| County |
1991 Population |
1991 Optometrist Total |
Ratio of 1991 Population per Optometrist* |
Ratio of Optometrists per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
47,983 |
6 |
7,997 |
12.5 |
| Andrews |
14,488 |
1 |
14,488 |
6.9 |
| Angelina |
70,905 |
7 |
10,129 |
9.9 |
| Aransas |
18,434 |
1 |
18,434 |
5.4 |
| Archer |
7,783 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
1,942 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
31,263 |
1 |
31,263 |
3.2 |
| Austin |
20,280 |
2 |
10,140 |
9.9 |
| Bailey |
6,933 |
1 |
6,933 |
14.4 |
| Bandera |
10,821 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
38,573 |
2 |
19,287 |
5.2 |
| Baylor |
4,259 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bee |
25,180 |
4 |
6,295 |
15.9 |
| Bell |
189,465 |
19 |
9,972 |
10.0 |
| Bexar |
1,206,740 |
107 |
11,278 |
8.9 |
| Blanco |
6,259 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Borden |
757 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
15,387 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bowie |
82,100 |
9 |
9,122 |
11.0 |
| Brazoria |
199,079 |
17 |
11,711 |
8.5 |
| Brazos |
122,855 |
10 |
12,286 |
8.1 |
| Brewster |
8,471 |
1 |
8,471 |
11.8 |
| Briscoe |
1,874 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,099 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brown |
34,525 |
3 |
11,508 |
8.7 |
| Burleson |
13,692 |
1 |
13,692 |
7.3 |
| Burnet |
22,817 |
3 |
7,606 |
13.1 |
| Caldwell |
26,687 |
4 |
6,672 |
15.0 |
| Calhoun |
19,423 |
1 |
19,423 |
5.1 |
| Callahan |
11,813 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
269,635 |
12 |
22,470 |
4.5 |
| Camp |
10,012 |
1 |
10,012 |
10.0 |
| Carson |
6,523 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
30,142 |
2 |
15,071 |
6.6 |
| Castro |
8,806 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Chambers |
20,293 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cherokee |
40,721 |
3 |
13,574 |
7.4 |
| Childress |
5,945 |
2 |
2,973 |
33.6 |
| Clay |
9,769 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cochran |
4,167 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,389 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
9,409 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
278,200 |
29 |
9,593 |
10.4 |
| Collingsworth |
3,501 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
18,261 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comal |
53,251 |
4 |
13,313 |
7.5 |
| Comanche |
13,293 |
1 |
13,293 |
7.5 |
| Concho |
3,061 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
30,649 |
2 |
15,325 |
6.5 |
| Coryell |
61,594 |
6 |
10,266 |
9.7 |
| Cottle |
2,154 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
4,717 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,117 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crosby |
7,257 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,259 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
5,509 |
1 |
5,509 |
18.2 |
| Dallas |
1,892,650 |
177 |
10,693 |
9.4 |
| Dawson |
14,152 |
1 |
14,152 |
7.1 |
| Deaf Smith |
18,824 |
2 |
9,412 |
10.6 |
| Delta |
4,816 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
285,153 |
17 |
16,774 |
6.0 |
| De Witt |
18,454 |
1 |
18,454 |
5.4 |
| Dickens |
2,445 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
10,666 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
3,553 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
12,744 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Eastland |
18,262 |
4 |
4,566 |
21.9 |
| Ector |
120,609 |
14 |
8,615 |
11.6 |
| Edwards |
2,254 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
86,579 |
7 |
12,368 |
8.1 |
| El Paso |
613,055 |
38 |
16,133 |
6.2 |
| Erath |
28,351 |
4 |
7,088 |
14.1 |
| Falls |
17,501 |
1 |
17,501 |
5.7 |
| Fannin |
24,517 |
1 |
24,517 |
4.1 |
| Fayette |
19,998 |
5 |
4,000 |
25.0 |
| Fisher |
4,648 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
8,455 |
1 |
8,455 |
11.8 |
| Foard |
1,740 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
241,695 |
12 |
20,141 |
5.0 |
| Franklin |
7,911 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
15,742 |
1 |
15,742 |
6.4 |
| Frio |
14,383 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gaines |
14,167 |
2 |
7,084 |
14.1 |
| Galveston |
222,977 |
22 |
10,135 |
9.9 |
| Garza |
5,050 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
17,534 |
2 |
8,767 |
11.4 |
| Glasscock |
1,469 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
6,012 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gonzales |
17,241 |
1 |
17,241 |
5.8 |
| Gray |
23,569 |
3 |
7,856 |
12.7 |
| Grayson |
95,669 |
10 |
9,567 |
10.5 |
| Gregg |
106,985 |
17 |
6,293 |
15.9 |
| Grimes |
19,138 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Guadalupe |
65,944 |
4 |
16,486 |
6.1 |
| Hale |
34,777 |
5 |
6,955 |
14.4 |
| Hall |
3,890 |
1 |
3,890 |
25.7 |
| Hamilton |
7,569 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hansford |
5,696 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardeman |
4,979 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
42,405 |
1 |
42,405 |
2.4 |
| Harris |
2,901,950 |
325 |
8,929 |
11.2 |
| Harrison |
57,209 |
3 |
19,070 |
5.2 |
| Hartley |
3,636 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
6,715 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
66,983 |
4 |
16,746 |
6.0 |
| Hemphill |
3,671 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
59,339 |
2 |
29,670 |
3.4 |
| Hidalgo |
402,267 |
20 |
20,113 |
5.0 |
| Hill |
27,401 |
2 |
13,701 |
7.3 |
| Hockley |
24,461 |
1 |
24,461 |
4.1 |
| Hood |
30,076 |
4 |
7,519 |
13.3 |
| Hopkins |
28,984 |
2 |
14,492 |
6.9 |
| Houston |
21,476 |
2 |
10,738 |
9.3 |
| Howard |
32,233 |
5 |
6,447 |
15.5 |
| Hudspeth |
2,891 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
63,956 |
5 |
12,791 |
7.8 |
| Hutchinson |
25,613 |
3 |
8,538 |
11.7 |
| Irion |
1,578 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
6,775 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
12,822 |
1 |
12,822 |
7.8 |
| Jasper |
31,106 |
3 |
10,369 |
9.6 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,912 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
241,239 |
16 |
15,077 |
6.6 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,084 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
38,003 |
3 |
12,668 |
7.9 |
| Johnson |
98,448 |
8 |
12,306 |
8.1 |
| Jones |
16,127 |
1 |
16,127 |
6.2 |
| Karnes |
12,324 |
1 |
12,324 |
8.1 |
| Kaufman |
53,590 |
3 |
17,863 |
5.6 |
| Kendall |
15,248 |
2 |
7,624 |
13.1 |
| Kenedy |
431 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
989 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
36,776 |
4 |
9,194 |
10.9 |
| Kimble |
4,131 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
327 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,135 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
29,973 |
1 |
29,973 |
3.3 |
| Knox |
4,775 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
44,038 |
5 |
8,808 |
11.4 |
| Lamb |
14,891 |
1 |
14,891 |
6.7 |
| Lampasas |
13,485 |
1 |
13,485 |
7.4 |
| La Salle |
5,405 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
18,718 |
1 |
18,718 |
5.3 |
| Lee |
12,858 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Leon |
12,836 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Liberty |
53,698 |
4 |
13,425 |
7.4 |
| Limestone |
20,968 |
2 |
10,484 |
9.5 |
| Lipscomb |
3,087 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
9,730 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Llano |
11,690 |
1 |
11,690 |
8.6 |
| Loving |
101 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
224,060 |
25 |
8,962 |
11.2 |
| Lynn |
6,736 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,381 |
1 |
8,381 |
11.9 |
| McLennan |
191,503 |
17 |
11,265 |
8.9 |
| McMullen |
785 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,016 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Marion |
9,979 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
4,824 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,353 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
37,646 |
1 |
37,646 |
2.7 |
| Maverick |
38,531 |
1 |
38,531 |
2.6 |
| Medina |
28,199 |
2 |
14,100 |
7.1 |
| Menard |
2,202 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
109,042 |
11 |
9,913 |
10.1 |
| Milam |
22,914 |
1 |
22,914 |
4.4 |
| Mills |
4,526 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
7,748 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
17,235 |
3 |
5,745 |
17.4 |
| Montgomery |
193,037 |
6 |
32,173 |
3.1 |
| Moore |
18,084 |
2 |
9,042 |
11.1 |
| Morris |
13,061 |
1 |
13,061 |
7.7 |
| Motley |
1,462 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
54,848 |
5 |
10,970 |
9.1 |
| Navarro |
39,811 |
5 |
7,962 |
12.6 |
| Newton |
13,417 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
16,369 |
3 |
5,456 |
18.3 |
| Nueces |
296,248 |
20 |
14,812 |
6.8 |
| Ochiltree |
8,866 |
1 |
8,866 |
11.3 |
| Oldham |
2,209 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
81,747 |
4 |
20,437 |
4.9 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,073 |
2 |
12,537 |
8.0 |
| Panola |
22,053 |
1 |
22,053 |
4.5 |
| Parker |
66,507 |
2 |
33,254 |
3.0 |
| Parmer |
9,939 |
1 |
9,939 |
10.1 |
| Pecos |
14,351 |
2 |
7,176 |
13.9 |
| Polk |
31,846 |
4 |
7,962 |
12.6 |
| Potter |
98,941 |
29 |
3,412 |
29.3 |
| Presidio |
6,656 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
6,822 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
90,401 |
2 |
45,201 |
2.2 |
| Reagan |
4,413 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,431 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
14,118 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Reeves |
15,660 |
1 |
15,660 |
6.4 |
| Refugio |
7,829 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Roberts |
1,007 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
15,438 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rockwall |
27,298 |
2 |
13,649 |
7.3 |
| Runnels |
11,075 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rusk |
43,835 |
1 |
43,835 |
2.3 |
| Sabine |
9,662 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Augustine |
7,968 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Jacinto |
16,729 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Patricio |
59,554 |
3 |
19,851 |
5.0 |
| San Saba |
5,224 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
3,039 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
18,432 |
3 |
6,144 |
16.3 |
| Shackelford |
3,313 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shelby |
22,073 |
2 |
11,037 |
9.1 |
| Sherman |
2,860 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
153,340 |
15 |
10,223 |
9.8 |
| Somervell |
5,277 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
43,039 |
1 |
43,039 |
2.3 |
| Stephens |
8,640 |
1 |
8,640 |
11.6 |
| Sterling |
1,455 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
1,993 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
4,302 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
7,976 |
1 |
7,976 |
12.5 |
| Tarrant |
1,202,537 |
115 |
10,457 |
9.6 |
| Taylor |
119,094 |
14 |
8,507 |
11.8 |
| Terrell |
1,374 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,057 |
2 |
6,529 |
15.3 |
| Throckmorton |
1,842 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
24,296 |
6 |
4,049 |
24.7 |
| Tom Green |
97,951 |
11 |
8,905 |
11.2 |
| Travis |
595,809 |
61 |
9,767 |
10.2 |
| Trinity |
11,482 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tyler |
16,920 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
31,953 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upton |
4,248 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
23,463 |
3 |
7,821 |
12.8 |
| Val Verde |
39,628 |
1 |
39,628 |
2.5 |
| Van Zandt |
38,612 |
2 |
19,306 |
5.2 |
| Victoria |
75,581 |
10 |
7,558 |
13.2 |
| Walker |
51,778 |
3 |
17,259 |
5.8 |
| Waller |
23,136 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ward |
12,819 |
1 |
12,819 |
7.8 |
| Washington |
26,115 |
2 |
13,058 |
7.7 |
| Webb |
140,867 |
6 |
23,478 |
4.3 |
| Wharton |
39,690 |
3 |
13,230 |
7.6 |
| Wheeler |
5,667 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
121,120 |
19 |
6,375 |
15.7 |
| Wilbarger |
14,801 |
2 |
7,401 |
13.5 |
| Willacy |
17,940 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
146,867 |
6 |
24,478 |
4.1 |
| Wilson |
23,336 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Winkler |
8,612 |
2 |
4,306 |
23.2 |
| Wise |
35,321 |
3 |
11,774 |
8.5 |
| Wood |
29,420 |
3 |
9,807 |
10.2 |
| Yoakum |
8,716 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
17,834 |
2 |
8,917 |
11.2 |
| Zapata |
9,519 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,264 |
1 |
12,264 |
8.2 |
| Texas Total |
17,357,985 |
1,513 |
11,473 |
8.7 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: 1991 Manpower Supply Report, Texas Department of Health
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning Analysis, Health Professions Resource Center, January 8, 2001.
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