
| County |
1987 Estimated Population |
1987 DPCP Total |
Ratio of 1987 Population per DPCP* |
Ratio of DPCP per 100,000 population |
| Anderson |
46,262 |
42 |
1,101 |
90.8 |
| Andrews |
15,325 |
13 |
1,179 |
84.8 |
| Angelina |
68,308 |
86 |
794 |
125.9 |
| Aransas |
17,971 |
11 |
1,634 |
61.2 |
| Archer |
7,979 |
2 |
3,990 |
25.1 |
| Armstrong |
2,176 |
1 |
2,176 |
46.0 |
| Atascosa |
29,914 |
10 |
2,991 |
33.4 |
| Austin |
20,230 |
12 |
1,686 |
59.3 |
| Bailey |
7,478 |
3 |
2,493 |
40.1 |
| Bandera |
9,798 |
2 |
4,899 |
20.4 |
| Bastrop |
38,076 |
11 |
3,461 |
28.9 |
| Baylor |
4,742 |
2 |
2,371 |
42.2 |
| Bee |
26,538 |
14 |
1,896 |
52.8 |
| Bell |
185,489 |
338 |
549 |
182.2 |
| Bexar |
1,177,587 |
1,857 |
634 |
157.7 |
| Blanco |
5,688 |
5 |
1,138 |
87.9 |
| Borden |
816 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
14,865 |
11 |
1,351 |
74.0 |
| Bowie |
80,891 |
149 |
543 |
184.2 |
| Brazoria |
185,845 |
118 |
1,575 |
63.5 |
| Brazos |
122,262 |
139 |
880 |
113.7 |
| Brewster |
8,417 |
8 |
1,052 |
95.0 |
| Briscoe |
1,976 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,603 |
4 |
2,151 |
46.5 |
| Brown |
34,397 |
45 |
764 |
130.8 |
| Burleson |
14,270 |
4 |
3,568 |
28.0 |
| Burnet |
24,118 |
19 |
1,269 |
78.8 |
| Caldwell |
27,358 |
13 |
2,104 |
47.5 |
| Calhoun |
20,318 |
12 |
1,693 |
59.1 |
| Callahan |
12,626 |
3 |
4,209 |
23.8 |
| Cameron |
253,715 |
256 |
991 |
100.9 |
| Camp |
9,883 |
10 |
988 |
101.2 |
| Carson |
7,004 |
1 |
7,004 |
14.3 |
| Cass |
30,149 |
18 |
1,675 |
59.7 |
| Castro |
9,522 |
3 |
3,174 |
31.5 |
| Chambers |
20,043 |
8 |
2,505 |
39.9 |
| Cherokee |
40,846 |
49 |
834 |
120.0 |
| Childress |
6,448 |
6 |
1,075 |
93.1 |
| Clay |
9,984 |
3 |
3,328 |
30.0 |
| Cochran |
4,276 |
2 |
2,138 |
46.8 |
| Coke |
3,556 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
10,123 |
5 |
2,025 |
49.4 |
| Collin |
230,458 |
217 |
1,062 |
94.2 |
| Collingsworth |
3,796 |
1 |
3,796 |
26.3 |
| Colorado |
19,564 |
14 |
1,397 |
71.6 |
| Comal |
49,110 |
54 |
909 |
110.0 |
| Comanche |
13,291 |
8 |
1,661 |
60.2 |
| Concho |
2,943 |
2 |
1,472 |
68.0 |
| Cooke |
30,539 |
23 |
1,328 |
75.3 |
| Coryell |
60,858 |
17 |
3,580 |
27.9 |
| Cottle |
2,450 |
1 |
2,450 |
40.8 |
| Crane |
4,880 |
2 |
2,440 |
41.0 |
| Crockett |
4,481 |
2 |
2,241 |
44.6 |
| Crosby |
7,473 |
2 |
3,737 |
26.8 |
| Culberson |
3,588 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
5,701 |
4 |
1,425 |
70.2 |
| Dallas |
1,816,639 |
3,412 |
532 |
187.8 |
| Dawson |
15,015 |
7 |
2,145 |
46.6 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,704 |
16 |
1,232 |
81.2 |
| Delta |
4,796 |
2 |
2,398 |
41.7 |
| Denton |
242,479 |
261 |
929 |
107.6 |
| De Witt |
19,245 |
9 |
2,138 |
46.8 |
| Dickens |
2,802 |
3 |
934 |
107.1 |
| Dimmit |
11,288 |
5 |
2,258 |
44.3 |
| Donley |
3,881 |
1 |
3,881 |
25.8 |
| Duval |
13,634 |
5 |
2,727 |
36.7 |
| Eastland |
19,848 |
15 |
1,323 |
75.6 |
| Ector |
125,179 |
151 |
829 |
120.6 |
| Edwards |
2,187 |
1 |
2,187 |
45.7 |
| Ellis |
80,586 |
38 |
2,121 |
47.2 |
| El Paso |
559,473 |
581 |
963 |
103.8 |
| Erath |
26,883 |
25 |
1,075 |
93.0 |
| Falls |
17,784 |
10 |
1,778 |
56.2 |
| Fannin |
24,787 |
14 |
1,771 |
56.5 |
| Fayette |
21,440 |
22 |
975 |
102.6 |
| Fisher |
5,330 |
3 |
1,777 |
56.3 |
| Floyd |
8,493 |
6 |
1,416 |
70.6 |
| Foard |
1,942 |
1 |
1,942 |
51.5 |
| Fort Bend |
197,370 |
118 |
1,673 |
59.8 |
| Franklin |
7,684 |
5 |
1,537 |
65.1 |
| Freestone |
16,784 |
11 |
1,526 |
65.5 |
| Frio |
13,662 |
6 |
2,277 |
43.9 |
| Gaines |
14,128 |
7 |
2,018 |
49.5 |
| Galveston |
210,868 |
362 |
583 |
171.7 |
| Garza |
5,620 |
3 |
1,873 |
53.4 |
| Gillespie |
16,655 |
22 |
757 |
132.1 |
| Glasscock |
1,370 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,860 |
3 |
1,953 |
51.2 |
| Gonzales |
18,379 |
14 |
1,313 |
76.2 |
| Gray |
25,726 |
31 |
830 |
120.5 |
| Grayson |
95,719 |
152 |
630 |
158.8 |
| Gregg |
106,458 |
158 |
674 |
148.4 |
| Grimes |
19,066 |
7 |
2,724 |
36.7 |
| Guadalupe |
61,299 |
39 |
1,572 |
63.6 |
| Hale |
36,102 |
43 |
840 |
119.1 |
| Hall |
4,275 |
4 |
1,069 |
93.6 |
| Hamilton |
8,235 |
7 |
1,176 |
85.0 |
| Hansford |
6,104 |
4 |
1,526 |
65.5 |
| Hardeman |
5,888 |
6 |
981 |
101.9 |
| Hardin |
41,302 |
15 |
2,753 |
36.3 |
| Harris |
2,745,986 |
5,090 |
539 |
185.4 |
| Harrison |
57,375 |
39 |
1,471 |
68.0 |
| Hartley |
3,843 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,072 |
3 |
2,357 |
42.4 |
| Hays |
63,260 |
64 |
988 |
101.2 |
| Hemphill |
4,122 |
5 |
824 |
121.3 |
| Henderson |
56,263 |
29 |
1,940 |
51.5 |
| Hidalgo |
358,309 |
273 |
1,312 |
76.2 |
| Hill |
27,005 |
21 |
1,286 |
77.8 |
| Hockley |
24,310 |
14 |
1,736 |
57.6 |
| Hood |
26,571 |
24 |
1,107 |
90.3 |
| Hopkins |
28,833 |
21 |
1,373 |
72.8 |
| Houston |
21,958 |
12 |
1,830 |
54.6 |
| Howard |
33,944 |
48 |
707 |
141.4 |
| Hudspeth |
2,707 |
1 |
2,707 |
36.9 |
| Hunt |
64,528 |
52 |
1,241 |
80.6 |
| Hutchinson |
26,505 |
22 |
1,205 |
83.0 |
| Irion |
1,760 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,795 |
4 |
1,949 |
51.3 |
| Jackson |
13,570 |
5 |
2,714 |
36.8 |
| Jasper |
31,728 |
25 |
1,269 |
78.8 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,834 |
1 |
1,834 |
54.5 |
| Jefferson |
242,686 |
445 |
545 |
183.4 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,181 |
3 |
1,727 |
57.9 |
| Jim Wells |
39,426 |
25 |
1,577 |
63.4 |
| Johnson |
95,858 |
58 |
1,653 |
60.5 |
| Jones |
17,696 |
11 |
1,609 |
62.2 |
| Karnes |
13,131 |
5 |
2,626 |
38.1 |
| Kaufman |
50,549 |
57 |
887 |
112.8 |
| Kendall |
13,496 |
14 |
964 |
103.7 |
| Kenedy |
506 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,092 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
35,561 |
81 |
439 |
227.8 |
| Kimble |
4,196 |
3 |
1,399 |
71.5 |
| King |
368 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
2,937 |
1 |
2,937 |
34.0 |
| Kleberg |
31,904 |
22 |
1,450 |
69.0 |
| Knox |
5,140 |
3 |
1,713 |
58.4 |
| Lamar |
43,582 |
74 |
589 |
169.8 |
| Lamb |
15,926 |
12 |
1,327 |
75.3 |
| Lampasas |
13,361 |
3 |
4,454 |
22.5 |
| La Salle |
5,361 |
2 |
2,681 |
37.3 |
| Lavaca |
19,044 |
13 |
1,465 |
68.3 |
| Lee |
13,997 |
6 |
2,333 |
42.9 |
| Leon |
12,733 |
6 |
2,122 |
47.1 |
| Liberty |
52,868 |
25 |
2,115 |
47.3 |
| Limestone |
21,947 |
17 |
1,291 |
77.5 |
| Lipscomb |
3,540 |
2 |
1,770 |
56.5 |
| Live Oak |
9,468 |
3 |
3,156 |
31.7 |
| Llano |
12,123 |
7 |
1,732 |
57.7 |
| Loving |
98 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
220,943 |
411 |
538 |
186.0 |
| Lynn |
7,023 |
3 |
2,341 |
42.7 |
| McCulloch |
8,839 |
6 |
1,473 |
67.9 |
| McLennan |
186,729 |
241 |
775 |
129.1 |
| McMullen |
867 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,420 |
6 |
1,903 |
52.5 |
| Marion |
9,947 |
8 |
1,243 |
80.4 |
| Martin |
5,186 |
4 |
1,297 |
77.1 |
| Mason |
3,521 |
2 |
1,761 |
56.8 |
| Matagorda |
40,232 |
35 |
1,149 |
87.0 |
| Maverick |
35,106 |
21 |
1,672 |
59.8 |
| Medina |
26,169 |
8 |
3,271 |
30.6 |
| Menard |
2,436 |
2 |
1,218 |
82.1 |
| Midland |
107,099 |
126 |
850 |
117.6 |
| Milam |
23,694 |
19 |
1,247 |
80.2 |
| Mills |
4,556 |
3 |
1,519 |
65.8 |
| Mitchell |
8,752 |
5 |
1,750 |
57.1 |
| Montague |
18,083 |
12 |
1,507 |
66.4 |
| Montgomery |
169,535 |
137 |
1,237 |
80.8 |
| Moore |
18,322 |
12 |
1,527 |
65.5 |
| Morris |
13,867 |
11 |
1,261 |
79.3 |
| Motley |
1,713 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
53,031 |
76 |
698 |
143.3 |
| Navarro |
40,198 |
53 |
758 |
131.8 |
| Newton |
13,557 |
4 |
3,389 |
29.5 |
| Nolan |
17,351 |
10 |
1,735 |
57.6 |
| Nueces |
291,024 |
534 |
545 |
183.5 |
| Ochiltree |
10,082 |
7 |
1,440 |
69.4 |
| Oldham |
2,325 |
1 |
2,325 |
43.0 |
| Orange |
81,579 |
48 |
1,700 |
58.8 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,173 |
25 |
1,007 |
99.3 |
| Panola |
21,771 |
8 |
2,721 |
36.7 |
| Parker |
59,133 |
25 |
2,365 |
42.3 |
| Parmer |
9,965 |
4 |
2,491 |
40.1 |
| Pecos |
15,885 |
7 |
2,269 |
44.1 |
| Polk |
29,835 |
17 |
1,755 |
57.0 |
| Potter |
101,242 |
264 |
383 |
260.8 |
| Presidio |
6,091 |
1 |
6,091 |
16.4 |
| Rains |
6,364 |
1 |
6,364 |
15.7 |
| Randall |
87,612 |
44 |
1,991 |
50.2 |
| Reagan |
4,729 |
2 |
2,365 |
42.3 |
| Real |
2,288 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Red River |
15,204 |
6 |
2,534 |
39.5 |
| Reeves |
16,551 |
8 |
2,069 |
48.3 |
| Refugio |
8,697 |
3 |
2,899 |
34.5 |
| Roberts |
1,077 |
1 |
1,077 |
92.9 |
| Robertson |
15,735 |
3 |
5,245 |
19.1 |
| Rockwall |
24,081 |
12 |
2,007 |
49.8 |
| Runnels |
12,200 |
6 |
2,033 |
49.2 |
| Rusk |
43,927 |
28 |
1,569 |
63.7 |
| Sabine |
9,473 |
1 |
9,473 |
10.6 |
| San Augustine |
8,403 |
4 |
2,101 |
47.6 |
| San Jacinto |
15,253 |
3 |
5,084 |
19.7 |
| San Patricio |
60,681 |
38 |
1,597 |
62.6 |
| San Saba |
5,761 |
4 |
1,440 |
69.4 |
| Schleicher |
2,982 |
3 |
994 |
100.6 |
| Scurry |
19,602 |
14 |
1,400 |
71.4 |
| Shackelford |
3,823 |
3 |
1,274 |
78.5 |
| Shelby |
22,413 |
13 |
1,724 |
58.0 |
| Sherman |
2,980 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Smith |
152,386 |
310 |
492 |
203.4 |
| Somervell |
5,284 |
2 |
2,642 |
37.9 |
| Starr |
37,492 |
10 |
3,749 |
26.7 |
| Stephens |
10,378 |
5 |
2,076 |
48.2 |
| Sterling |
1,524 |
1 |
1,524 |
65.6 |
| Stonewall |
2,205 |
1 |
2,205 |
45.4 |
| Sutton |
4,668 |
1 |
4,668 |
21.4 |
| Swisher |
8,694 |
5 |
1,739 |
57.5 |
| Tarrant |
1,116,111 |
1,569 |
711 |
140.6 |
| Taylor |
123,336 |
199 |
620 |
161.3 |
| Terrell |
1,576 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,838 |
6 |
2,306 |
43.4 |
| Throckmorton |
2,057 |
2 |
1,029 |
97.2 |
| Titus |
23,518 |
32 |
735 |
136.1 |
| Tom Green |
97,493 |
152 |
641 |
155.9 |
| Travis |
552,142 |
996 |
554 |
180.4 |
| Trinity |
11,491 |
4 |
2,873 |
34.8 |
| Tyler |
17,161 |
8 |
2,145 |
46.6 |
| Upshur |
31,364 |
13 |
2,413 |
41.4 |
| Upton |
5,035 |
1 |
5,035 |
19.9 |
| Uvalde |
23,501 |
19 |
1,237 |
80.8 |
| Val Verde |
39,845 |
19 |
2,097 |
47.7 |
| Van Zandt |
37,500 |
11 |
3,409 |
29.3 |
| Victoria |
75,244 |
149 |
505 |
198.0 |
| Walker |
51,326 |
42 |
1,222 |
81.8 |
| Waller |
23,323 |
8 |
2,915 |
34.3 |
| Ward |
14,715 |
6 |
2,453 |
40.8 |
| Washington |
26,432 |
35 |
755 |
132.4 |
| Webb |
124,525 |
98 |
1,271 |
78.7 |
| Wharton |
40,296 |
51 |
790 |
126.6 |
| Wheeler |
6,847 |
6 |
1,141 |
87.6 |
| Wichita |
124,467 |
199 |
625 |
159.9 |
| Wilbarger |
16,299 |
17 |
959 |
104.3 |
| Willacy |
18,294 |
7 |
2,613 |
38.3 |
| Williamson |
126,561 |
84 |
1,507 |
66.4 |
| Wilson |
20,644 |
4 |
5,161 |
19.4 |
| Winkler |
9,284 |
7 |
1,326 |
75.4 |
| Wise |
34,206 |
14 |
2,443 |
40.9 |
| Wood |
28,746 |
17 |
1,691 |
59.1 |
| Yoakum |
9,188 |
4 |
2,297 |
43.5 |
| Young |
19,703 |
16 |
1,231 |
81.2 |
| Zapata |
8,610 |
3 |
2,870 |
34.8 |
| Zavala |
12,492 |
7 |
1,785 |
56.0 |
| Texas Total |
16,621,944 |
22,391 |
742 |
134.7 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, June, 1987.
Includes: all active Direct Patient Care Physicians with a Texas practice address. 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 State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, May 5, 2008.
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.
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