
| County |
1984 Estimated Population |
1984 PCP Total |
Ratio of 1984 Population per PCP* |
Ratio of PCPs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
45,214 |
19 |
2,380 |
42.0 |
| Andrews |
15,756 |
8 |
1,970 |
50.8 |
| Angelina |
68,315 |
45 |
1,518 |
65.9 |
| Aransas |
17,261 |
8 |
2,158 |
46.3 |
| Archer |
8,101 |
1 |
8,101 |
12.3 |
| Armstrong |
2,027 |
1 |
2,027 |
49.3 |
| Atascosa |
28,255 |
9 |
3,139 |
31.9 |
| Austin |
20,585 |
9 |
2,287 |
43.7 |
| Bailey |
7,903 |
4 |
1,976 |
50.6 |
| Bandera |
8,556 |
2 |
4,278 |
23.4 |
| Bastrop |
32,047 |
9 |
3,561 |
28.1 |
| Baylor |
5,155 |
3 |
1,718 |
58.2 |
| Bee |
27,635 |
13 |
2,126 |
47.0 |
| Bell |
174,172 |
130 |
1,340 |
74.6 |
| Bexar |
1,094,802 |
700 |
1,564 |
63.9 |
| Blanco |
4,988 |
2 |
2,494 |
40.1 |
| Borden |
930 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
14,308 |
11 |
1,301 |
76.9 |
| Bowie |
79,193 |
56 |
1,414 |
70.7 |
| Brazoria |
186,330 |
72 |
2,588 |
38.6 |
| Brazos |
118,968 |
60 |
1,983 |
50.4 |
| Brewster |
8,702 |
9 |
967 |
103.4 |
| Briscoe |
2,291 |
1 |
2,291 |
43.6 |
| Brooks |
8,796 |
4 |
2,199 |
45.5 |
| Brown |
35,761 |
20 |
1,788 |
55.9 |
| Burleson |
14,714 |
3 |
4,905 |
20.4 |
| Burnet |
21,360 |
15 |
1,424 |
70.2 |
| Caldwell |
25,699 |
15 |
1,713 |
58.4 |
| Calhoun |
21,211 |
11 |
1,928 |
51.9 |
| Callahan |
12,834 |
5 |
2,567 |
39.0 |
| Cameron |
242,357 |
101 |
2,400 |
41.7 |
| Camp |
9,844 |
4 |
2,461 |
40.6 |
| Carson |
7,286 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
30,417 |
17 |
1,789 |
55.9 |
| Castro |
10,015 |
2 |
5,008 |
20.0 |
| Chambers |
20,250 |
4 |
5,063 |
19.8 |
| Cherokee |
39,928 |
21 |
1,901 |
52.6 |
| Childress |
6,786 |
4 |
1,697 |
58.9 |
| Clay |
10,306 |
2 |
5,153 |
19.4 |
| Cochran |
4,593 |
2 |
2,297 |
43.5 |
| Coke |
3,745 |
1 |
3,745 |
26.7 |
| Coleman |
10,919 |
6 |
1,820 |
55.0 |
| Collin |
189,061 |
88 |
2,148 |
46.5 |
| Collingsworth |
4,351 |
1 |
4,351 |
23.0 |
| Colorado |
20,428 |
8 |
2,554 |
39.2 |
| Comal |
42,956 |
29 |
1,481 |
67.5 |
| Comanche |
13,453 |
8 |
1,682 |
59.5 |
| Concho |
3,163 |
2 |
1,582 |
63.2 |
| Cooke |
29,171 |
13 |
2,244 |
44.6 |
| Coryell |
57,605 |
9 |
6,401 |
15.6 |
| Cottle |
2,797 |
1 |
2,797 |
35.8 |
| Crane |
5,460 |
4 |
1,365 |
73.3 |
| Crockett |
4,942 |
1 |
4,942 |
20.2 |
| Crosby |
8,323 |
4 |
2,081 |
48.1 |
| Culberson |
3,732 |
2 |
1,866 |
53.6 |
| Dallam |
6,380 |
3 |
2,127 |
47.0 |
| Dallas |
1,713,904 |
1,230 |
1,393 |
71.8 |
| Dawson |
15,880 |
5 |
3,176 |
31.5 |
| Deaf Smith |
20,794 |
5 |
4,159 |
24.0 |
| Delta |
4,970 |
1 |
4,970 |
20.1 |
| Denton |
192,179 |
99 |
1,941 |
51.5 |
| De Witt |
19,965 |
7 |
2,852 |
35.1 |
| Dickens |
3,147 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,963 |
2 |
5,982 |
16.7 |
| Donley |
4,175 |
1 |
4,175 |
24.0 |
| Duval |
13,533 |
5 |
2,707 |
36.9 |
| Eastland |
21,031 |
13 |
1,618 |
61.8 |
| Ector |
134,009 |
57 |
2,351 |
42.5 |
| Edwards |
2,263 |
1 |
2,263 |
44.2 |
| Ellis |
68,403 |
25 |
2,736 |
36.5 |
| El Paso |
529,666 |
232 |
2,283 |
43.8 |
| Erath |
25,488 |
11 |
2,317 |
43.2 |
| Falls |
18,520 |
7 |
2,646 |
37.8 |
| Fannin |
24,922 |
6 |
4,154 |
24.1 |
| Fayette |
20,752 |
15 |
1,383 |
72.3 |
| Fisher |
5,636 |
4 |
1,409 |
71.0 |
| Floyd |
9,064 |
4 |
2,266 |
44.1 |
| Foard |
2,041 |
1 |
2,041 |
49.0 |
| Fort Bend |
182,142 |
79 |
2,306 |
43.4 |
| Franklin |
7,515 |
4 |
1,879 |
53.2 |
| Freestone |
16,866 |
10 |
1,687 |
59.3 |
| Frio |
13,971 |
3 |
4,657 |
21.5 |
| Gaines |
14,559 |
4 |
3,640 |
27.5 |
| Galveston |
213,405 |
160 |
1,334 |
75.0 |
| Garza |
5,824 |
1 |
5,824 |
17.2 |
| Gillespie |
15,585 |
12 |
1,299 |
77.0 |
| Glasscock |
1,418 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,815 |
1 |
5,815 |
17.2 |
| Gonzales |
18,647 |
9 |
2,072 |
48.3 |
| Gray |
27,966 |
17 |
1,645 |
60.8 |
| Grayson |
93,729 |
61 |
1,537 |
65.1 |
| Gregg |
110,164 |
84 |
1,311 |
76.2 |
| Grimes |
18,555 |
6 |
3,093 |
32.3 |
| Guadalupe |
54,034 |
22 |
2,456 |
40.7 |
| Hale |
37,237 |
25 |
1,489 |
67.1 |
| Hall |
4,988 |
3 |
1,663 |
60.1 |
| Hamilton |
8,380 |
8 |
1,048 |
95.5 |
| Hansford |
6,402 |
2 |
3,201 |
31.2 |
| Hardeman |
6,500 |
3 |
2,167 |
46.2 |
| Hardin |
43,271 |
11 |
3,934 |
25.4 |
| Harris |
2,757,358 |
2,015 |
1,368 |
73.1 |
| Harrison |
57,202 |
22 |
2,600 |
38.5 |
| Hartley |
4,136 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,611 |
3 |
2,537 |
39.4 |
| Hays |
50,822 |
27 |
1,882 |
53.1 |
| Hemphill |
5,756 |
5 |
1,151 |
86.9 |
| Henderson |
50,543 |
20 |
2,527 |
39.6 |
| Hidalgo |
334,570 |
123 |
2,720 |
36.8 |
| Hill |
27,037 |
14 |
1,931 |
51.8 |
| Hockley |
25,281 |
7 |
3,612 |
27.7 |
| Hood |
22,812 |
16 |
1,426 |
70.1 |
| Hopkins |
28,052 |
15 |
1,870 |
53.5 |
| Houston |
21,665 |
10 |
2,167 |
46.2 |
| Howard |
36,405 |
17 |
2,141 |
46.7 |
| Hudspeth |
2,718 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
62,365 |
24 |
2,599 |
38.5 |
| Hutchinson |
29,516 |
13 |
2,270 |
44.0 |
| Irion |
1,794 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
8,010 |
3 |
2,670 |
37.5 |
| Jackson |
14,029 |
6 |
2,338 |
42.8 |
| Jasper |
32,321 |
19 |
1,701 |
58.8 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,771 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
255,997 |
184 |
1,391 |
71.9 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,385 |
2 |
2,693 |
37.1 |
| Jim Wells |
40,304 |
18 |
2,239 |
44.7 |
| Johnson |
82,716 |
36 |
2,298 |
43.5 |
| Jones |
18,476 |
6 |
3,079 |
32.5 |
| Karnes |
13,699 |
4 |
3,425 |
29.2 |
| Kaufman |
45,142 |
22 |
2,052 |
48.7 |
| Kendall |
12,297 |
10 |
1,230 |
81.3 |
| Kenedy |
556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,210 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
33,082 |
29 |
1,141 |
87.7 |
| Kimble |
4,222 |
3 |
1,407 |
71.1 |
| King |
393 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,667 |
1 |
2,667 |
37.5 |
| Kleberg |
34,974 |
17 |
2,057 |
48.6 |
| Knox |
5,630 |
1 |
5,630 |
17.8 |
| Lamar |
43,652 |
26 |
1,679 |
59.6 |
| Lamb |
17,729 |
11 |
1,612 |
62.0 |
| Lampasas |
12,923 |
5 |
2,585 |
38.7 |
| La Salle |
5,969 |
1 |
5,969 |
16.8 |
| Lavaca |
19,544 |
11 |
1,777 |
56.3 |
| Lee |
13,945 |
4 |
3,486 |
28.7 |
| Leon |
12,240 |
2 |
6,120 |
16.3 |
| Liberty |
54,031 |
20 |
2,702 |
37.0 |
| Limestone |
21,536 |
15 |
1,436 |
69.7 |
| Lipscomb |
4,393 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
9,730 |
2 |
4,865 |
20.6 |
| Llano |
11,600 |
5 |
2,320 |
43.1 |
| Loving |
89 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
221,096 |
165 |
1,340 |
74.6 |
| Lynn |
7,885 |
2 |
3,943 |
25.4 |
| McCulloch |
8,973 |
5 |
1,795 |
55.7 |
| McLennan |
181,305 |
92 |
1,971 |
50.7 |
| McMullen |
912 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,793 |
4 |
2,948 |
33.9 |
| Marion |
10,592 |
6 |
1,765 |
56.6 |
| Martin |
5,426 |
4 |
1,357 |
73.7 |
| Mason |
3,679 |
2 |
1,840 |
54.4 |
| Matagorda |
39,646 |
20 |
1,982 |
50.4 |
| Maverick |
34,803 |
9 |
3,867 |
25.9 |
| Medina |
24,278 |
6 |
4,046 |
24.7 |
| Menard |
2,489 |
2 |
1,245 |
80.4 |
| Midland |
106,495 |
60 |
1,775 |
56.3 |
| Milam |
23,876 |
11 |
2,171 |
46.1 |
| Mills |
4,715 |
1 |
4,715 |
21.2 |
| Mitchell |
9,412 |
5 |
1,882 |
53.1 |
| Montague |
18,439 |
10 |
1,844 |
54.2 |
| Montgomery |
165,148 |
54 |
3,058 |
32.7 |
| Moore |
18,130 |
11 |
1,648 |
60.7 |
| Morris |
14,708 |
10 |
1,471 |
68.0 |
| Motley |
1,739 |
1 |
1,739 |
57.5 |
| Nacogdoches |
51,091 |
35 |
1,460 |
68.5 |
| Navarro |
39,094 |
24 |
1,629 |
61.4 |
| Newton |
13,485 |
2 |
6,743 |
14.8 |
| Nolan |
17,928 |
6 |
2,988 |
33.5 |
| Nueces |
290,731 |
215 |
1,352 |
74.0 |
| Ochiltree |
11,035 |
2 |
5,518 |
18.1 |
| Oldham |
2,475 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
85,763 |
28 |
3,063 |
32.6 |
| Palo Pinto |
26,010 |
16 |
1,626 |
61.5 |
| Panola |
22,364 |
6 |
3,727 |
26.8 |
| Parker |
51,327 |
16 |
3,208 |
31.2 |
| Parmer |
10,398 |
4 |
2,600 |
38.5 |
| Pecos |
16,973 |
7 |
2,425 |
41.2 |
| Polk |
28,530 |
10 |
2,853 |
35.1 |
| Potter |
104,695 |
84 |
1,246 |
80.2 |
| Presidio |
5,786 |
2 |
2,893 |
34.6 |
| Rains |
5,781 |
1 |
5,781 |
17.3 |
| Randall |
82,429 |
44 |
1,873 |
53.4 |
| Reagan |
4,950 |
2 |
2,475 |
40.4 |
| Real |
2,507 |
1 |
2,507 |
39.9 |
| Red River |
15,755 |
5 |
3,151 |
31.7 |
| Reeves |
17,075 |
4 |
4,269 |
23.4 |
| Refugio |
9,115 |
3 |
3,038 |
32.9 |
| Roberts |
1,112 |
1 |
1,112 |
89.9 |
| Robertson |
16,077 |
2 |
8,039 |
12.4 |
| Rockwall |
18,804 |
9 |
2,089 |
47.9 |
| Runnels |
12,753 |
6 |
2,126 |
47.0 |
| Rusk |
43,997 |
14 |
3,143 |
31.8 |
| Sabine |
9,464 |
1 |
9,464 |
10.6 |
| San Augustine |
8,579 |
3 |
2,860 |
35.0 |
| San Jacinto |
14,193 |
2 |
7,097 |
14.1 |
| San Patricio |
61,892 |
26 |
2,380 |
42.0 |
| San Saba |
5,943 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
3,413 |
2 |
1,707 |
58.6 |
| Scurry |
20,687 |
8 |
2,586 |
38.7 |
| Shackelford |
4,307 |
2 |
2,154 |
46.4 |
| Shelby |
23,083 |
8 |
2,885 |
34.7 |
| Sherman |
3,080 |
1 |
3,080 |
32.5 |
| Smith |
145,036 |
113 |
1,284 |
77.9 |
| Somervell |
4,841 |
3 |
1,614 |
62.0 |
| Starr |
33,375 |
7 |
4,768 |
21.0 |
| Stephens |
10,596 |
3 |
3,532 |
28.3 |
| Sterling |
1,584 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,466 |
1 |
2,466 |
40.6 |
| Sutton |
5,673 |
2 |
2,837 |
35.3 |
| Swisher |
8,972 |
3 |
2,991 |
33.4 |
| Tarrant |
1,001,830 |
645 |
1,553 |
64.4 |
| Taylor |
122,280 |
75 |
1,630 |
61.3 |
| Terrell |
1,590 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
14,922 |
5 |
2,984 |
33.5 |
| Throckmorton |
2,401 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
23,219 |
16 |
1,451 |
68.9 |
| Tom Green |
96,156 |
54 |
1,781 |
56.2 |
| Travis |
499,412 |
378 |
1,321 |
75.7 |
| Trinity |
11,011 |
4 |
2,753 |
36.3 |
| Tyler |
17,371 |
6 |
2,895 |
34.5 |
| Upshur |
32,242 |
7 |
4,606 |
21.7 |
| Upton |
5,399 |
3 |
1,800 |
55.6 |
| Uvalde |
24,014 |
12 |
2,001 |
50.0 |
| Val Verde |
39,302 |
9 |
4,367 |
22.9 |
| Van Zandt |
35,454 |
8 |
4,432 |
22.6 |
| Victoria |
75,481 |
56 |
1,348 |
74.2 |
| Walker |
49,044 |
30 |
1,635 |
61.2 |
| Waller |
23,371 |
5 |
4,674 |
21.4 |
| Ward |
15,998 |
4 |
4,000 |
25.0 |
| Washington |
25,483 |
16 |
1,593 |
62.8 |
| Webb |
116,570 |
36 |
3,238 |
30.9 |
| Wharton |
41,616 |
26 |
1,601 |
62.5 |
| Wheeler |
7,797 |
6 |
1,300 |
77.0 |
| Wichita |
125,808 |
76 |
1,655 |
60.4 |
| Wilbarger |
17,007 |
11 |
1,546 |
64.7 |
| Willacy |
18,461 |
5 |
3,692 |
27.1 |
| Williamson |
99,659 |
33 |
3,020 |
33.1 |
| Wilson |
18,775 |
6 |
3,129 |
32.0 |
| Winkler |
11,103 |
5 |
2,221 |
45.0 |
| Wise |
30,395 |
11 |
2,763 |
36.2 |
| Wood |
27,516 |
11 |
2,501 |
40.0 |
| Yoakum |
9,192 |
2 |
4,596 |
21.8 |
| Young |
20,937 |
14 |
1,496 |
66.9 |
| Zapata |
8,166 |
2 |
4,083 |
24.5 |
| Zavala |
12,331 |
6 |
2,055 |
48.7 |
| Texas Total |
16,007,396 |
9,429 |
1,698 |
58.9 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, 1984.
Includes all active physicians with a Texas practice address and practicing in one of five direct patient care specialties: pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, internal medicine, family practice, and general practice. Excludes: Federal physicians, residents, and fellows. Most of the physicians were categorized by the county of practice address. The county was determined based on the zip code. If the practice address was unavailable, the mailing address was used to determine the county.
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center September 24, 2001.
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