom Green |
87,655 |
11 |
7,969 |
12.5 |
| Travis |
442,839 |
31 |
14,285 |
7.0 |
| Trinity |
9,901 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
3 |
12,793 |
7.8 |
| Van Zandt |
33,807 |
1 |
33,807 |
3.0 |
| Victoria |
72,208 |
9 |
8,023 |
12.5 |
| Walker |
42,905 |
3 |
14,302 |
7.0 |
| Waller |
20,795 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ward |
14,230 |
1 |
14,230 |
7.0 |
| Washington |
22,687 |
4 |
5,672 |
17.6 |
| Webb |
108,701 |
4 |
27,175 |
3.7 |
| Wharton |
41,036 |
3 |
13,679 |
7.3 |
| Wheeler |
7,325 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
120,209 |
15 |
8,014 |
12.5 |
| Wilbarger |
16,041 |
3 |
5,347 |
18.7 |
| Willacy |
18,112 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
87,152 |
6 |
14,525 |
6.9 |
| Wilson |
17,692 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Winkler |
10,078 |
2 |
5,039 |
19.8 |
| Wise |
28,195 |
1 |
28,195 |
3.5 |
| Wood |
26,194 |
3 |
8,731 |
11.5 |
| Yoakum |
8,538 |
1 |
8,538 |
11.7 |
| Young |
19,949 |
3 |
6,650 |
15.0 |
| Zapata |
7,133 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,025 |
1 |
12,025 |
8.3 |
| Texas Total |
14,944,493 |
1,118 |
13,367 |
7.5 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Manpower Special Reports 1982, Texas Department of Health
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning Analysis, Health Professions Resource Center, January 16, 2001.
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