| County |
1987 Population |
1987 Optometrist Total |
Ratio of 1987 Population per Optometrist* |
Ratio of Optometrists per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
46,262 |
6 |
7,710 |
13.0 |
| Andrews |
15,325 |
2 |
7,663 |
13.1 |
| Angelina |
68,308 |
7 |
9,758 |
10.2 |
| Aransas |
17,971 |
1 |
17,971 |
5.6 |
| 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 |
2 |
10,115 |
9.9 |
| Bailey |
7,478 |
1 |
7,478 |
13.4 |
| Bandera |
9,798 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
38,076 |
3 |
12,692 |
7.9 |
| Baylor |
4,742 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bee |
26,538 |
4 |
6,635 |
15.1 |
| Bell |
185,489 |
17 |
10,911 |
9.2 |
| Bexar |
1,177,587 |
101 |
11,659 |
8.6 |
| Blanco |
5,688 |
1 |
5,688 |
17.6 |
| Borden |
816 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
14,865 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bowie |
80,891 |
10 |
8,089 |
12.4 |
| Brazoria |
185,845 |
19 |
9,781 |
10.2 |
| Brazos |
122,262 |
9 |
13,585 |
7.4 |
| 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 |
3 |
11,466 |
8.7 |
| Burleson |
14,270 |
1 |
14,270 |
7.0 |
| Burnet |
24,118 |
4 |
6,030 |
16.6 |
| Caldwell |
27,358 |
3 |
9,119 |
11.0 |
| Calhoun |
20,318 |
1 |
20,318 |
4.9 |
| Callahan |
12,626 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
253,715 |
11 |
23,065 |
4.3 |
| Camp |
9,883 |
1 |
9,883 |
10.1 |
| Carson |
7,004 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
30,149 |
2 |
15,075 |
6.6 |
| Castro |
9,522 |
1 |
9,522 |
10.5 |
| Chambers |
20,043 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cherokee |
40,846 |
2 |
20,423 |
4.9 |
| Childress |
6,448 |
3 |
2,149 |
46.5 |
| Clay |
9,984 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cochran |
4,276 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
10,123 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
230,458 |
25 |
9,218 |
10.8 |
| Collingsworth |
3,796 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
19,564 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comal |
49,110 |
4 |
12,278 |
8.1 |
| Comanche |
13,291 |
3 |
4,430 |
22.6 |
| Concho |
2,943 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
30,539 |
3 |
10,180 |
9.8 |
| Coryell |
60,858 |
2 |
30,429 |
3.3 |
| 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 |
1 |
5,701 |
17.5 |
| Dallas |
1,816,639 |
184 |
9,873 |
10.1 |
| Dawson |
15,015 |
2 |
7,508 |
13.3 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,704 |
3 |
6,568 |
15.2 |
| Delta |
4,796 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
242,479 |
15 |
16,165 |
6.2 |
| De Witt |
19,245 |
1 |
19,245 |
5.2 |
| Dickens |
2,802 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
11,288 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
3,881 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
13,634 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Eastland |
19,848 |
3 |
6,616 |
15.1 |
| Ector |
125,179 |
15 |
8,345 |
12.0 |
| Edwards |
2,187 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
80,586 |
7 |
11,512 |
8.7 |
| El Paso |
559,473 |
37 |
15,121 |
6.6 |
| Erath |
26,883 |
4 |
6,721 |
14.9 |
| Falls |
17,784 |
1 |
17,784 |
5.6 |
| Fannin |
24,787 |
1 |
24,787 |
4.0 |
| Fayette |
21,440 |
6 |
3,573 |
28.0 |
| Fisher |
5,330 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
8,493 |
1 |
8,493 |
11.8 |
| Foard |
1,942 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
197,370 |
26 |
7,591 |
13.2 |
| Franklin |
7,684 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
16,784 |
2 |
8,392 |
11.9 |
| Frio |
13,662 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gaines |
14,128 |
1 |
14,128 |
7.1 |
| Galveston |
210,868 |
27 |
7,810 |
12.8 |
| Garza |
5,620 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
16,655 |
2 |
8,328 |
12.0 |
| Glasscock |
1,370 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
5,860 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gonzales |
18,379 |
2 |
9,190 |
10.9 |
| Gray |
25,726 |
5 |
5,145 |
19.4 |
| Grayson |
95,719 |
11 |
8,702 |
11.5 |
| Gregg |
106,458 |
18 |
5,914 |
16.9 |
| Grimes |
19,066 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Guadalupe |
61,299 |
4 |
15,325 |
6.5 |
| Hale |
36,102 |
6 |
6,017 |
16.6 |
| Hall |
4,275 |
1 |
4,275 |
23.4 |
| Hamilton |
8,235 |
1 |
8,235 |
12.1 |
| Hansford |
6,104 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardeman |
5,888 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
41,302 |
1 |
41,302 |
2.4 |
| Harris |
2,745,986 |
308 |
8,916 |
11.2 |
| Harrison |
57,375 |
3 |
19,125 |
5.2 |
| Hartley |
3,843 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,072 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
63,260 |
7 |
9,037 |
11.1 |
| Hemphill |
4,122 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
56,263 |
3 |
18,754 |
5.3 |
| Hidalgo |
358,309 |
15 |
23,887 |
4.2 |
| Hill |
27,005 |
2 |
13,503 |
7.4 |
| Hockley |
24,310 |
3 |
8,103 |
12.3 |
| Hood |
26,571 |
5 |
5,314 |
18.8 |
| Hopkins |
28,833 |
2 |
14,417 |
6.9 |
| 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 |
6 |
10,755 |
9.3 |
| Hutchinson |
26,505 |
5 |
5,301 |
18.9 |
| Irion |
1,760 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,795 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
13,570 |
1 |
13,570 |
7.4 |
| Jasper |
31,728 |
3 |
10,576 |
9.5 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,834 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
242,686 |
22 |
11,031 |
9.1 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,181 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
39,426 |
4 |
9,857 |
10.1 |
| Johnson |
95,858 |
9 |
10,651 |
9.4 |
| Jones |
17,696 |
1 |
17,696 |
5.7 |
| Karnes |
13,131 |
2 |
6,566 |
15.2 |
| Kaufman |
50,549 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kendall |
13,496 |
3 |
4,499 |
22.2 |
| Kenedy |
506 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,092 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
35,561 |
5 |
7,112 |
14.1 |
| Kimble |
4,196 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
368 |
1 |
368 |
271.7 |
| Kinney |
2,937 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
31,904 |
1 |
31,904 |
3.1 |
| Knox |
5,140 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
43,582 |
6 |
7,264 |
13.8 |
| Lamb |
15,926 |
2 |
7,963 |
12.6 |
| Lampasas |
13,361 |
2 |
6,681 |
15.0 |
| La Salle |
5,361 |
1 |
5,361 |
18.7 |
| Lavaca |
19,044 |
1 |
19,044 |
5.3 |
| Lee |
13,997 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Leon |
12,733 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Liberty |
52,868 |
3 |
17,623 |
5.7 |
| Limestone |
21,947 |
3 |
7,316 |
13.7 |
| Lipscomb |
3,540 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
9,468 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Llano |
12,123 |
1 |
12,123 |
8.2 |
| Loving |
98 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
220,943 |
32 |
6,904 |
14.5 |
| Lynn |
7,023 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,839 |
1 |
8,839 |
11.3 |
| McLennan |
186,729 |
17 |
10,984 |
9.1 |
| McMullen |
867 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,420 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Marion |
9,947 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
5,186 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,521 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
40,232 |
2 |
20,116 |
5.0 |
| Maverick |
35,106 |
1 |
35,106 |
2.8 |
| Medina |
26,169 |
3 |
8,723 |
11.5 |
| Menard |
2,436 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
107,099 |
9 |
11,900 |
8.4 |
| Milam |
23,694 |
2 |
11,847 |
8.4 |
| Mills |
4,556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
8,752 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
18,083 |
3 |
6,028 |
16.6 |
| Montgomery |
169,535 |
12 |
14,128 |
7.1 |
| Moore |
18,322 |
2 |
9,161 |
10.9 |
| Morris |
13,867 |
1 |
13,867 |
7.2 |
| Motley |
1,713 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
53,031 |
6 |
8,839 |
11.3 |
| Navarro |
40,198 |
5 |
8,040 |
12.4 |
| Newton |
13,557 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
17,351 |
3 |
5,784 |
17.3 |
| Nueces |
291,024 |
24 |
12,126 |
8.2 |
| Ochiltree |
10,082 |
2 |
5,041 |
19.8 |
| Oldham |
2,325 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
81,579 |
2 |
40,790 |
2.5 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,173 |
1 |
25,173 |
4.0 |
| Panola |
21,771 |
2 |
10,886 |
9.2 |
| Parker |
59,133 |
2 |
29,567 |
3.4 |
| Parmer |
9,965 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pecos |
15,885 |
2 |
7,943 |
12.6 |
| Polk |
29,835 |
4 |
7,459 |
13.4 |
| Potter |
101,242 |
32 |
3,164 |
31.6 |
| Presidio |
6,091 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
6,364 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
87,612 |
2 |
43,806 |
2.3 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Roberts |
1,077 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
15,735 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rockwall |
24,081 |
6 |
4,014 |
24.9 |
| Runnels |
12,200 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rusk |
43,927 |
1 |
43,927 |
2.3 |
| 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 |
5 |
12,136 |
8.2 |
| San Saba |
5,761 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
2,982 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
19,602 |
2 |
9,801 |
10.2 |
| Shackelford |
3,823 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shelby |
22,413 |
3 |
7,471 |
13.4 |
| Sherman |
2,980 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
152,386 |
17 |
8,964 |
11.2 |
| Somervell |
5,284 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
37,492 |
1 |
37,492 |
2.7 |
| Stephens |
10,378 |
1 |
10,378 |
9.6 |
| Sterling |
1,524 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,205 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
4,668 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
8,694 |
1 |
8,694 |
11.5 |
| Tarrant |
1,116,111 |
100 |
11,161 |
9.0 |
| Taylor |
123,336 |
12 |
10,278 |
9.7 |
| Terrell |
1,576 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,838 |
2 |
6,919 |
14.5 |
| Throckmorton |
2,057 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
23,518 |
6 |
3,920 |
25.5 |
| Tom Green |
97,493 |
12 |
8,124 |
12.3 |
| Travis |
552,142 |
64 |
8,627 |
11.6 |
| Trinity |
11,491 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tyler |
17,161 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
31,364 |
2 |
15,682 |
6.4 |
| Upton |
5,035 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
23,501 |
3 |
7,834 |
12.8 |
| Val Verde |
39,845 |
2 |
19,923 |
5.0 |
| Van Zandt |
37,500 |
1 |
37,500 |
2.7 |
| Victoria |
75,244 |
10 |
7,524 |
13.3 |
| Walker |
51,326 |
3 |
17,109 |
5.8 |
| Waller |
23,323 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ward |
14,715 |
1 |
14,715 |
6.8 |
| Washington |
26,432 |
4 |
6,608 |
15.1 |
| Webb |
124,525 |
6 |
20,754 |
4.8 |
| Wharton |
40,296 |
3 |
13,432 |
7.4 |
| Wheeler |
6,847 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
124,467 |
20 |
6,223 |
16.1 |
| Wilbarger |
16,299 |
3 |
5,433 |
18.4 |
| Willacy |
18,294 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
126,561 |
8 |
15,820 |
6.3 |
| Wilson |
20,644 |
1 |
20,644 |
4.8 |
| Winkler |
9,284 |
2 |
4,642 |
21.5 |
| Wise |
34,206 |
2 |
17,103 |
5.8 |
| Wood |
28,746 |
2 |
14,373 |
7.0 |
| Yoakum |
9,188 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
19,703 |
2 |
9,852 |
10.2 |
| Zapata |
8,610 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,492 |
1 |
12,492 |
8.0 |
| Texas Total |
16,621,944 |
1,561 |
10,648 |
9.4 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Licensed Optometrists in Texas Report 1987, 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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