
| County |
1990 Population |
1990 RN Total |
Ratio of 1990 Population per RN* |
RNs per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
48,024 |
186 |
258 |
387.3 |
| Andrews |
14,338 |
55 |
261 |
383.6 |
| Angelina |
69,884 |
342 |
204 |
489.4 |
| Aransas |
17,892 |
22 |
813 |
123.0 |
| Archer |
7,973 |
11 |
725 |
138.0 |
| Armstrong |
2,021 |
9 |
225 |
445.3 |
| Atascosa |
30,533 |
34 |
898 |
111.4 |
| Austin |
19,832 |
35 |
567 |
176.5 |
| Bailey |
7,064 |
18 |
392 |
254.8 |
| Bandera |
10,562 |
17 |
621 |
161.0 |
| Bastrop |
38,263 |
57 |
671 |
149.0 |
| Baylor |
4,385 |
18 |
244 |
410.5 |
| Bee |
25,135 |
42 |
598 |
167.1 |
| Bell |
191,088 |
1,242 |
154 |
650.0 |
| Bexar |
1,185,394 |
7,127 |
166 |
601.2 |
| Blanco |
5,972 |
11 |
543 |
184.2 |
| Borden |
799 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
15,125 |
56 |
270 |
370.2 |
| Bowie |
81,665 |
488 |
167 |
597.6 |
| Brazoria |
191,707 |
560 |
342 |
292.1 |
| Brazos |
121,862 |
400 |
305 |
328.2 |
| Brewster |
8,681 |
27 |
322 |
311.0 |
| Briscoe |
1,971 |
1 |
1,971 |
50.7 |
| Brooks |
8,204 |
7 |
1,172 |
85.3 |
| Brown |
34,371 |
121 |
284 |
352.0 |
| Burleson |
13,625 |
21 |
649 |
154.1 |
| Burnet |
22,677 |
62 |
366 |
273.4 |
| Caldwell |
26,392 |
40 |
660 |
151.6 |
| Calhoun |
19,053 |
38 |
501 |
199.4 |
| Callahan |
11,859 |
20 |
593 |
168.6 |
| Cameron |
260,120 |
730 |
356 |
280.6 |
| Camp |
9,904 |
29 |
342 |
292.8 |
| Carson |
6,576 |
13 |
506 |
197.7 |
| Cass |
29,982 |
77 |
389 |
256.8 |
| Castro |
9,070 |
17 |
534 |
187.4 |
| Chambers |
20,088 |
33 |
609 |
164.3 |
| Cherokee |
41,049 |
155 |
265 |
377.6 |
| Childress |
5,953 |
17 |
350 |
285.6 |
| Clay |
10,024 |
16 |
627 |
159.6 |
| Cochran |
4,377 |
8 |
547 |
182.8 |
| Coke |
3,424 |
8 |
428 |
233.6 |
| Coleman |
9,710 |
13 |
747 |
133.9 |
| Collin |
264,036 |
1,009 |
262 |
382.1 |
| Collingsworth |
3,573 |
11 |
325 |
307.9 |
| Colorado |
18,383 |
57 |
323 |
310.1 |
| Comal |
51,832 |
148 |
350 |
285.5 |
| Comanche |
13,381 |
38 |
352 |
284.0 |
| Concho |
3,044 |
9 |
338 |
295.7 |
| Cooke |
30,777 |
136 |
226 |
441.9 |
| Coryell |
64,213 |
102 |
630 |
158.8 |
| Cottle |
2,247 |
2 |
1,124 |
89.0 |
| Crane |
4,652 |
13 |
358 |
279.4 |
| Crockett |
4,078 |
7 |
583 |
171.7 |
| Crosby |
7,304 |
7 |
1,043 |
95.8 |
| Culberson |
3,407 |
6 |
568 |
176.1 |
| Dallam |
5,461 |
17 |
321 |
311.3 |
| Dallas |
1,852,810 |
11,695 |
158 |
631.2 |
| Dawson |
14,349 |
25 |
574 |
174.2 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,153 |
35 |
547 |
182.7 |
| Delta |
4,857 |
10 |
486 |
205.9 |
| Denton |
273,525 |
1,018 |
269 |
372.2 |
| De Witt |
18,840 |
30 |
628 |
159.2 |
| Dickens |
2,571 |
5 |
514 |
194.5 |
| Dimmit |
10,433 |
12 |
869 |
115.0 |
| Donley |
3,696 |
7 |
528 |
189.4 |
| Duval |
12,918 |
8 |
1,615 |
61.9 |
| Eastland |
18,488 |
38 |
487 |
205.5 |
| Ector |
118,934 |
485 |
245 |
407.8 |
| Edwards |
2,266 |
3 |
755 |
132.4 |
| Ellis |
85,167 |
212 |
402 |
248.9 |
| El Paso |
591,610 |
2,234 |
265 |
377.6 |
| Erath |
27,991 |
103 |
272 |
368.0 |
| Falls |
17,712 |
65 |
272 |
367.0 |
| Fannin |
24,804 |
97 |
256 |
391.1 |
| Fayette |
20,095 |
33 |
609 |
164.2 |
| Fisher |
4,842 |
9 |
538 |
185.9 |
| Floyd |
8,497 |
19 |
447 |
223.6 |
| Foard |
1,794 |
4 |
449 |
223.0 |
| Fort Bend |
225,421 |
775 |
291 |
343.8 |
| Franklin |
7,802 |
32 |
244 |
410.2 |
| Freestone |
15,818 |
31 |
510 |
196.0 |
| Frio |
13,472 |
24 |
561 |
178.1 |
| Gaines |
14,123 |
21 |
673 |
148.7 |
| Galveston |
217,399 |
1,837 |
118 |
845.0 |
| Garza |
5,143 |
8 |
643 |
155.6 |
| Gillespie |
17,204 |
77 |
223 |
447.6 |
| Glasscock |
1,447 |
1 |
1,447 |
69.1 |
| Goliad |
5,980 |
13 |
460 |
217.4 |
| Gonzales |
17,205 |
42 |
410 |
244.1 |
| Gray |
23,967 |
82 |
292 |
342.1 |
| Grayson |
95,021 |
644 |
148 |
677.7 |
| Gregg |
104,948 |
573 |
183 |
546.0 |
| Grimes |
18,828 |
32 |
588 |
170.0 |
| Guadalupe |
64,873 |
137 |
474 |
211.2 |
| Hale |
34,671 |
86 |
403 |
248.0 |
| Hall |
3,905 |
10 |
391 |
256.1 |
| Hamilton |
7,733 |
22 |
352 |
284.5 |
| Hansford |
5,848 |
12 |
487 |
205.2 |
| Hardeman |
5,283 |
11 |
480 |
208.2 |
| Hardin |
41,320 |
87 |
475 |
210.6 |
| Harris |
2,818,199 |
16,747 |
168 |
594.2 |
| Harrison |
57,483 |
120 |
479 |
208.8 |
| Hartley |
3,634 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
6,820 |
15 |
455 |
219.9 |
| Hays |
65,614 |
201 |
326 |
306.3 |
| Hemphill |
3,720 |
9 |
413 |
241.9 |
| Henderson |
58,543 |
125 |
468 |
213.5 |
| Hidalgo |
383,545 |
832 |
461 |
216.9 |
| Hill |
27,146 |
62 |
438 |
228.4 |
| Hockley |
24,199 |
52 |
465 |
214.9 |
| Hood |
28,981 |
89 |
326 |
307.1 |
| Hopkins |
28,833 |
81 |
356 |
280.9 |
| Houston |
21,375 |
52 |
411 |
243.3 |
| Howard |
32,343 |
217 |
149 |
670.9 |
| Hudspeth |
2,915 |
4 |
729 |
137.2 |
| Hunt |
64,343 |
166 |
388 |
258.0 |
| Hutchinson |
25,689 |
54 |
476 |
210.2 |
| Irion |
1,629 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Jack |
6,981 |
20 |
349 |
286.5 |
| Jackson |
13,039 |
27 |
483 |
207.1 |
| Jasper |
31,102 |
81 |
384 |
260.4 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,946 |
3 |
649 |
154.2 |
| Jefferson |
239,397 |
1,552 |
154 |
648.3 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,109 |
3 |
1,703 |
58.7 |
| Jim Wells |
37,679 |
46 |
819 |
122.1 |
| Johnson |
97,165 |
312 |
311 |
321.1 |
| Jones |
16,490 |
35 |
471 |
212.2 |
| Karnes |
12,455 |
19 |
656 |
152.5 |
| Kaufman |
52,220 |
234 |
223 |
448.1 |
| Kendall |
14,589 |
45 |
324 |
308.5 |
| Kenedy |
460 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kent |
1,010 |
3 |
337 |
297.0 |
| Kerr |
36,304 |
278 |
131 |
765.8 |
| Kimble |
4,122 |
10 |
412 |
242.6 |
| King |
354 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,119 |
2 |
1,560 |
64.1 |
| Kleberg |
30,274 |
70 |
432 |
231.2 |
| Knox |
4,837 |
11 |
440 |
227.4 |
| Lamar |
43,949 |
281 |
156 |
639.4 |
| Lamb |
15,072 |
31 |
486 |
205.7 |
| Lampasas |
13,521 |
36 |
376 |
266.3 |
| La Salle |
5,254 |
6 |
876 |
114.2 |
| Lavaca |
18,690 |
42 |
445 |
224.7 |
| Lee |
12,854 |
17 |
756 |
132.3 |
| Leon |
12,665 |
16 |
792 |
126.3 |
| Liberty |
52,726 |
87 |
606 |
165.0 |
| Limestone |
20,946 |
79 |
265 |
377.2 |
| Lipscomb |
3,143 |
4 |
786 |
127.3 |
| Live Oak |
9,556 |
6 |
1,593 |
62.8 |
| Llano |
11,631 |
31 |
375 |
266.5 |
| Loving |
107 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
222,636 |
1,631 |
137 |
732.6 |
| Lynn |
6,758 |
12 |
563 |
177.6 |
| McCulloch |
8,778 |
21 |
418 |
239.2 |
| McLennan |
189,123 |
946 |
200 |
500.2 |
| McMullen |
817 |
2 |
409 |
244.8 |
| Madison |
10,931 |
26 |
420 |
237.9 |
| Marion |
9,984 |
15 |
666 |
150.2 |
| Martin |
4,956 |
6 |
826 |
121.1 |
| Mason |
3,423 |
8 |
428 |
233.7 |
| Matagorda |
36,928 |
97 |
381 |
262.7 |
| Maverick |
36,378 |
44 |
827 |
121.0 |
| Medina |
27,312 |
44 |
621 |
161.1 |
| Menard |
2,252 |
4 |
563 |
177.6 |
| Midland |
106,611 |
504 |
212 |
472.7 |
| Milam |
22,946 |
50 |
459 |
217.9 |
| Mills |
4,531 |
22 |
206 |
485.5 |
| Mitchell |
8,016 |
12 |
668 |
149.7 |
| Montague |
17,274 |
53 |
326 |
306.8 |
| Montgomery |
182,201 |
612 |
298 |
335.9 |
| Moore |
17,865 |
47 |
380 |
263.1 |
| Morris |
13,200 |
34 |
388 |
257.6 |
| Motley |
1,532 |
2 |
766 |
130.5 |
| Nacogdoches |
54,753 |
268 |
204 |
489.5 |
| Navarro |
39,926 |
164 |
243 |
410.8 |
| Newton |
13,569 |
12 |
1,131 |
88.4 |
| Nolan |
16,594 |
44 |
377 |
265.2 |
| Nueces |
291,145 |
1,444 |
202 |
496.0 |
| Ochiltree |
9,128 |
22 |
415 |
241.0 |
| Oldham |
2,278 |
3 |
759 |
131.7 |
| Orange |
80,509 |
183 |
440 |
227.3 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,055 |
72 |
348 |
287.4 |
| Panola |
22,035 |
46 |
479 |
208.8 |
| Parker |
64,785 |
149 |
435 |
230.0 |
| Parmer |
9,863 |
14 |
705 |
141.9 |
| Pecos |
14,675 |
34 |
432 |
231.7 |
| Polk |
30,687 |
69 |
445 |
224.9 |
| Potter |
97,874 |
1,030 |
95 |
1,052.4 |
| Presidio |
6,637 |
6 |
1,106 |
90.4 |
| Rains |
6,715 |
7 |
959 |
104.2 |
| Randall |
89,673 |
563 |
159 |
627.8 |
| Reagan |
4,514 |
7 |
645 |
155.1 |
| Real |
2,412 |
4 |
603 |
165.8 |
| Red River |
14,317 |
35 |
409 |
244.5 |
| Reeves |
15,852 |
20 |
793 |
126.2 |
| Refugio |
7,976 |
21 |
380 |
263.3 |
| Roberts |
1,025 |
1 |
1,025 |
97.6 |
| Robertson |
15,511 |
15 |
1,034 |
96.7 |
| Rockwall |
25,604 |
51 |
502 |
199.2 |
| Runnels |
11,294 |
30 |
376 |
265.6 |
| Rusk |
43,735 |
84 |
521 |
192.1 |
| Sabine |
9,586 |
14 |
685 |
146.0 |
| San Augustine |
7,999 |
11 |
727 |
137.5 |
| San Jacinto |
16,372 |
8 |
2,047 |
48.9 |
| San Patricio |
58,749 |
114 |
515 |
194.0 |
| San Saba |
5,401 |
6 |
900 |
111.1 |
| Schleicher |
2,990 |
12 |
249 |
401.3 |
| Scurry |
18,634 |
46 |
405 |
246.9 |
| Shackelford |
3,316 |
6 |
553 |
180.9 |
| Shelby |
22,034 |
44 |
501 |
199.7 |
| Sherman |
2,858 |
2 |
1,429 |
70.0 |
| Smith |
151,309 |
1,109 |
136 |
732.9 |
| Somervell |
5,360 |
8 |
670 |
149.3 |
| Starr |
40,518 |
24 |
1,688 |
59.2 |
| Stephens |
9,010 |
14 |
644 |
155.4 |
| Sterling |
1,438 |
3 |
479 |
208.6 |
| Stonewall |
2,013 |
9 |
224 |
447.1 |
| Sutton |
4,135 |
6 |
689 |
145.1 |
| Swisher |
8,133 |
12 |
678 |
147.5 |
| Tarrant |
1,170,103 |
6,420 |
182 |
548.7 |
| Taylor |
119,655 |
732 |
163 |
611.8 |
| Terrell |
1,410 |
1 |
1,410 |
70.9 |
| Terry |
13,218 |
20 |
661 |
151.3 |
| Throckmorton |
1,880 |
5 |
376 |
266.0 |
| Titus |
24,009 |
121 |
198 |
504.0 |
| Tom Green |
98,458 |
622 |
158 |
631.7 |
| Travis |
576,407 |
3,733 |
154 |
647.6 |
| Trinity |
11,445 |
20 |
572 |
174.7 |
| Tyler |
16,646 |
26 |
640 |
156.2 |
| Upshur |
31,370 |
52 |
603 |
165.8 |
| Upton |
4,447 |
13 |
342 |
292.3 |
| Uvalde |
23,340 |
52 |
449 |
222.8 |
| Val Verde |
38,721 |
95 |
408 |
245.3 |
| Van Zandt |
37,944 |
49 |
774 |
129.1 |
| Victoria |
74,361 |
456 |
163 |
613.2 |
| Walker |
50,917 |
181 |
281 |
355.5 |
| Waller |
23,390 |
25 |
936 |
106.9 |
| Ward |
13,115 |
30 |
437 |
228.7 |
| Washington |
26,154 |
99 |
264 |
378.5 |
| Webb |
133,239 |
273 |
488 |
204.9 |
| Wharton |
39,955 |
151 |
265 |
377.9 |
| Wheeler |
5,879 |
26 |
226 |
442.3 |
| Wichita |
122,378 |
698 |
175 |
570.4 |
| Wilbarger |
15,121 |
69 |
219 |
456.3 |
| Willacy |
17,705 |
13 |
1,362 |
73.4 |
| Williamson |
139,551 |
355 |
393 |
254.4 |
| Wilson |
22,650 |
41 |
552 |
181.0 |
| Winkler |
8,626 |
18 |
479 |
208.7 |
| Wise |
34,679 |
62 |
559 |
178.8 |
| Wood |
29,380 |
79 |
372 |
268.9 |
| Yoakum |
8,786 |
14 |
628 |
159.3 |
| Young |
18,126 |
59 |
307 |
325.5 |
| Zapata |
9,279 |
5 |
1,856 |
53.9 |
| Zavala |
12,162 |
5 |
2,432 |
41.1 |
| Texas Total |
16,986,510 |
81,320 |
209 |
478.7 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, October 1990.
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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