| County |
1987 Population |
1987 DEM Total |
Ratio of 1987 Population per DEM* |
Ratio of DEMs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
46,262 |
3 |
15,421 |
6.5 |
| Andrews |
15,325 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Angelina |
68,308 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Aransas |
17,971 |
2 |
8,986 |
11.1 |
| Archer |
7,979 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
2,176 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
29,914 |
1 |
29,914 |
3.3 |
| Austin |
20,230 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bailey |
7,478 |
1 |
7,478 |
13.4 |
| Bandera |
9,798 |
1 |
9,798 |
10.2 |
| Bastrop |
38,076 |
4 |
9,519 |
10.5 |
| Baylor |
4,742 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bee |
26,538 |
1 |
26,538 |
3.8 |
| Bell |
185,489 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bexar |
1,177,587 |
11 |
107,053 |
0.9 |
| Blanco |
5,688 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Borden |
816 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
14,865 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bowie |
80,891 |
2 |
40,446 |
2.5 |
| Brazoria |
185,845 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brazos |
122,262 |
3 |
40,754 |
2.5 |
| Brewster |
8,417 |
1 |
8,417 |
11.9 |
| Briscoe |
1,976 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,603 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brown |
34,397 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Burleson |
14,270 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Burnet |
24,118 |
1 |
24,118 |
4.1 |
| Caldwell |
27,358 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Calhoun |
20,318 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Callahan |
12,626 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
253,715 |
15 |
16,914 |
5.9 |
| Camp |
9,883 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Carson |
7,004 |
1 |
7,004 |
14.3 |
| Cass |
30,149 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Castro |
9,522 |
1 |
9,522 |
10.5 |
| Chambers |
20,043 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cherokee |
40,846 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Childress |
6,448 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Clay |
9,984 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cochran |
4,276 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
10,123 |
2 |
5,062 |
19.8 |
| Collin |
230,458 |
5 |
46,092 |
2.2 |
| Collingsworth |
3,796 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
19,564 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comal |
49,110 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comanche |
13,291 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Concho |
2,943 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
30,539 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coryell |
60,858 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cottle |
2,450 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
4,880 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,481 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crosby |
7,473 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,588 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
5,701 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallas |
1,816,639 |
15 |
121,109 |
0.8 |
| Dawson |
15,015 |
1 |
15,015 |
6.7 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,704 |
2 |
9,852 |
10.2 |
| Delta |
4,796 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
242,479 |
9 |
26,942 |
3.7 |
| De Witt |
19,245 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dickens |
2,802 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,288 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
3,881 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
13,634 |
2 |
6,817 |
14.7 |
| Eastland |
19,848 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ector |
125,179 |
3 |
41,726 |
2.4 |
| Edwards |
2,187 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
80,586 |
1 |
80,586 |
1.2 |
| El Paso |
559,473 |
11 |
50,861 |
2.0 |
| Erath |
26,883 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Falls |
17,784 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fannin |
24,787 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fayette |
21,440 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fisher |
5,330 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
8,493 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Foard |
1,942 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
197,370 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Franklin |
7,684 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
16,784 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Frio |
13,662 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gaines |
14,128 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Galveston |
210,868 |
1 |
210,868 |
0.5 |
| Garza |
5,620 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
16,655 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Glasscock |
1,370 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,860 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gonzales |
18,379 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gray |
25,726 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Grayson |
95,719 |
1 |
95,719 |
1.0 |
| Gregg |
106,458 |
1 |
106,458 |
0.9 |
| Grimes |
19,066 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Guadalupe |
61,299 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hale |
36,102 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hall |
4,275 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
8,235 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hansford |
6,104 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardeman |
5,888 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
41,302 |
4 |
10,326 |
9.7 |
| Harris |
2,745,986 |
15 |
183,066 |
0.5 |
| Harrison |
57,375 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hartley |
3,843 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,072 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
63,260 |
2 |
31,630 |
3.2 |
| Hemphill |
4,122 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
56,263 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hidalgo |
358,309 |
15 |
23,887 |
4.2 |
| Hill |
27,005 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hockley |
24,310 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hood |
26,571 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hopkins |
28,833 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Houston |
21,958 |
2 |
10,979 |
9.1 |
| Howard |
33,944 |
5 |
6,789 |
14.7 |
| Hudspeth |
2,707 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
64,528 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hutchinson |
26,505 |
3 |
8,835 |
11.3 |
| Irion |
1,760 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,795 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
13,570 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jasper |
31,728 |
1 |
31,728 |
3.2 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,834 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
242,686 |
2 |
121,343 |
0.8 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,181 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
39,426 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Johnson |
95,858 |
1 |
95,858 |
1.0 |
| Jones |
17,696 |
2 |
8,848 |
11.3 |
| Karnes |
13,131 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kaufman |
50,549 |
1 |
50,549 |
2.0 |
| Kendall |
13,496 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kenedy |
506 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,092 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
35,561 |
1 |
35,561 |
2.8 |
| Kimble |
4,196 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
368 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,937 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
31,904 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Knox |
5,140 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
43,582 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamb |
15,926 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lampasas |
13,361 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| La Salle |
5,361 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
19,044 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lee |
13,997 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Leon |
12,733 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Liberty |
52,868 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Limestone |
21,947 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lipscomb |
3,540 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
9,468 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Llano |
12,123 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Loving |
98 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
220,943 |
1 |
220,943 |
0.5 |
| Lynn |
7,023 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,839 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McLennan |
186,729 |
5 |
37,346 |
2.7 |
| McMullen |
867 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,420 |
3 |
3,807 |
26.3 |
| Marion |
9,947 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
5,186 |
1 |
5,186 |
19.3 |
| Mason |
3,521 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
40,232 |
2 |
20,116 |
5.0 |
| Maverick |
35,106 |
6 |
5,851 |
17.1 |
| Medina |
26,169 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Menard |
2,436 |
1 |
2,436 |
41.1 |
| Midland |
107,099 |
5 |
21,420 |
4.7 |
| Milam |
23,694 |
1 |
23,694 |
4.2 |
| Mills |
4,556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
8,752 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
18,083 |
1 |
18,083 |
5.5 |
| Montgomery |
169,535 |
3 |
56,512 |
1.8 |
| Moore |
18,322 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Morris |
13,867 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Motley |
1,713 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
53,031 |
2 |
26,516 |
3.8 |
| Navarro |
40,198 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Newton |
13,557 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
17,351 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nueces |
291,024 |
3 |
97,008 |
1.0 |
| Ochiltree |
10,082 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Oldham |
2,325 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
81,579 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,173 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Panola |
21,771 |
1 |
21,771 |
4.6 |
| Parker |
59,133 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Parmer |
9,965 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pecos |
15,885 |
2 |
7,943 |
12.6 |
| Polk |
29,835 |
1 |
29,835 |
3.4 |
| Potter |
101,242 |
2 |
50,621 |
2.0 |
| Presidio |
6,091 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
6,364 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
87,612 |
1 |
87,612 |
1.1 |
| Reagan |
4,729 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,288 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
15,204 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Reeves |
16,551 |
1 |
16,551 |
6.0 |
| Refugio |
8,697 |
1 |
8,697 |
11.5 |
| Roberts |
1,077 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
15,735 |
1 |
15,735 |
6.4 |
| Rockwall |
24,081 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Runnels |
12,200 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rusk |
43,927 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sabine |
9,473 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Augustine |
8,403 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Jacinto |
15,253 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Patricio |
60,681 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Saba |
5,761 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
2,982 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
19,602 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shackelford |
3,823 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shelby |
22,413 |
2 |
11,207 |
8.9 |
| Sherman |
2,980 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
152,386 |
6 |
25,398 |
3.9 |
| Somervell |
5,284 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
37,492 |
3 |
12,497 |
8.0 |
| Stephens |
10,378 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sterling |
1,524 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,205 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
4,668 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
8,694 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tarrant |
1,116,111 |
15 |
74,407 |
1.3 |
| Taylor |
123,336 |
4 |
30,834 |
3.2 |
| Terrell |
1,576 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,838 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Throckmorton |
2,057 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
23,518 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tom Green |
97,493 |
1 |
97,493 |
1.0 |
| Travis |
552,142 |
15 |
36,809 |
2.7 |
| Trinity |
11,491 |
3 |
3,830 |
26.1 |
| Tyler |
17,161 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
31,364 |
3 |
10,455 |
9.6 |
| Upton |
5,035 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
23,501 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Val Verde |
39,845 |
2 |
19,923 |
5.0 |
| Van Zandt |
37,500 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Victoria |
75,244 |
1 |
75,244 |
1.3 |
| Walker |
51,326 |
2 |
25,663 |
3.9 |
| Waller |
23,323 |
1 |
23,323 |
4.3 |
| Ward |
14,715 |
1 |
14,715 |
6.8 |
| Washington |
26,432 |
1 |
26,432 |
3.8 |
| Webb |
124,525 |
12 |
10,377 |
9.6 |
| Wharton |
40,296 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wheeler |
6,847 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
124,467 |
2 |
62,234 |
1.6 |
| Wilbarger |
16,299 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Willacy |
18,294 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
126,561 |
2 |
63,281 |
1.6 |
| Wilson |
20,644 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Winkler |
9,284 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wise |
34,206 |
1 |
34,206 |
2.9 |
| Wood |
28,746 |
1 |
28,746 |
3.5 |
| Yoakum |
9,188 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
19,703 |
1 |
19,703 |
5.1 |
| Zapata |
8,610 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,492 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Texas Total |
16,621,944 |
279 |
59,577 |
1.7 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Lay Midwifery Program, Texas Department of Health, 1987
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, January 8, 2001.
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