
| County |
1987 Population |
1987 RN Total |
Ratio of 1987 Population per RN* |
RNs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
46,262 |
111 |
417 |
239.9 |
| Andrews |
15,325 |
62 |
247 |
404.6 |
| Angelina |
68,308 |
247 |
277 |
361.6 |
| Aransas |
17,971 |
19 |
946 |
105.7 |
| Archer |
7,979 |
15 |
532 |
188.0 |
| Armstrong |
2,176 |
6 |
363 |
275.7 |
| Atascosa |
29,914 |
37 |
808 |
123.7 |
| Austin |
20,230 |
43 |
470 |
212.6 |
| Bailey |
7,478 |
16 |
467 |
214.0 |
| Bandera |
9,798 |
20 |
490 |
204.1 |
| Bastrop |
38,076 |
51 |
747 |
133.9 |
| Baylor |
4,742 |
27 |
176 |
569.4 |
| Bee |
26,538 |
47 |
565 |
177.1 |
| Bell |
185,489 |
1,053 |
176 |
567.7 |
| Bexar |
1,177,587 |
5,604 |
210 |
475.9 |
| Blanco |
5,688 |
16 |
356 |
281.3 |
| Borden |
816 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
14,865 |
56 |
265 |
376.7 |
| Bowie |
80,891 |
398 |
203 |
492.0 |
| Brazoria |
185,845 |
550 |
338 |
295.9 |
| Brazos |
122,262 |
306 |
400 |
250.3 |
| Brewster |
8,417 |
16 |
526 |
190.1 |
| Briscoe |
1,976 |
2 |
988 |
101.2 |
| Brooks |
8,603 |
9 |
956 |
104.6 |
| Brown |
34,397 |
104 |
331 |
302.4 |
| Burleson |
14,270 |
18 |
793 |
126.1 |
| Burnet |
24,118 |
45 |
536 |
186.6 |
| Caldwell |
27,358 |
58 |
472 |
212.0 |
| Calhoun |
20,318 |
48 |
423 |
236.2 |
| Callahan |
12,626 |
15 |
842 |
118.8 |
| Cameron |
253,715 |
556 |
456 |
219.1 |
| Camp |
9,883 |
27 |
366 |
273.2 |
| Carson |
7,004 |
19 |
369 |
271.3 |
| Cass |
30,149 |
81 |
372 |
268.7 |
| Castro |
9,522 |
18 |
529 |
189.0 |
| Chambers |
20,043 |
26 |
771 |
129.7 |
| Cherokee |
40,846 |
168 |
243 |
411.3 |
| Childress |
6,448 |
15 |
430 |
232.6 |
| Clay |
9,984 |
21 |
475 |
210.3 |
| Cochran |
4,276 |
10 |
428 |
233.9 |
| Coke |
3,556 |
10 |
356 |
281.2 |
| Coleman |
10,123 |
15 |
675 |
148.2 |
| Collin |
230,458 |
784 |
294 |
340.2 |
| Collingsworth |
3,796 |
12 |
316 |
316.1 |
| Colorado |
19,564 |
57 |
343 |
291.4 |
| Comal |
49,110 |
137 |
358 |
279.0 |
| Comanche |
13,291 |
28 |
475 |
210.7 |
| Concho |
2,943 |
12 |
245 |
407.7 |
| Cooke |
30,539 |
132 |
231 |
432.2 |
| Coryell |
60,858 |
83 |
733 |
136.4 |
| Cottle |
2,450 |
3 |
817 |
122.4 |
| Crane |
4,880 |
11 |
444 |
225.4 |
| Crockett |
4,481 |
8 |
560 |
178.5 |
| Crosby |
7,473 |
8 |
934 |
107.1 |
| Culberson |
3,588 |
5 |
718 |
139.4 |
| Dallam |
5,701 |
19 |
300 |
333.3 |
| Dallas |
1,816,639 |
9,614 |
189 |
529.2 |
| Dawson |
15,015 |
22 |
683 |
146.5 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,704 |
48 |
411 |
243.6 |
| Delta |
4,796 |
5 |
959 |
104.3 |
| Denton |
242,479 |
828 |
293 |
341.5 |
| De Witt |
19,245 |
32 |
601 |
166.3 |
| Dickens |
2,802 |
3 |
934 |
107.1 |
| Dimmit |
11,288 |
15 |
753 |
132.9 |
| Donley |
3,881 |
6 |
647 |
154.6 |
| Duval |
13,634 |
8 |
1,704 |
58.7 |
| Eastland |
19,848 |
45 |
441 |
226.7 |
| Ector |
125,179 |
408 |
307 |
325.9 |
| Edwards |
2,187 |
4 |
547 |
182.9 |
| Ellis |
80,586 |
161 |
501 |
199.8 |
| El Paso |
559,473 |
1,887 |
296 |
337.3 |
| Erath |
26,883 |
82 |
328 |
305.0 |
| Falls |
17,784 |
66 |
269 |
371.1 |
| Fannin |
24,787 |
89 |
279 |
359.1 |
| Fayette |
21,440 |
28 |
766 |
130.6 |
| Fisher |
5,330 |
10 |
533 |
187.6 |
| Floyd |
8,493 |
20 |
425 |
235.5 |
| Foard |
1,942 |
2 |
971 |
103.0 |
| Fort Bend |
197,370 |
771 |
256 |
390.6 |
| Franklin |
7,684 |
24 |
320 |
312.3 |
| Freestone |
16,784 |
39 |
430 |
232.4 |
| Frio |
13,662 |
20 |
683 |
146.4 |
| Gaines |
14,128 |
19 |
744 |
134.5 |
| Galveston |
210,868 |
1,741 |
121 |
825.6 |
| Garza |
5,620 |
7 |
803 |
124.6 |
| Gillespie |
16,655 |
63 |
264 |
378.3 |
| Glasscock |
1,370 |
1 |
1,370 |
73.0 |
| Goliad |
5,860 |
13 |
451 |
221.8 |
| Gonzales |
18,379 |
38 |
484 |
206.8 |
| Gray |
25,726 |
85 |
303 |
330.4 |
| Grayson |
95,719 |
578 |
166 |
603.9 |
| Gregg |
106,458 |
476 |
224 |
447.1 |
| Grimes |
19,066 |
33 |
578 |
173.1 |
| Guadalupe |
61,299 |
110 |
557 |
179.4 |
| Hale |
36,102 |
85 |
425 |
235.4 |
| Hall |
4,275 |
14 |
305 |
327.5 |
| Hamilton |
8,235 |
23 |
358 |
279.3 |
| Hansford |
6,104 |
11 |
555 |
180.2 |
| Hardeman |
5,888 |
18 |
327 |
305.7 |
| Hardin |
41,302 |
88 |
469 |
213.1 |
| Harris |
2,745,986 |
14,160 |
194 |
515.7 |
| Harrison |
57,375 |
105 |
546 |
183.0 |
| Hartley |
3,843 |
21 |
183 |
546.4 |
| Haskell |
7,072 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Hays |
63,260 |
187 |
338 |
295.6 |
| Hemphill |
4,122 |
16 |
258 |
388.2 |
| Henderson |
56,263 |
90 |
625 |
160.0 |
| Hidalgo |
358,309 |
636 |
563 |
177.5 |
| Hill |
27,005 |
72 |
375 |
266.6 |
| Hockley |
24,310 |
49 |
496 |
201.6 |
| Hood |
26,571 |
54 |
492 |
203.2 |
| Hopkins |
28,833 |
64 |
451 |
222.0 |
| Houston |
21,958 |
50 |
439 |
227.7 |
| Howard |
33,944 |
189 |
180 |
556.8 |
| Hudspeth |
2,707 |
3 |
902 |
110.8 |
| Hunt |
64,528 |
127 |
508 |
196.8 |
| Hutchinson |
26,505 |
66 |
402 |
249.0 |
| Irion |
1,760 |
1 |
1,760 |
56.8 |
| Jack |
7,795 |
17 |
459 |
218.1 |
| Jackson |
13,570 |
25 |
543 |
184.2 |
| Jasper |
31,728 |
83 |
382 |
261.6 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,834 |
2 |
917 |
109.1 |
| Jefferson |
242,686 |
1,280 |
190 |
527.4 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,181 |
3 |
1,727 |
57.9 |
| Jim Wells |
39,426 |
43 |
917 |
109.1 |
| Johnson |
95,858 |
310 |
309 |
323.4 |
| Jones |
17,696 |
31 |
571 |
175.2 |
| Karnes |
13,131 |
24 |
547 |
182.8 |
| Kaufman |
50,549 |
214 |
236 |
423.4 |
| Kendall |
13,496 |
55 |
245 |
407.5 |
| Kenedy |
506 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,092 |
2 |
546 |
183.2 |
| Kerr |
35,561 |
261 |
136 |
734.0 |
| Kimble |
4,196 |
14 |
300 |
333.7 |
| King |
368 |
1 |
368 |
271.7 |
| Kinney |
2,937 |
3 |
979 |
102.1 |
| Kleberg |
31,904 |
64 |
499 |
200.6 |
| Knox |
5,140 |
10 |
514 |
194.6 |
| Lamar |
43,582 |
264 |
165 |
605.8 |
| Lamb |
15,926 |
34 |
468 |
213.5 |
| Lampasas |
13,361 |
34 |
393 |
254.5 |
| La Salle |
5,361 |
8 |
670 |
149.2 |
| Lavaca |
19,044 |
46 |
414 |
241.5 |
| Lee |
13,997 |
22 |
636 |
157.2 |
| Leon |
12,733 |
25 |
509 |
196.3 |
| Liberty |
52,868 |
86 |
615 |
162.7 |
| Limestone |
21,947 |
69 |
318 |
314.4 |
| Lipscomb |
3,540 |
5 |
708 |
141.2 |
| Live Oak |
9,468 |
6 |
1,578 |
63.4 |
| Llano |
12,123 |
22 |
551 |
181.5 |
| Loving |
98 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
220,943 |
1,325 |
167 |
599.7 |
| Lynn |
7,023 |
11 |
638 |
156.6 |
| McCulloch |
8,839 |
23 |
384 |
260.2 |
| McLennan |
186,729 |
853 |
219 |
456.8 |
| McMullen |
867 |
1 |
867 |
115.3 |
| Madison |
11,420 |
29 |
394 |
253.9 |
| Marion |
9,947 |
18 |
553 |
181.0 |
| Martin |
5,186 |
5 |
1,037 |
96.4 |
| Mason |
3,521 |
9 |
391 |
255.6 |
| Matagorda |
40,232 |
94 |
428 |
233.6 |
| Maverick |
35,106 |
41 |
856 |
116.8 |
| Medina |
26,169 |
32 |
818 |
122.3 |
| Menard |
2,436 |
5 |
487 |
205.3 |
| Midland |
107,099 |
392 |
273 |
366.0 |
| Milam |
23,694 |
49 |
484 |
206.8 |
| Mills |
4,556 |
17 |
268 |
373.1 |
| Mitchell |
8,752 |
15 |
583 |
171.4 |
| Montague |
18,083 |
52 |
348 |
287.6 |
| Montgomery |
169,535 |
453 |
374 |
267.2 |
| Moore |
18,322 |
34 |
539 |
185.6 |
| Morris |
13,867 |
39 |
356 |
281.2 |
| Motley |
1,713 |
3 |
571 |
175.1 |
| Nacogdoches |
53,031 |
201 |
264 |
379.0 |
| Navarro |
40,198 |
154 |
261 |
383.1 |
| Newton |
13,557 |
13 |
1,043 |
95.9 |
| Nolan |
17,351 |
46 |
377 |
265.1 |
| Nueces |
291,024 |
1,191 |
244 |
409.2 |
| Ochiltree |
10,082 |
21 |
480 |
208.3 |
| Oldham |
2,325 |
6 |
388 |
258.1 |
| Orange |
81,579 |
179 |
456 |
219.4 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,173 |
69 |
365 |
274.1 |
| Panola |
21,771 |
48 |
454 |
220.5 |
| Parker |
59,133 |
111 |
533 |
187.7 |
| Parmer |
9,965 |
15 |
664 |
150.5 |
| Pecos |
15,885 |
28 |
567 |
176.3 |
| Polk |
29,835 |
59 |
506 |
197.8 |
| Potter |
101,242 |
926 |
109 |
914.6 |
| Presidio |
6,091 |
1 |
6,091 |
16.4 |
| Rains |
6,364 |
10 |
636 |
157.1 |
| Randall |
87,612 |
503 |
174 |
574.1 |
| Reagan |
4,729 |
4 |
1,182 |
84.6 |
| Real |
2,288 |
2 |
1,144 |
87.4 |
| Red River |
15,204 |
32 |
475 |
210.5 |
| Reeves |
16,551 |
26 |
637 |
157.1 |
| Refugio |
8,697 |
19 |
458 |
218.5 |
| Roberts |
1,077 |
1 |
1,077 |
92.9 |
| Robertson |
15,735 |
22 |
715 |
139.8 |
| Rockwall |
24,081 |
49 |
491 |
203.5 |
| Runnels |
12,200 |
26 |
469 |
213.1 |
| Rusk |
43,927 |
88 |
499 |
200.3 |
| Sabine |
9,473 |
13 |
729 |
137.2 |
| San Augustine |
8,403 |
13 |
646 |
154.7 |
| San Jacinto |
15,253 |
8 |
1,907 |
52.4 |
| San Patricio |
60,681 |
126 |
482 |
207.6 |
| San Saba |
5,761 |
9 |
640 |
156.2 |
| Schleicher |
2,982 |
14 |
213 |
469.5 |
| Scurry |
19,602 |
46 |
426 |
234.7 |
| Shackelford |
3,823 |
7 |
546 |
183.1 |
| Shelby |
22,413 |
47 |
477 |
209.7 |
| Sherman |
2,980 |
2 |
1,490 |
67.1 |
| Smith |
152,386 |
855 |
178 |
561.1 |
| Somervell |
5,284 |
8 |
661 |
151.4 |
| Starr |
37,492 |
28 |
1,339 |
74.7 |
| Stephens |
10,378 |
19 |
546 |
183.1 |
| Sterling |
1,524 |
3 |
508 |
196.9 |
| Stonewall |
2,205 |
11 |
200 |
498.9 |
| Sutton |
4,668 |
8 |
584 |
171.4 |
| Swisher |
8,694 |
15 |
580 |
172.5 |
| Tarrant |
1,116,111 |
5,162 |
216 |
462.5 |
| Taylor |
123,336 |
565 |
218 |
458.1 |
| Terrell |
1,576 |
1 |
1,576 |
63.5 |
| Terry |
13,838 |
18 |
769 |
130.1 |
| Throckmorton |
2,057 |
5 |
411 |
243.1 |
| Titus |
23,518 |
91 |
258 |
386.9 |
| Tom Green |
97,493 |
550 |
177 |
564.1 |
| Travis |
552,142 |
2,942 |
188 |
532.8 |
| Trinity |
11,491 |
28 |
410 |
243.7 |
| Tyler |
17,161 |
24 |
715 |
139.9 |
| Upshur |
31,364 |
58 |
541 |
184.9 |
| Upton |
5,035 |
15 |
336 |
297.9 |
| Uvalde |
23,501 |
47 |
500 |
200.0 |
| Val Verde |
39,845 |
82 |
486 |
205.8 |
| Van Zandt |
37,500 |
53 |
708 |
141.3 |
| Victoria |
75,244 |
363 |
207 |
482.4 |
| Walker |
51,326 |
149 |
344 |
290.3 |
| Waller |
23,323 |
30 |
777 |
128.6 |
| Ward |
14,715 |
31 |
475 |
210.7 |
| Washington |
26,432 |
89 |
297 |
336.7 |
| Webb |
124,525 |
209 |
596 |
167.8 |
| Wharton |
40,296 |
136 |
296 |
337.5 |
| Wheeler |
6,847 |
23 |
298 |
335.9 |
| Wichita |
124,467 |
598 |
208 |
480.4 |
| Wilbarger |
16,299 |
64 |
255 |
392.7 |
| Willacy |
18,294 |
19 |
963 |
103.9 |
| Williamson |
126,561 |
285 |
444 |
225.2 |
| Wilson |
20,644 |
40 |
516 |
193.8 |
| Winkler |
9,284 |
24 |
387 |
258.5 |
| Wise |
34,206 |
54 |
633 |
157.9 |
| Wood |
28,746 |
55 |
523 |
191.3 |
| Yoakum |
9,188 |
14 |
656 |
152.4 |
| Young |
19,703 |
52 |
379 |
263.9 |
| Zapata |
8,610 |
4 |
2,153 |
46.5 |
| Zavala |
12,492 |
9 |
1,388 |
72.0 |
| Texas |
16,621,944 |
68,328 |
243 |
411.1 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, 1987.
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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