
| County |
1986 Population |
1986 Optometrist Total |
Ratio of 1986 Population per Optometrist* |
Ratio of Optometrists per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
51,883 |
5 |
10,377 |
9.6 |
| Andrews |
15,849 |
2 |
7,925 |
12.6 |
| Angelina |
72,532 |
6 |
12,089 |
8.3 |
| Aransas |
18,516 |
1 |
18,516 |
5.4 |
| Archer |
8,209 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
2,054 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
28,852 |
1 |
28,852 |
3.5 |
| Austin |
21,259 |
2 |
10,630 |
9.4 |
| Bailey |
8,534 |
1 |
8,534 |
11.7 |
| Bandera |
8,836 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
32,848 |
2 |
16,424 |
6.1 |
| Baylor |
5,152 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bee |
29,720 |
3 |
9,907 |
10.1 |
| Bell |
176,756 |
17 |
10,397 |
9.6 |
| Bexar |
1,129,880 |
90 |
12,554 |
8.0 |
| Blanco |
5,403 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Borden |
931 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
14,524 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bowie |
81,210 |
10 |
8,121 |
12.3 |
| Brazoria |
197,019 |
18 |
10,946 |
9.1 |
| Brazos |
134,169 |
9 |
14,908 |
6.7 |
| Brewster |
8,623 |
1 |
8,623 |
11.6 |
| Briscoe |
2,323 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
9,449 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brown |
37,215 |
3 |
12,405 |
8.1 |
| Burleson |
15,954 |
1 |
15,954 |
6.3 |
| Burnet |
22,638 |
4 |
5,660 |
17.7 |
| Caldwell |
28,076 |
2 |
14,038 |
7.1 |
| Calhoun |
23,362 |
1 |
23,362 |
4.3 |
| Callahan |
13,350 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
254,717 |
11 |
23,156 |
4.3 |
| Camp |
10,807 |
1 |
10,807 |
9.3 |
| Carson |
7,372 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
31,806 |
2 |
15,903 |
6.3 |
| Castro |
10,287 |
1 |
10,287 |
9.7 |
| Chambers |
20,587 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cherokee |
41,071 |
2 |
20,536 |
4.9 |
| Childress |
6,682 |
3 |
2,227 |
44.9 |
| Clay |
9,953 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cochran |
4,752 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,679 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
10,542 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
199,055 |
21 |
9,479 |
10.5 |
| Collingsworth |
4,241 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
20,280 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comal |
45,353 |
2 |
22,677 |
4.4 |
| Comanche |
13,255 |
3 |
4,418 |
22.6 |
| Concho |
2,998 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
29,506 |
4 |
7,377 |
13.6 |
| Coryell |
69,543 |
2 |
34,772 |
2.9 |
| Cottle |
2,668 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
5,181 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
5,265 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crosby |
8,586 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,699 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
6,780 |
1 |
6,780 |
14.7 |
| Dallas |
1,767,505 |
202 |
8,750 |
11.4 |
| Dawson |
16,314 |
2 |
8,157 |
12.3 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,740 |
4 |
4,935 |
20.3 |
| Delta |
4,978 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
184,084 |
13 |
14,160 |
7.1 |
| De Witt |
20,826 |
1 |
20,826 |
4.8 |
| Dickens |
3,352 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
12,622 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
4,321 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
13,739 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Eastland |
21,877 |
3 |
7,292 |
13.7 |
| Ector |
142,835 |
16 |
8,927 |
11.2 |
| Edwards |
2,272 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
69,275 |
6 |
11,546 |
8.7 |
| El Paso |
561,057 |
33 |
17,002 |
5.9 |
| Erath |
25,096 |
4 |
6,274 |
15.9 |
| Falls |
18,478 |
1 |
18,478 |
5.4 |
| Fannin |
24,726 |
2 |
12,363 |
8.1 |
| Fayette |
20,568 |
6 |
3,428 |
29.2 |
| Fisher |
5,837 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
8,880 |
1 |
8,880 |
11.3 |
| Foard |
1,993 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
209,053 |
20 |
10,453 |
9.6 |
| Franklin |
7,743 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
18,101 |
2 |
9,051 |
11.0 |
| Frio |
14,575 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gaines |
13,801 |
1 |
13,801 |
7.2 |
| Galveston |
220,277 |
26 |
8,472 |
11.8 |
| Garza |
5,820 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
15,626 |
2 |
7,813 |
12.8 |
| Glasscock |
1,337 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,941 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gonzales |
19,558 |
3 |
6,519 |
15.3 |
| Gray |
28,082 |
5 |
5,616 |
17.8 |
| Grayson |
95,960 |
8 |
11,995 |
8.3 |
| Gregg |
119,573 |
14 |
8,541 |
11.7 |
| Grimes |
18,179 |
1 |
18,179 |
5.5 |
| Guadalupe |
55,300 |
4 |
13,825 |
7.2 |
| Hale |
37,282 |
5 |
7,456 |
13.4 |
| Hall |
5,066 |
1 |
5,066 |
19.7 |
| Hamilton |
8,361 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hansford |
6,689 |
1 |
6,689 |
14.9 |
| Hardeman |
6,561 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
44,831 |
1 |
44,831 |
2.2 |
| Harris |
2,904,465 |
330 |
8,801 |
11.4 |
| Harrison |
60,018 |
4 |
15,005 |
6.7 |
| Hartley |
3,806 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,448 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
52,826 |
6 |
8,804 |
11.4 |
| Hemphill |
6,957 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
54,242 |
3 |
18,081 |
5.5 |
| Hidalgo |
358,459 |
17 |
21,086 |
4.7 |
| Hill |
27,571 |
2 |
13,786 |
7.3 |
| Hockley |
25,393 |
3 |
8,464 |
11.8 |
| Hood |
28,804 |
4 |
7,201 |
13.9 |
| Hopkins |
28,935 |
2 |
14,468 |
6.9 |
| Houston |
25,725 |
2 |
12,863 |
7.8 |
| Howard |
37,410 |
6 |
6,235 |
16.0 |
| Hudspeth |
2,839 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
65,171 |
4 |
16,293 |
6.1 |
| Hutchinson |
30,929 |
4 |
7,732 |
12.9 |
| Irion |
1,818 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,665 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
14,119 |
1 |
14,119 |
7.1 |
| Jasper |
33,028 |
4 |
8,257 |
12.1 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,891 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
262,577 |
20 |
13,129 |
7.6 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,642 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
41,710 |
4 |
10,428 |
9.6 |
| Johnson |
84,999 |
9 |
9,444 |
10.6 |
| Jones |
18,986 |
2 |
9,493 |
10.5 |
| Karnes |
13,583 |
2 |
6,792 |
14.7 |
| Kaufman |
48,673 |
2 |
24,337 |
4.1 |
| Kendall |
13,856 |
3 |
4,619 |
21.7 |
| Kenedy |
538 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,068 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
34,755 |
5 |
6,951 |
14.4 |
| Kimble |
4,318 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
485 |
1 |
485 |
206.2 |
| Kinney |
2,508 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
36,255 |
1 |
36,255 |
2.8 |
| Knox |
5,411 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
45,849 |
4 |
11,462 |
8.7 |
| Lamb |
17,312 |
2 |
8,656 |
11.6 |
| Lampasas |
13,860 |
1 |
13,860 |
7.2 |
| La Salle |
6,356 |
1 |
6,356 |
15.7 |
| Lavaca |
18,453 |
1 |
18,453 |
5.4 |
| Lee |
14,619 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Leon |
11,494 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Liberty |
56,946 |
3 |
18,982 |
5.3 |
| Limestone |
21,648 |
2 |
10,824 |
9.2 |
| Lipscomb |
4,390 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
10,353 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Llano |
12,063 |
1 |
12,063 |
8.3 |
| Loving |
110 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
229,019 |
37 |
6,190 |
16.2 |
| Lynn |
7,939 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,828 |
1 |
8,828 |
11.3 |
| McLennan |
187,148 |
15 |
12,477 |
8.0 |
| McMullen |
639 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
13,896 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Marion |
11,415 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
5,350 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,640 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
37,865 |
2 |
18,933 |
5.3 |
| Maverick |
38,977 |
1 |
38,977 |
2.6 |
| Medina |
25,055 |
3 |
8,352 |
12.0 |
| Menard |
2,368 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
112,120 |
9 |
12,458 |
8.0 |
| Milam |
23,912 |
1 |
23,912 |
4.2 |
| Mills |
4,671 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
9,390 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
18,905 |
2 |
9,453 |
10.6 |
| Montgomery |
195,002 |
14 |
13,929 |
7.2 |
| Moore |
17,920 |
3 |
5,973 |
16.7 |
| Morris |
15,985 |
1 |
15,985 |
6.3 |
| Motley |
1,956 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
53,514 |
7 |
7,645 |
13.1 |
| Navarro |
39,198 |
5 |
7,840 |
12.8 |
| Newton |
13,658 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
18,130 |
3 |
6,043 |
16.5 |
| Nueces |
309,800 |
17 |
18,224 |
5.5 |
| Ochiltree |
11,805 |
2 |
5,903 |
16.9 |
| Oldham |
2,644 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
92,435 |
2 |
46,218 |
2.2 |
| Palo Pinto |
27,228 |
1 |
27,228 |
3.7 |
| Panola |
24,199 |
2 |
12,100 |
8.3 |
| Parker |
53,816 |
3 |
17,939 |
5.6 |
| Parmer |
10,966 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pecos |
17,680 |
2 |
8,840 |
11.3 |
| Polk |
32,699 |
3 |
10,900 |
9.2 |
| Potter |
109,721 |
27 |
4,064 |
24.6 |
| Presidio |
5,723 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
6,126 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
85,859 |
2 |
42,930 |
2.3 |
| Reagan |
5,235 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,981 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
16,208 |
1 |
16,208 |
6.2 |
| Reeves |
15,440 |
1 |
15,440 |
6.5 |
| Refugio |
9,137 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Roberts |
1,283 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
16,375 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rockwall |
21,526 |
4 |
5,382 |
18.6 |
| Runnels |
12,432 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rusk |
46,215 |
2 |
23,108 |
4.3 |
| Sabine |
10,043 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Augustine |
9,110 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Jacinto |
16,008 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Patricio |
64,500 |
6 |
10,750 |
9.3 |
| San Saba |
6,206 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
3,422 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
20,866 |
2 |
10,433 |
9.6 |
| Shackelford |
4,284 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shelby |
24,603 |
3 |
8,201 |
12.2 |
| Sherman |
3,294 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
153,991 |
14 |
10,999 |
9.1 |
| Somervell |
4,893 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
34,740 |
1 |
34,740 |
2.9 |
| Stephens |
11,256 |
1 |
11,256 |
8.9 |
| Sterling |
1,390 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,509 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
6,411 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
8,718 |
1 |
8,718 |
11.5 |
| Tarrant |
1,041,104 |
97 |
10,733 |
9.3 |
| Taylor |
128,616 |
12 |
10,718 |
9.3 |
| Terrell |
1,440 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
15,876 |
2 |
7,938 |
12.6 |
| Throckmorton |
2,335 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
24,274 |
6 |
4,046 |
24.7 |
| Tom Green |
100,258 |
13 |
7,712 |
13.0 |
| Travis |
517,732 |
58 |
8,926 |
11.2 |
| Trinity |
11,760 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tyler |
18,545 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
34,781 |
2 |
17,391 |
5.8 |
| Upton |
5,379 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
25,385 |
2 |
12,693 |
7.9 |
| Val Verde |
43,142 |
2 |
21,571 |
4.6 |
| Van Zandt |
38,234 |
1 |
38,234 |
2.6 |
| Victoria |
76,964 |
9 |
8,552 |
11.7 |
| Walker |
55,624 |
4 |
13,906 |
7.2 |
| Waller |
24,897 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ward |
16,110 |
1 |
16,110 |
6.2 |
| Washington |
25,797 |
4 |
6,449 |
15.5 |
| Webb |
126,164 |
6 |
21,027 |
4.8 |
| Wharton |
41,275 |
2 |
20,638 |
4.8 |
| Wheeler |
8,457 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
130,453 |
17 |
7,674 |
13.0 |
| Wilbarger |
16,807 |
3 |
5,602 |
17.8 |
| Willacy |
19,240 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
110,753 |
7 |
15,822 |
6.3 |
| Wilson |
18,526 |
1 |
18,526 |
5.4 |
| Winkler |
10,875 |
3 |
3,625 |
27.6 |
| Wise |
31,782 |
2 |
15,891 |
6.3 |
| Wood |
29,067 |
2 |
14,534 |
6.9 |
| Yoakum |
9,811 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
20,555 |
2 |
10,278 |
9.7 |
| Zapata |
8,561 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
13,015 |
1 |
13,015 |
7.7 |
| Texas Total |
16,754,089 |
1,536 |
10,908 |
9.2 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Licensed Optometrists in Texas Report 1986, 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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