
| County |
1989 Estimated Population |
1989 DH Total |
Ratio of 1989 Population per DH* |
Ratio of DHs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
48,603 |
16 |
3,038 |
32.9 |
| Andrews |
14,479 |
1 |
14,479 |
6.9 |
| Angelina |
69,589 |
17 |
4,093 |
24.4 |
| Aransas |
17,958 |
5 |
3,592 |
27.8 |
| Archer |
7,965 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
2,044 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
30,504 |
5 |
6,101 |
16.4 |
| Austin |
19,526 |
3 |
6,509 |
15.4 |
| Bailey |
7,261 |
1 |
7,261 |
13.8 |
| Bandera |
10,377 |
2 |
5,189 |
19.3 |
| Bastrop |
38,502 |
8 |
4,813 |
20.8 |
| Baylor |
4,462 |
1 |
4,462 |
22.4 |
| Bee |
25,869 |
19 |
1,362 |
73.4 |
| Bell |
189,221 |
36 |
5,256 |
19.0 |
| Bexar |
1,181,294 |
408 |
2,895 |
34.5 |
| Blanco |
6,037 |
1 |
6,037 |
16.6 |
| Borden |
818 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
15,047 |
2 |
7,524 |
13.3 |
| Bowie |
81,170 |
15 |
5,411 |
18.5 |
| Brazoria |
188,101 |
69 |
2,726 |
36.7 |
| Brazos |
121,126 |
40 |
3,028 |
33.0 |
| Brewster |
8,695 |
2 |
4,348 |
23.0 |
| Briscoe |
2,063 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,393 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brown |
34,433 |
7 |
4,919 |
20.3 |
| Burleson |
13,694 |
4 |
3,424 |
29.2 |
| Burnet |
22,735 |
10 |
2,274 |
44.0 |
| Caldwell |
26,811 |
4 |
6,703 |
14.9 |
| Calhoun |
19,072 |
4 |
4,768 |
21.0 |
| Callahan |
12,210 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
256,513 |
23 |
11,153 |
9.0 |
| Camp |
9,874 |
2 |
4,937 |
20.3 |
| Carson |
6,627 |
1 |
6,627 |
15.1 |
| Cass |
30,031 |
4 |
7,508 |
13.3 |
| Castro |
9,303 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Chambers |
19,876 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cherokee |
41,228 |
8 |
5,154 |
19.4 |
| Childress |
5,960 |
1 |
5,960 |
16.8 |
| Clay |
10,108 |
5 |
2,022 |
49.5 |
| Cochran |
4,419 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,474 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
9,833 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
253,560 |
107 |
2,370 |
42.2 |
| Collingsworth |
3,649 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
18,421 |
3 |
6,140 |
16.3 |
| Comal |
51,571 |
11 |
4,688 |
21.3 |
| Comanche |
13,305 |
2 |
6,653 |
15.0 |
| Concho |
2,980 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
30,051 |
8 |
3,756 |
26.6 |
| Coryell |
63,639 |
2 |
31,820 |
3.1 |
| Cottle |
2,322 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
4,674 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,110 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crosby |
7,355 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,355 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
5,546 |
4 |
1,387 |
72.1 |
| Dallas |
1,832,113 |
781 |
2,346 |
42.6 |
| Dawson |
14,636 |
3 |
4,879 |
20.5 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,187 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Delta |
5,065 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
261,887 |
82 |
3,194 |
31.3 |
| De Witt |
18,961 |
4 |
4,740 |
21.1 |
| Dickens |
2,745 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
10,630 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
3,787 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
13,122 |
3 |
4,374 |
22.9 |
| Eastland |
18,763 |
1 |
18,763 |
5.3 |
| Ector |
119,730 |
16 |
7,483 |
13.4 |
| Edwards |
2,174 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
84,490 |
19 |
4,447 |
22.5 |
| El Paso |
580,983 |
120 |
4,842 |
20.7 |
| Erath |
27,669 |
7 |
3,953 |
25.3 |
| Falls |
17,726 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fannin |
24,870 |
1 |
24,870 |
4.0 |
| Fayette |
20,279 |
5 |
4,056 |
24.7 |
| Fisher |
4,963 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
8,615 |
1 |
8,615 |
11.6 |
| Foard |
1,824 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
214,217 |
69 |
3,105 |
32.2 |
| Franklin |
7,623 |
3 |
2,541 |
39.4 |
| Freestone |
15,958 |
4 |
3,990 |
25.1 |
| Frio |
13,309 |
2 |
6,655 |
15.0 |
| Gaines |
14,072 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Galveston |
213,300 |
47 |
4,538 |
22.0 |
| Garza |
5,169 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
17,071 |
7 |
2,439 |
41.0 |
| Glasscock |
1,434 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
6,005 |
1 |
6,005 |
16.7 |
| Gonzales |
17,598 |
3 |
5,866 |
17.0 |
| Gray |
24,715 |
10 |
2,472 |
40.5 |
| Grayson |
95,502 |
24 |
3,979 |
25.1 |
| Gregg |
104,461 |
47 |
2,223 |
45.0 |
| Grimes |
18,753 |
5 |
3,751 |
26.7 |
| Guadalupe |
63,982 |
14 |
4,570 |
21.9 |
| Hale |
34,989 |
11 |
3,181 |
31.4 |
| Hall |
4,020 |
1 |
4,020 |
24.9 |
| Hamilton |
7,791 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hansford |
5,985 |
2 |
2,993 |
33.4 |
| Hardeman |
5,472 |
1 |
5,472 |
18.3 |
| Hardin |
41,094 |
9 |
4,566 |
21.9 |
| Harris |
2,763,967 |
983 |
2,812 |
35.6 |
| Harrison |
57,610 |
12 |
4,801 |
20.8 |
| Hartley |
3,636 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
7,002 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
65,420 |
7 |
9,346 |
10.7 |
| Hemphill |
3,806 |
1 |
3,806 |
26.3 |
| Henderson |
57,848 |
10 |
5,785 |
17.3 |
| Hidalgo |
377,101 |
31 |
12,165 |
8.2 |
| Hill |
26,986 |
3 |
8,995 |
11.1 |
| Hockley |
24,271 |
2 |
12,136 |
8.2 |
| Hood |
29,468 |
9 |
3,274 |
30.5 |
| Hopkins |
29,060 |
7 |
4,151 |
24.1 |
| Houston |
21,635 |
4 |
5,409 |
18.5 |
| Howard |
32,853 |
10 |
3,285 |
30.4 |
| Hudspeth |
2,866 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
64,545 |
13 |
4,965 |
20.1 |
| Hutchinson |
26,058 |
12 |
2,172 |
46.1 |
| Irion |
1,659 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,160 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
13,140 |
4 |
3,285 |
30.4 |
| Jasper |
31,224 |
4 |
7,806 |
12.8 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,957 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
238,927 |
111 |
2,152 |
46.5 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,168 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
37,815 |
3 |
12,605 |
7.9 |
| Johnson |
97,105 |
25 |
3,884 |
25.7 |
| Jones |
16,817 |
3 |
5,606 |
17.8 |
| Karnes |
12,655 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kaufman |
51,913 |
15 |
3,461 |
28.9 |
| Kendall |
14,461 |
6 |
2,410 |
41.5 |
| Kenedy |
491 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,010 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
36,241 |
16 |
2,265 |
44.1 |
| Kimble |
4,129 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,034 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
30,957 |
8 |
3,870 |
25.8 |
| Knox |
4,809 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
44,047 |
10 |
4,405 |
22.7 |
| Lamb |
15,492 |
1 |
15,492 |
6.5 |
| Lampasas |
13,607 |
3 |
4,536 |
22.0 |
| La Salle |
5,175 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
18,997 |
7 |
2,714 |
36.8 |
| Lee |
13,045 |
1 |
13,045 |
7.7 |
| Leon |
12,678 |
1 |
12,678 |
7.9 |
| Liberty |
52,238 |
9 |
5,804 |
17.2 |
| Limestone |
21,119 |
6 |
3,520 |
28.4 |
| Lipscomb |
3,220 |
2 |
1,610 |
62.1 |
| Live Oak |
9,559 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Llano |
11,726 |
1 |
11,726 |
8.5 |
| Loving |
107 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
222,932 |
54 |
4,128 |
24.2 |
| Lynn |
6,902 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
9,062 |
2 |
4,531 |
22.1 |
| McLennan |
187,790 |
43 |
4,367 |
22.9 |
| McMullen |
816 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,033 |
1 |
11,033 |
9.1 |
| Marion |
10,033 |
1 |
10,033 |
10.0 |
| Martin |
5,055 |
1 |
5,055 |
19.8 |
| Mason |
3,529 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
37,456 |
13 |
2,881 |
34.7 |
| Maverick |
35,625 |
2 |
17,813 |
5.6 |
| Medina |
27,047 |
3 |
9,016 |
11.1 |
| Menard |
2,358 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
106,442 |
45 |
2,365 |
42.3 |
| Milam |
23,005 |
2 |
11,503 |
8.7 |
| Mills |
4,570 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
8,285 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
17,387 |
6 |
2,898 |
34.5 |
| Montgomery |
175,583 |
41 |
4,283 |
23.4 |
| Moore |
17,874 |
4 |
4,469 |
22.4 |
| Morris |
13,606 |
3 |
4,535 |
22.0 |
| Motley |
1,588 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
54,424 |
11 |
4,948 |
20.2 |
| Navarro |
39,964 |
6 |
6,661 |
15.0 |
| Newton |
13,683 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
16,844 |
1 |
16,844 |
5.9 |
| Nueces |
289,746 |
118 |
2,455 |
40.7 |
| Ochiltree |
9,198 |
1 |
9,198 |
10.9 |
| Oldham |
2,390 |
2 |
1,195 |
83.7 |
| Orange |
80,318 |
25 |
3,213 |
31.1 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,179 |
4 |
6,295 |
15.9 |
| Panola |
21,975 |
6 |
3,663 |
27.3 |
| Parker |
63,452 |
18 |
3,525 |
28.4 |
| Parmer |
9,967 |
3 |
3,322 |
30.1 |
| Pecos |
14,897 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Polk |
30,069 |
1 |
30,069 |
3.3 |
| Potter |
98,563 |
94 |
1,049 |
95.4 |
| Presidio |
6,459 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
6,631 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
90,099 |
3 |
30,033 |
3.3 |
| Reagan |
4,596 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,476 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
14,609 |
3 |
4,870 |
20.5 |
| Reeves |
16,011 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Refugio |
8,190 |
3 |
2,730 |
36.6 |
| Roberts |
979 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
15,555 |
1 |
15,555 |
6.4 |
| Rockwall |
24,743 |
13 |
1,903 |
52.5 |
| Runnels |
11,587 |
1 |
11,587 |
8.6 |
| Rusk |
43,620 |
4 |
10,905 |
9.2 |
| Sabine |
9,607 |
3 |
3,202 |
31.2 |
| San Augustine |
8,155 |
1 |
8,155 |
12.3 |
| San Jacinto |
16,139 |
10 |
1,614 |
62.0 |
| San Patricio |
58,629 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Saba |
5,538 |
2 |
2,769 |
36.1 |
| Schleicher |
2,834 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
18,546 |
2 |
9,273 |
10.8 |
| Shackelford |
3,435 |
1 |
3,435 |
29.1 |
| Shelby |
22,292 |
3 |
7,431 |
13.5 |
| Sherman |
2,997 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
150,880 |
85 |
1,775 |
56.3 |
| Somervell |
5,766 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
39,812 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stephens |
9,237 |
2 |
4,619 |
21.7 |
| Sterling |
1,496 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,083 |
1 |
2,083 |
48.0 |
| Sutton |
4,147 |
1 |
4,147 |
24.1 |
| Swisher |
8,424 |
2 |
4,212 |
23.7 |
| Tarrant |
1,149,532 |
450 |
2,555 |
39.1 |
| Taylor |
120,305 |
26 |
4,627 |
21.6 |
| Terrell |
1,527 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,433 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Throckmorton |
1,961 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
23,783 |
10 |
2,378 |
42.0 |
| Tom Green |
99,676 |
19 |
5,246 |
19.1 |
| Travis |
565,408 |
240 |
2,356 |
42.4 |
| Trinity |
11,518 |
1 |
11,518 |
8.7 |
| Tyler |
16,646 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
31,229 |
3 |
10,410 |
9.6 |
| Upton |
4,728 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
23,478 |
4 |
5,870 |
17.0 |
| Val Verde |
39,521 |
8 |
4,940 |
20.2 |
| Van Zandt |
37,879 |
5 |
7,576 |
13.2 |
| Victoria |
73,568 |
30 |
2,452 |
40.8 |
| Walker |
51,211 |
18 |
2,845 |
35.1 |
| Waller |
23,276 |
2 |
11,638 |
8.6 |
| Ward |
13,587 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Washington |
26,198 |
10 |
2,620 |
38.2 |
| Webb |
129,945 |
6 |
21,658 |
4.6 |
| Wharton |
40,327 |
22 |
1,833 |
54.6 |
| Wheeler |
6,153 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
122,886 |
64 |
1,920 |
52.1 |
| Wilbarger |
15,326 |
5 |
3,065 |
32.6 |
| Willacy |
17,896 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
135,714 |
31 |
4,378 |
22.8 |
| Wilson |
22,059 |
3 |
7,353 |
13.6 |
| Winkler |
8,770 |
1 |
8,770 |
11.4 |
| Wise |
34,547 |
5 |
6,909 |
14.5 |
| Wood |
29,160 |
5 |
5,832 |
17.1 |
| Yoakum |
8,909 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
18,577 |
5 |
3,715 |
26.9 |
| Zapata |
9,127 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,102 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Texas Total |
16,806,937 |
5,129 |
3,277 |
30.5 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center, Texas Department of Health, 1989. Includes all dental hygienists with an "active" status code and a Texas address. Excludes 330 unknown records. The Dental Hygienists were sorted by the county in which their primary address was located. The county was determined based on the zip code of the primary address, which may be either the residence or practice address.
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center, September 21, 2001.
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