
| County |
1986 Population |
1986 RN Total |
Ratio of 1986 Population per RN* |
RNs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
46,497 |
92 |
505 |
197.9 |
| Andrews |
16,510 |
61 |
271 |
369.5 |
| Angelina |
69,088 |
230 |
300 |
332.9 |
| Aransas |
18,131 |
19 |
954 |
104.8 |
| Archer |
8,068 |
14 |
576 |
173.5 |
| Armstrong |
2,198 |
6 |
366 |
273.0 |
| Atascosa |
29,429 |
42 |
701 |
142.7 |
| Austin |
20,812 |
45 |
462 |
216.2 |
| Bailey |
7,828 |
13 |
602 |
166.1 |
| Bandera |
9,378 |
18 |
521 |
191.9 |
| Bastrop |
37,166 |
47 |
791 |
126.5 |
| Baylor |
4,910 |
27 |
182 |
549.9 |
| Bee |
25,926 |
48 |
540 |
185.1 |
| Bell |
181,510 |
1,015 |
179 |
559.2 |
| Bexar |
1,153,623 |
5,391 |
214 |
467.3 |
| Blanco |
5,531 |
18 |
307 |
325.4 |
| Borden |
852 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
14,630 |
63 |
232 |
430.6 |
| Bowie |
80,656 |
349 |
231 |
432.7 |
| Brazoria |
188,089 |
536 |
351 |
285.0 |
| Brazos |
123,110 |
309 |
398 |
251.0 |
| Brewster |
8,201 |
18 |
456 |
219.5 |
| Briscoe |
2,072 |
2 |
1,036 |
96.5 |
| Brooks |
8,617 |
9 |
957 |
104.4 |
| Brown |
34,665 |
90 |
385 |
259.6 |
| Burleson |
14,780 |
16 |
924 |
108.3 |
| Burnet |
23,570 |
46 |
512 |
195.2 |
| Caldwell |
27,446 |
53 |
518 |
193.1 |
| Calhoun |
20,732 |
38 |
546 |
183.3 |
| Callahan |
12,617 |
26 |
485 |
206.1 |
| Cameron |
250,992 |
561 |
447 |
223.5 |
| Camp |
9,903 |
28 |
354 |
282.7 |
| Carson |
7,098 |
21 |
338 |
295.9 |
| Cass |
30,343 |
79 |
384 |
260.4 |
| Castro |
9,680 |
17 |
569 |
175.6 |
| Chambers |
20,475 |
28 |
731 |
136.8 |
| Cherokee |
40,640 |
152 |
267 |
374.0 |
| Childress |
6,423 |
17 |
378 |
264.7 |
| Clay |
10,162 |
21 |
484 |
206.7 |
| Cochran |
4,336 |
9 |
482 |
207.6 |
| Coke |
3,581 |
12 |
298 |
335.1 |
| Coleman |
10,380 |
16 |
649 |
154.1 |
| Collin |
218,234 |
794 |
275 |
363.8 |
| Collingsworth |
3,898 |
11 |
354 |
282.2 |
| Colorado |
20,149 |
54 |
373 |
268.0 |
| Comal |
47,112 |
121 |
389 |
256.8 |
| Comanche |
13,390 |
31 |
432 |
231.5 |
| Concho |
3,061 |
11 |
278 |
359.4 |
| Cooke |
29,618 |
133 |
223 |
449.1 |
| Coryell |
58,621 |
80 |
733 |
136.5 |
| Cottle |
2,531 |
4 |
633 |
158.0 |
| Crane |
5,264 |
12 |
439 |
228.0 |
| Crockett |
4,624 |
9 |
514 |
194.6 |
| Crosby |
7,733 |
9 |
859 |
116.4 |
| Culberson |
3,555 |
5 |
711 |
140.6 |
| Dallam |
6,092 |
20 |
305 |
328.3 |
| Dallas |
1,805,315 |
9,325 |
194 |
516.5 |
| Dawson |
16,007 |
22 |
728 |
137.4 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,891 |
45 |
442 |
226.2 |
| Delta |
4,786 |
7 |
684 |
146.3 |
| Denton |
228,795 |
776 |
295 |
339.2 |
| De Witt |
19,739 |
34 |
581 |
172.2 |
| Dickens |
2,879 |
6 |
480 |
208.4 |
| Dimmit |
11,616 |
13 |
894 |
111.9 |
| Donley |
4,024 |
7 |
575 |
174.0 |
| Duval |
13,885 |
9 |
1,543 |
64.8 |
| Eastland |
20,325 |
52 |
391 |
255.8 |
| Ector |
133,592 |
403 |
331 |
301.7 |
| Edwards |
2,218 |
5 |
444 |
225.4 |
| Ellis |
77,030 |
159 |
484 |
206.4 |
| El Paso |
549,590 |
1,835 |
300 |
333.9 |
| Erath |
25,904 |
79 |
328 |
305.0 |
| Falls |
18,101 |
65 |
278 |
359.1 |
| Fannin |
24,637 |
82 |
300 |
332.8 |
| Fayette |
21,747 |
29 |
750 |
133.4 |
| Fisher |
5,321 |
10 |
532 |
187.9 |
| Floyd |
8,467 |
17 |
498 |
200.8 |
| Foard |
2,017 |
4 |
504 |
198.3 |
| Fort Bend |
195,444 |
923 |
212 |
472.3 |
| Franklin |
7,716 |
25 |
309 |
324.0 |
| Freestone |
17,248 |
41 |
421 |
237.7 |
| Frio |
13,596 |
21 |
647 |
154.5 |
| Gaines |
14,867 |
21 |
708 |
141.3 |
| Galveston |
213,436 |
1,721 |
124 |
806.3 |
| Garza |
5,711 |
9 |
635 |
157.6 |
| Gillespie |
16,300 |
65 |
251 |
398.8 |
| Glasscock |
1,322 |
1 |
1,322 |
75.6 |
| Goliad |
5,787 |
13 |
445 |
224.6 |
| Gonzales |
18,499 |
40 |
462 |
216.2 |
| Gray |
26,958 |
75 |
359 |
278.2 |
| Grayson |
96,789 |
565 |
171 |
583.7 |
| Gregg |
108,335 |
440 |
246 |
406.1 |
| Grimes |
19,174 |
32 |
599 |
166.9 |
| Guadalupe |
58,442 |
107 |
546 |
183.1 |
| Hale |
36,266 |
94 |
386 |
259.2 |
| Hall |
4,596 |
12 |
383 |
261.1 |
| Hamilton |
8,175 |
21 |
389 |
256.9 |
| Hansford |
6,295 |
11 |
572 |
174.7 |
| Hardeman |
6,061 |
18 |
337 |
297.0 |
| Hardin |
41,972 |
89 |
472 |
212.0 |
| Harris |
2,782,264 |
13,700 |
203 |
492.4 |
| Harrison |
57,278 |
111 |
516 |
193.8 |
| Hartley |
4,047 |
1 |
4,047 |
24.7 |
| Haskell |
7,228 |
26 |
278 |
359.7 |
| Hays |
61,368 |
179 |
343 |
291.7 |
| Hemphill |
4,703 |
14 |
336 |
297.7 |
| Henderson |
54,884 |
66 |
832 |
120.3 |
| Hidalgo |
350,513 |
592 |
592 |
168.9 |
| Hill |
26,730 |
65 |
411 |
243.2 |
| Hockley |
25,293 |
37 |
684 |
146.3 |
| Hood |
25,117 |
52 |
483 |
207.0 |
| Hopkins |
29,087 |
57 |
510 |
196.0 |
| Houston |
21,731 |
50 |
435 |
230.1 |
| Howard |
35,498 |
185 |
192 |
521.2 |
| Hudspeth |
2,686 |
3 |
895 |
111.7 |
| Hunt |
64,512 |
128 |
504 |
198.4 |
| Hutchinson |
27,945 |
68 |
411 |
243.3 |
| Irion |
1,787 |
1 |
1,787 |
56.0 |
| Jack |
7,846 |
14 |
560 |
178.4 |
| Jackson |
13,955 |
27 |
517 |
193.5 |
| Jasper |
31,804 |
79 |
403 |
248.4 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,828 |
2 |
914 |
109.4 |
| Jefferson |
243,103 |
1,251 |
194 |
514.6 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,387 |
3 |
1,796 |
55.7 |
| Jim Wells |
40,592 |
39 |
1,041 |
96.1 |
| Johnson |
91,993 |
317 |
290 |
344.6 |
| Jones |
17,943 |
35 |
513 |
195.1 |
| Karnes |
13,290 |
27 |
492 |
203.2 |
| Kaufman |
48,897 |
204 |
240 |
417.2 |
| Kendall |
13,164 |
55 |
239 |
417.8 |
| Kenedy |
553 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,095 |
2 |
548 |
182.6 |
| Kerr |
35,628 |
240 |
148 |
673.6 |
| Kimble |
4,253 |
12 |
354 |
282.2 |
| King |
406 |
1 |
406 |
246.3 |
| Kinney |
2,851 |
3 |
950 |
105.2 |
| Kleberg |
32,846 |
67 |
490 |
204.0 |
| Knox |
5,346 |
10 |
535 |
187.1 |
| Lamar |
43,726 |
233 |
188 |
532.9 |
| Lamb |
16,561 |
39 |
425 |
235.5 |
| Lampasas |
13,261 |
28 |
474 |
211.1 |
| La Salle |
5,636 |
9 |
626 |
159.7 |
| Lavaca |
19,541 |
40 |
489 |
204.7 |
| Lee |
14,385 |
20 |
719 |
139.0 |
| Leon |
13,040 |
21 |
621 |
161.0 |
| Liberty |
54,338 |
89 |
611 |
163.8 |
| Limestone |
21,549 |
60 |
359 |
278.4 |
| Lipscomb |
3,832 |
2 |
1,916 |
52.2 |
| Live Oak |
9,639 |
4 |
2,410 |
41.5 |
| Llano |
11,941 |
20 |
597 |
167.5 |
| Loving |
92 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
220,948 |
1,272 |
174 |
575.7 |
| Lynn |
7,239 |
10 |
724 |
138.1 |
| McCulloch |
8,876 |
24 |
370 |
270.4 |
| McLennan |
186,468 |
823 |
227 |
441.4 |
| McMullen |
864 |
1 |
864 |
115.7 |
| Madison |
11,535 |
29 |
398 |
251.4 |
| Marion |
9,945 |
20 |
497 |
201.1 |
| Martin |
5,363 |
5 |
1,073 |
93.2 |
| Mason |
3,619 |
10 |
362 |
276.3 |
| Matagorda |
40,486 |
89 |
455 |
219.8 |
| Maverick |
34,676 |
39 |
889 |
112.5 |
| Medina |
25,676 |
36 |
713 |
140.2 |
| Menard |
2,371 |
5 |
474 |
210.9 |
| Midland |
111,901 |
378 |
296 |
337.8 |
| Milam |
24,230 |
48 |
505 |
198.1 |
| Mills |
4,639 |
16 |
290 |
344.9 |
| Mitchell |
9,173 |
14 |
655 |
152.6 |
| Montague |
18,378 |
51 |
360 |
277.5 |
| Montgomery |
169,896 |
428 |
397 |
251.9 |
| Moore |
18,598 |
29 |
641 |
155.9 |
| Morris |
14,333 |
40 |
358 |
279.1 |
| Motley |
1,597 |
4 |
399 |
250.5 |
| Nacogdoches |
52,341 |
190 |
275 |
363.0 |
| Navarro |
40,044 |
152 |
263 |
379.6 |
| Newton |
13,589 |
13 |
1,045 |
95.7 |
| Nolan |
17,344 |
49 |
354 |
282.5 |
| Nueces |
294,653 |
1,160 |
254 |
393.7 |
| Ochiltree |
10,811 |
23 |
470 |
212.7 |
| Oldham |
2,411 |
6 |
402 |
248.9 |
| Orange |
82,758 |
180 |
460 |
217.5 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,828 |
67 |
385 |
259.4 |
| Panola |
21,743 |
46 |
473 |
211.6 |
| Parker |
57,458 |
100 |
575 |
174.0 |
| Parmer |
10,212 |
15 |
681 |
146.9 |
| Pecos |
16,623 |
27 |
616 |
162.4 |
| Polk |
29,020 |
61 |
476 |
210.2 |
| Potter |
102,935 |
820 |
126 |
796.6 |
| Presidio |
5,623 |
4 |
1,406 |
71.1 |
| Rains |
5,941 |
7 |
849 |
117.8 |
| Randall |
85,979 |
557 |
154 |
647.8 |
| Reagan |
5,263 |
4 |
1,316 |
76.0 |
| Real |
2,299 |
4 |
575 |
174.0 |
| Red River |
15,203 |
31 |
490 |
203.9 |
| Reeves |
17,027 |
21 |
811 |
123.3 |
| Refugio |
8,849 |
16 |
553 |
180.8 |
| Roberts |
1,108 |
1 |
1,108 |
90.3 |
| Robertson |
16,041 |
22 |
729 |
137.1 |
| Rockwall |
22,475 |
53 |
424 |
235.8 |
| Runnels |
12,429 |
25 |
497 |
201.1 |
| Rusk |
43,686 |
84 |
520 |
192.3 |
| Sabine |
9,503 |
14 |
679 |
147.3 |
| San Augustine |
8,426 |
12 |
702 |
142.4 |
| San Jacinto |
15,027 |
9 |
1,670 |
59.9 |
| San Patricio |
61,663 |
135 |
457 |
218.9 |
| San Saba |
5,668 |
9 |
630 |
158.8 |
| Schleicher |
3,242 |
11 |
295 |
339.3 |
| Scurry |
20,493 |
48 |
427 |
234.2 |
| Shackelford |
4,120 |
8 |
515 |
194.2 |
| Shelby |
22,388 |
43 |
521 |
192.1 |
| Sherman |
3,050 |
2 |
1,525 |
65.6 |
| Smith |
151,556 |
811 |
187 |
535.1 |
| Somervell |
5,019 |
8 |
627 |
159.4 |
| Starr |
36,334 |
28 |
1,298 |
77.1 |
| Stephens |
10,704 |
12 |
892 |
112.1 |
| Sterling |
1,640 |
3 |
547 |
182.9 |
| Stonewall |
2,269 |
8 |
284 |
352.6 |
| Sutton |
5,265 |
11 |
479 |
208.9 |
| Swisher |
8,873 |
16 |
555 |
180.3 |
| Tarrant |
1,083,640 |
4,963 |
218 |
458.0 |
| Taylor |
124,471 |
522 |
238 |
419.4 |
| Terrell |
1,556 |
2 |
778 |
128.5 |
| Terry |
14,543 |
19 |
765 |
130.6 |
| Throckmorton |
2,200 |
5 |
440 |
227.3 |
| Titus |
23,706 |
80 |
296 |
337.5 |
| Tom Green |
97,245 |
513 |
190 |
527.5 |
| Travis |
547,418 |
2,874 |
190 |
525.0 |
| Trinity |
11,497 |
29 |
396 |
252.2 |
| Tyler |
17,319 |
28 |
619 |
161.7 |
| Upshur |
31,896 |
49 |
651 |
153.6 |
| Upton |
5,435 |
13 |
418 |
239.2 |
| Uvalde |
23,847 |
49 |
487 |
205.5 |
| Val Verde |
39,696 |
79 |
502 |
199.0 |
| Van Zandt |
37,233 |
55 |
677 |
147.7 |
| Victoria |
76,557 |
355 |
216 |
463.7 |
| Walker |
50,746 |
137 |
370 |
270.0 |
| Waller |
23,390 |
20 |
1,170 |
85.5 |
| Ward |
15,698 |
27 |
581 |
172.0 |
| Washington |
26,165 |
85 |
308 |
324.9 |
| Webb |
122,011 |
200 |
610 |
163.9 |
| Wharton |
41,126 |
127 |
324 |
308.8 |
| Wheeler |
7,042 |
24 |
293 |
340.8 |
| Wichita |
126,617 |
586 |
216 |
462.8 |
| Wilbarger |
16,927 |
61 |
277 |
360.4 |
| Willacy |
18,474 |
15 |
1,232 |
81.2 |
| Williamson |
119,708 |
259 |
462 |
216.4 |
| Wilson |
19,861 |
38 |
523 |
191.3 |
| Winkler |
10,372 |
29 |
358 |
279.6 |
| Wise |
33,546 |
51 |
658 |
152.0 |
| Wood |
28,366 |
60 |
473 |
211.5 |
| Yoakum |
9,602 |
15 |
640 |
156.2 |
| Young |
20,427 |
50 |
409 |
244.8 |
| Zapata |
8,480 |
4 |
2,120 |
47.2 |
| Zavala |
12,358 |
10 |
1,236 |
80.9 |
| Total |
16,561,323 |
66,242 |
250 |
400.0 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, 1986.
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, 12/22/04.
Records were sorted by the county of practice. For those records that did not have a practice address, the mailing address was used.
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