
| County |
1983 Estimated Population |
1983 PCP Total |
Ratio of 1983 Population per PCP* |
Ratio of PCPs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
44,380 |
19 |
2,336 |
42.8 |
| Andrews |
15,746 |
10 |
1,575 |
63.5 |
| Angelina |
68,337 |
41 |
1,667 |
60 |
| Aransas |
16,521 |
6 |
2,754 |
36.3 |
| Archer |
7,956 |
1 |
7,956 |
12.6 |
| Armstrong |
2,049 |
1 |
2,049 |
48.8 |
| Atascosa |
27,586 |
8 |
3,448 |
29 |
| Austin |
20,149 |
8 |
2,519 |
39.7 |
| Bailey |
8,172 |
3 |
2,724 |
36.7 |
| Bandera |
8,099 |
2 |
4,050 |
24.7 |
| Bastrop |
29,664 |
10 |
2,966 |
33.7 |
| Baylor |
5,239 |
2 |
2,620 |
38.2 |
| Bee |
27,911 |
12 |
2,326 |
43 |
| Bell |
170,363 |
122 |
1,396 |
71.6 |
| Bexar |
1,071,707 |
681 |
1,574 |
63.5 |
| Blanco |
4,902 |
4 |
1,226 |
81.6 |
| Borden |
1,010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bosque |
14,143 |
9 |
1,571 |
63.6 |
| Bowie |
78,525 |
54 |
1,454 |
68.8 |
| Brazoria |
184,146 |
70 |
2,631 |
38 |
| Brazos |
116,545 |
61 |
1,911 |
52.3 |
| Brewster |
8,412 |
9 |
935 |
107 |
| Briscoe |
2,344 |
1 |
2,344 |
42.7 |
| Brooks |
8,711 |
4 |
2,178 |
45.9 |
| Brown |
35,603 |
19 |
1,874 |
53.4 |
| Burleson |
14,620 |
4 |
3,655 |
27.4 |
| Burnet |
20,175 |
15 |
1,345 |
74.3 |
| Caldwell |
25,225 |
16 |
1,577 |
63.4 |
| Calhoun |
21,576 |
9 |
2,397 |
41.7 |
| Callahan |
12,530 |
4 |
3,133 |
31.9 |
| Cameron |
238,875 |
93 |
2,569 |
38.9 |
| Camp |
10,076 |
6 |
1,679 |
59.5 |
| Carson |
7,472 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cass |
30,592 |
16 |
1,912 |
52.3 |
| Castro |
10,286 |
2 |
5,143 |
19.4 |
| Chambers |
20,221 |
5 |
4,044 |
24.7 |
| Cherokee |
39,372 |
24 |
1,641 |
61 |
| Childress |
6,887 |
5 |
1,377 |
72.6 |
| Clay |
10,244 |
3 |
3,415 |
29.3 |
| Cochran |
4,614 |
1 |
4,614 |
21.7 |
| Coke |
3,744 |
1 |
3,744 |
26.7 |
| Coleman |
10,743 |
5 |
2,149 |
46.5 |
| Collin |
175,365 |
122 |
1,437 |
69.6 |
| Collingsworth |
4,396 |
2 |
2,198 |
45.5 |
| Colorado |
20,237 |
9 |
2,249 |
44.5 |
| Comal |
40,880 |
29 |
1,410 |
70.9 |
| Comanche |
13,476 |
8 |
1,685 |
59.4 |
| Concho |
3,119 |
2 |
1,560 |
64.1 |
| Cooke |
29,027 |
13 |
2,233 |
44.8 |
| Coryell |
59,236 |
11 |
5,385 |
18.6 |
| Cottle |
2,824 |
2 |
1,412 |
70.8 |
| Crane |
5,513 |
3 |
1,838 |
54.4 |
| Crockett |
5,170 |
1 |
5,170 |
19.3 |
| Crosby |
8,509 |
3 |
2,836 |
35.3 |
| Culberson |
3,677 |
2 |
1,839 |
54.4 |
| Dallam |
6,388 |
4 |
1,597 |
62.6 |
| Dallas |
1,678,362 |
1,146 |
1,465 |
68.3 |
| Dawson |
16,622 |
7 |
2,375 |
42.1 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,617 |
7 |
2,945 |
34 |
| Delta |
4,949 |
1 |
4,949 |
20.2 |
| Denton |
176,183 |
99 |
1,780 |
56.2 |
| De Witt |
19,906 |
8 |
2,488 |
40.2 |
| Dickens |
3,283 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dimmit |
12,019 |
3 |
4,006 |
25 |
| Donley |
4,271 |
2 |
2,136 |
46.8 |
| Duval |
13,545 |
5 |
2,709 |
36.9 |
| Eastland |
21,378 |
12 |
1,782 |
56.1 |
| Ector |
138,044 |
55 |
2,510 |
39.8 |
| Edwards |
2,268 |
1 |
2,268 |
44.1 |
| Ellis |
65,243 |
24 |
2,718 |
36.8 |
| El Paso |
521,040 |
221 |
2,358 |
42.4 |
| Erath |
24,610 |
13 |
1,893 |
52.8 |
| Falls |
18,494 |
8 |
2,312 |
43.3 |
| Fannin |
24,630 |
11 |
2,239 |
44.7 |
| Fayette |
20,959 |
16 |
1,310 |
76.3 |
| Fisher |
5,983 |
5 |
1,197 |
83.6 |
| Floyd |
9,105 |
5 |
1,821 |
54.9 |
| Foard |
2,078 |
1 |
2,078 |
48.1 |
| Fort Bend |
172,524 |
55 |
3,137 |
31.9 |
| Franklin |
7,418 |
4 |
1,855 |
53.9 |
| Freestone |
16,548 |
10 |
1,655 |
60.4 |
| Frio |
14,142 |
3 |
4,714 |
21.2 |
| Gaines |
14,378 |
5 |
2,876 |
34.8 |
| Galveston |
213,343 |
145 |
1,471 |
68 |
| Garza |
5,914 |
1 |
5,914 |
16.9 |
| Gillespie |
14,941 |
11 |
1,358 |
73.6 |
| Glasscock |
1,378 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Goliad |
5,878 |
1 |
5,878 |
17 |
| Gonzales |
18,769 |
9 |
2,085 |
48 |
| Gray |
28,450 |
18 |
1,581 |
63.3 |
| Grayson |
92,559 |
65 |
1,424 |
70.2 |
| Gregg |
110,649 |
81 |
1,366 |
73.2 |
| Grimes |
17,728 |
6 |
2,955 |
33.8 |
| Guadalupe |
52,025 |
16 |
3,252 |
30.8 |
| Hale |
37,708 |
27 |
1,397 |
71.6 |
| Hall |
5,199 |
3 |
1,733 |
57.7 |
| Hamilton |
8,359 |
7 |
1,194 |
83.7 |
| Hansford |
6,476 |
2 |
3,238 |
30.9 |
| Hardeman |
6,598 |
3 |
2,199 |
45.5 |
| Hardin |
43,118 |
11 |
3,920 |
25.5 |
| Harris |
2,757,210 |
1,987 |
1,388 |
72.1 |
| Harrison |
56,589 |
23 |
2,460 |
40.6 |
| Hartley |
4,088 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Haskell |
7,700 |
4 |
1,925 |
51.9 |
| Hays |
46,905 |
22 |
2,132 |
46.9 |
| Hemphill |
6,340 |
4 |
1,585 |
63.1 |
| Henderson |
48,151 |
16 |
3,009 |
33.2 |
| Hidalgo |
326,453 |
120 |
2,720 |
36.8 |
| Hill |
26,358 |
14 |
1,883 |
53.1 |
| Hockley |
25,105 |
9 |
2,789 |
35.8 |
| Hood |
21,282 |
15 |
1,419 |
70.5 |
| Hopkins |
27,202 |
14 |
1,943 |
51.5 |
| Houston |
22,445 |
9 |
2,494 |
40.1 |
| Howard |
36,871 |
21 |
1,756 |
57 |
| Hudspeth |
2,936 |
1 |
2,936 |
34.1 |
| Hunt |
61,010 |
22 |
2,773 |
36.1 |
| Hutchinson |
30,529 |
13 |
2,348 |
42.6 |
| Irion |
1,635 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jack |
7,792 |
3 |
2,597 |
38.5 |
| Jackson |
14,155 |
5 |
2,831 |
35.3 |
| Jasper |
31,940 |
17 |
1,879 |
53.2 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,742 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jefferson |
256,964 |
185 |
1,389 |
72 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,497 |
2 |
2,749 |
36.4 |
| Jim Wells |
39,967 |
18 |
2,220 |
45 |
| Johnson |
77,278 |
32 |
2,415 |
41.4 |
| Jones |
18,618 |
9 |
2,069 |
48.3 |
| Karnes |
13,679 |
4 |
3,420 |
29.2 |
| Kaufman |
43,851 |
28 |
1,566 |
63.9 |
| Kendall |
11,654 |
7 |
1,665 |
60.1 |
| Kenedy |
472 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kent |
1,115 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kerr |
31,568 |
11 |
2,870 |
34.8 |
| Kimble |
4,252 |
1 |
4,252 |
23.5 |
| King |
379 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kinney |
2,475 |
1 |
2,475 |
40.4 |
| Kleberg |
34,877 |
18 |
1,938 |
51.6 |
| Knox |
5,553 |
2 |
2,777 |
36 |
| Lamar |
43,391 |
22 |
1,972 |
50.7 |
| Lamb |
17,947 |
11 |
1,632 |
61.3 |
| Lampasas |
12,652 |
5 |
2,530 |
39.5 |
| La Salle |
5,971 |
1 |
5,971 |
16.7 |
| Lavaca |
19,488 |
11 |
1,772 |
56.4 |
| Lee |
13,822 |
5 |
2,764 |
36.2 |
| Leon |
11,531 |
4 |
2,883 |
34.7 |
| Liberty |
53,564 |
17 |
3,151 |
31.7 |
| Limestone |
21,379 |
18 |
1,188 |
84.2 |
| Lipscomb |
4,400 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Live Oak |
9,803 |
2 |
4,902 |
20.4 |
| Llano |
11,169 |
5 |
2,234 |
44.8 |
| Loving |
95 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lubbock |
219,307 |
160 |
1,371 |
73 |
| Lynn |
8,048 |
2 |
4,024 |
24.9 |
| McCulloch |
8,874 |
5 |
1,775 |
56.3 |
| McLennan |
179,177 |
89 |
2,013 |
49.7 |
| McMullen |
840 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Madison |
11,726 |
4 |
2,932 |
34.1 |
| Marion |
10,904 |
7 |
1,558 |
64.2 |
| Martin |
5,470 |
4 |
1,368 |
73.1 |
| Mason |
3,609 |
2 |
1,805 |
55.4 |
| Matagorda |
37,579 |
16 |
2,349 |
42.6 |
| Maverick |
34,981 |
8 |
4,373 |
22.9 |
| Medina |
24,079 |
7 |
3,440 |
29.1 |
| Menard |
2,421 |
2 |
1,211 |
82.6 |
| Midland |
106,723 |
62 |
1,721 |
58.1 |
| Milam |
23,611 |
9 |
2,623 |
38.1 |
| Mills |
4,659 |
1 |
4,659 |
21.5 |
| Mitchell |
9,493 |
6 |
1,582 |
63.2 |
| Montague |
18,586 |
12 |
1,549 |
64.6 |
| Montgomery |
160,972 |
45 |
3,577 |
28 |
| Moore |
18,353 |
13 |
1,412 |
70.8 |
| Morris |
15,119 |
8 |
1,890 |
52.9 |
| Motley |
1,875 |
1 |
1,875 |
53.3 |
| Nacogdoches |
50,143 |
34 |
1,475 |
67.8 |
| Navarro |
38,205 |
26 |
1,469 |
68.1 |
| Newton |
13,460 |
1 |
13,460 |
7.4 |
| Nolan |
18,120 |
5 |
3,624 |
27.6 |
| Nueces |
288,830 |
215 |
1,343 |
74.4 |
| Ochiltree |
11,114 |
3 |
3,705 |
27 |
| Oldham |
2,419 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Orange |
87,106 |
30 |
2,904 |
34.4 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,945 |
16 |
1,622 |
61.7 |
| Panola |
22,444 |
6 |
3,741 |
26.7 |
| Parker |
49,073 |
18 |
2,726 |
36.7 |
| Parmer |
10,701 |
4 |
2,675 |
37.4 |
| Pecos |
17,289 |
7 |
2,470 |
40.5 |
| Polk |
27,898 |
12 |
2,325 |
43 |
| Potter |
104,410 |
107 |
976 |
102.5 |
| Presidio |
5,602 |
2 |
2,801 |
35.7 |
| Rains |
5,566 |
1 |
5,566 |
18 |
| Randall |
79,383 |
8 |
9,923 |
10.1 |
| Reagan |
5,039 |
2 |
2,520 |
39.7 |
| Real |
2,584 |
1 |
2,584 |
38.7 |
| Red River |
15,921 |
4 |
3,980 |
25.1 |
| Reeves |
17,262 |
5 |
3,452 |
29 |
| Refugio |
9,443 |
4 |
2,361 |
42.4 |
| Roberts |
1,189 |
1 |
1,189 |
84.1 |
| Robertson |
15,852 |
3 |
5,284 |
18.9 |
| Rockwall |
17,366 |
8 |
2,171 |
46.1 |
| Runnels |
12,421 |
8 |
1,553 |
64.4 |
| Rusk |
44,163 |
17 |
2,598 |
38.5 |
| Sabine |
9,276 |
2 |
4,638 |
21.6 |
| San Augustine |
8,839 |
2 |
4,420 |
22.6 |
| San Jacinto |
13,641 |
1 |
13,641 |
7.3 |
| San Patricio |
62,345 |
24 |
2,598 |
38.5 |
| San Saba |
5,987 |
1 |
5,987 |
16.7 |
| Schleicher |
3,460 |
1 |
3,460 |
28.9 |
| Scurry |
20,664 |
9 |
2,296 |
43.6 |
| Shackelford |
4,291 |
2 |
2,146 |
46.6 |
| Shelby |
23,116 |
7 |
3,302 |
30.3 |
| Sherman |
3,246 |
1 |
3,246 |
30.8 |
| Smith |
141,242 |
111 |
1,272 |
78.6 |
| Somervell |
4,763 |
2 |
2,382 |
42 |
| Starr |
32,342 |
7 |
4,620 |
21.6 |
| Stephens |
10,814 |
4 |
2,704 |
37 |
| Sterling |
1,509 |
1 |
1,509 |
66.3 |
| Stonewall |
2,502 |
1 |
2,502 |
40 |
| Sutton |
5,936 |
2 |
2,968 |
33.7 |
| Swisher |
9,110 |
3 |
3,037 |
32.9 |
| Tarrant |
967,412 |
628 |
1,540 |
64.9 |
| Taylor |
121,796 |
73 |
1,668 |
59.9 |
| Terrell |
1,609 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Terry |
15,025 |
6 |
2,504 |
39.9 |
| Throckmorton |
2,304 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Titus |
23,281 |
18 |
1,293 |
77.3 |
| Tom Green |
94,548 |
53 |
1,784 |
56.1 |
| Travis |
473,878 |
346 |
1,370 |
73 |
| Trinity |
10,483 |
4 |
2,621 |
38.2 |
| Tyler |
16,856 |
7 |
2,408 |
41.5 |
| Upshur |
32,234 |
4 |
8,059 |
12.4 |
| Upton |
5,474 |
3 |
1,825 |
54.8 |
| Uvalde |
23,720 |
13 |
1,825 |
54.8 |
| Val Verde |
39,674 |
9 |
4,408 |
22.7 |
| Van Zandt |
34,092 |
8 |
4,262 |
23.5 |
| Victoria |
75,037 |
56 |
1,340 |
74.6 |
| Walker |
47,649 |
31 |
1,537 |
65.1 |
| Waller |
23,273 |
7 |
3,325 |
30.1 |
| Ward |
16,280 |
5 |
3,256 |
30.7 |
| Washington |
24,856 |
17 |
1,462 |
68.4 |
| Webb |
115,426 |
33 |
3,498 |
28.6 |
| Wharton |
41,432 |
28 |
1,480 |
67.6 |
| Wheeler |
8,257 |
6 |
1,376 |
72.7 |
| Wichita |
125,916 |
77 |
1,635 |
61.2 |
| Wilbarger |
16,786 |
11 |
1,526 |
65.5 |
| Willacy |
18,509 |
6 |
3,085 |
32.4 |
| Williamson |
92,628 |
29 |
3,194 |
31.3 |
| Wilson |
18,020 |
5 |
3,604 |
27.7 |
| Winkler |
11,459 |
4 |
2,865 |
34.9 |
| Wise |
29,406 |
10 |
2,941 |
34 |
| Wood |
26,869 |
12 |
2,239 |
44.7 |
| Yoakum |
8,984 |
2 |
4,492 |
22.3 |
| Young |
21,049 |
13 |
1,619 |
61.8 |
| Zapata |
7,962 |
2 |
3,981 |
25.1 |
| Zavala |
12,475 |
5 |
2,495 |
40.1 |
| Texas Total |
15,751,925 |
9,171 |
1,718 |
58.2 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, 1983.
Includes all active physicians with a Texas practice address.
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center February 20, 2001.
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