
| County |
1993 Population |
1993 DH Total |
Ratio of 1993 Population per DH* |
Ratio of DH per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
49,880 |
14 |
3,563 |
28.1 |
| Andrews |
14,802 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Angelina |
73,087 |
15 |
4,872 |
20.5 |
| Aransas |
18,545 |
6 |
3,091 |
32.4 |
| Archer |
8,058 |
2 |
4,029 |
24.8 |
| Armstrong |
2,071 |
1 |
2,071 |
48.3 |
| Atascosa |
31,982 |
7 |
4,569 |
21.9 |
| Austin |
20,620 |
6 |
3,437 |
29.1 |
| Bailey |
7,285 |
3 |
2,428 |
41.2 |
| Bandera |
11,288 |
4 |
2,822 |
35.4 |
| Bastrop |
39,975 |
10 |
3,998 |
25.0 |
| Baylor |
4,288 |
1 |
4,288 |
23.3 |
| Bee |
27,875 |
20 |
1,394 |
71.7 |
| Bell |
203,684 |
38 |
5,360 |
18.7 |
| Bexar |
1,260,287 |
414 |
3,044 |
32.8 |
| Blanco |
6,486 |
1 |
6,486 |
15.4 |
| Borden |
816 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
15,578 |
4 |
3,895 |
25.7 |
| Bowie |
84,431 |
15 |
5,629 |
17.8 |
| Brazoria |
208,337 |
97 |
2,148 |
46.6 |
| Brazos |
134,558 |
45 |
2,990 |
33.4 |
| Brewster |
8,900 |
2 |
4,450 |
22.5 |
| Briscoe |
1,931 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,264 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brown |
34,963 |
7 |
4,995 |
20.0 |
| Burleson |
14,405 |
3 |
4,802 |
20.8 |
| Burnet |
23,956 |
10 |
2,396 |
41.7 |
| Caldwell |
27,125 |
6 |
4,521 |
22.1 |
| Calhoun |
20,488 |
3 |
6,829 |
14.6 |
| Callahan |
12,002 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
284,392 |
23 |
12,365 |
8.1 |
| Camp |
10,667 |
3 |
3,556 |
28.1 |
| Carson |
6,548 |
4 |
1,637 |
61.1 |
| Cass |
30,653 |
8 |
3,832 |
26.1 |
| Castro |
9,132 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Chambers |
21,709 |
2 |
10,855 |
9.2 |
| Cherokee |
42,275 |
8 |
5,284 |
18.9 |
| Childress |
6,049 |
2 |
3,025 |
33.1 |
| Clay |
10,394 |
4 |
2,599 |
38.5 |
| Cochran |
4,331 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,662 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
9,932 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
309,670 |
161 |
1,923 |
52.0 |
| Collingsworth |
3,723 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
19,019 |
4 |
4,755 |
21.0 |
| Comal |
58,905 |
22 |
2,678 |
37.3 |
| Comanche |
13,789 |
1 |
13,789 |
7.3 |
| Concho |
3,211 |
1 |
3,211 |
31.1 |
| Cooke |
31,542 |
14 |
2,253 |
44.4 |
| Coryell |
65,588 |
6 |
10,931 |
9.1 |
| Cottle |
2,158 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
4,758 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,371 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crosby |
7,308 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,335 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
5,533 |
5 |
1,107 |
90.4 |
| Dallas |
1,938,116 |
740 |
2,619 |
38.2 |
| Dawson |
15,813 |
6 |
2,636 |
37.9 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,310 |
1 |
19,310 |
5.2 |
| Delta |
5,047 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
309,512 |
119 |
2,601 |
38.4 |
| De Witt |
19,479 |
7 |
2,783 |
35.9 |
| Dickens |
2,719 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
10,787 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
3,661 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
12,859 |
3 |
4,286 |
23.3 |
| Eastland |
18,614 |
2 |
9,307 |
10.7 |
| Ector |
122,051 |
20 |
6,103 |
16.4 |
| Edwards |
2,541 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
89,865 |
29 |
3,099 |
32.3 |
| El Paso |
634,650 |
139 |
4,566 |
21.9 |
| Erath |
29,272 |
9 |
3,252 |
30.7 |
| Falls |
18,418 |
1 |
18,418 |
5.4 |
| Fannin |
25,382 |
3 |
8,461 |
11.8 |
| Fayette |
21,348 |
6 |
3,558 |
28.1 |
| Fisher |
4,655 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
8,250 |
2 |
4,125 |
24.2 |
| Foard |
1,783 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
259,367 |
110 |
2,358 |
42.4 |
| Franklin |
8,333 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
17,323 |
3 |
5,774 |
17.3 |
| Frio |
14,361 |
2 |
7,181 |
13.9 |
| Gaines |
14,252 |
3 |
4,751 |
21.0 |
| Galveston |
233,591 |
83 |
2,814 |
35.5 |
| Garza |
5,298 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
18,653 |
6 |
3,109 |
32.2 |
| Glasscock |
1,516 |
1 |
1,516 |
66.0 |
| Goliad |
6,278 |
5 |
1,256 |
79.6 |
| Gonzales |
17,574 |
3 |
5,858 |
17.1 |
| Gray |
24,273 |
11 |
2,207 |
45.3 |
| Grayson |
97,450 |
29 |
3,360 |
29.8 |
| Gregg |
108,172 |
54 |
2,003 |
49.9 |
| Grimes |
20,240 |
3 |
6,747 |
14.8 |
| Guadalupe |
68,426 |
16 |
4,277 |
23.4 |
| Hale |
35,397 |
7 |
5,057 |
19.8 |
| Hall |
4,029 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
8,058 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hansford |
5,590 |
4 |
1,398 |
71.6 |
| Hardeman |
5,152 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
43,787 |
16 |
2,737 |
36.5 |
| Harris |
3,003,167 |
990 |
3,034 |
33.0 |
| Harrison |
59,739 |
16 |
3,734 |
26.8 |
| Hartley |
3,561 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
6,803 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
69,428 |
19 |
3,654 |
27.4 |
| Hemphill |
3,598 |
1 |
3,598 |
27.8 |
| Henderson |
61,536 |
18 |
3,419 |
29.3 |
| Hidalgo |
426,940 |
37 |
11,539 |
8.7 |
| Hill |
28,290 |
4 |
7,073 |
14.1 |
| Hockley |
24,696 |
2 |
12,348 |
8.1 |
| Hood |
29,916 |
9 |
3,324 |
30.1 |
| Hopkins |
30,296 |
5 |
6,059 |
16.5 |
| Houston |
21,364 |
5 |
4,273 |
23.4 |
| Howard |
32,969 |
14 |
2,355 |
42.5 |
| Hudspeth |
2,865 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
66,258 |
14 |
4,733 |
21.1 |
| Hutchinson |
26,464 |
10 |
2,646 |
37.8 |
| Irion |
1,406 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,165 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
14,125 |
7 |
2,018 |
49.6 |
| Jasper |
32,556 |
11 |
2,960 |
33.8 |
| Jeff Davis |
1,972 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
249,820 |
103 |
2,425 |
41.2 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,332 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
38,082 |
3 |
12,694 |
7.9 |
| Johnson |
101,372 |
45 |
2,253 |
44.4 |
| Jones |
18,310 |
1 |
18,310 |
5.5 |
| Karnes |
12,604 |
3 |
4,201 |
23.8 |
| Kaufman |
55,363 |
13 |
4,259 |
23.5 |
| Kendall |
16,327 |
14 |
1,166 |
85.7 |
| Kenedy |
409 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
924 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
38,973 |
17 |
2,293 |
43.6 |
| Kimble |
4,356 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
390 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,249 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
31,173 |
9 |
3,464 |
28.9 |
| Knox |
4,892 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
44,879 |
13 |
3,452 |
29.0 |
| Lamb |
15,322 |
1 |
15,322 |
6.5 |
| Lampasas |
14,096 |
4 |
3,524 |
28.4 |
| La Salle |
6,028 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
19,350 |
10 |
1,935 |
51.7 |
| Lee |
13,288 |
3 |
4,429 |
22.6 |
| Leon |
13,342 |
1 |
13,342 |
7.5 |
| Liberty |
57,351 |
11 |
5,214 |
19.2 |
| Limestone |
21,560 |
7 |
3,080 |
32.5 |
| Lipscomb |
3,222 |
2 |
1,611 |
62.1 |
| Live Oak |
9,894 |
3 |
3,298 |
30.3 |
| Llano |
11,998 |
1 |
11,998 |
8.3 |
| Loving |
102 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
230,901 |
64 |
3,608 |
27.7 |
| Lynn |
6,701 |
1 |
6,701 |
14.9 |
| McCulloch |
8,666 |
2 |
4,333 |
23.1 |
| McLennan |
197,493 |
54 |
3,657 |
27.3 |
| McMullen |
725 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,887 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Marion |
10,299 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
5,183 |
1 |
5,183 |
19.3 |
| Mason |
3,326 |
1 |
3,326 |
30.1 |
| Matagorda |
38,183 |
14 |
2,727 |
36.7 |
| Maverick |
39,763 |
2 |
19,882 |
5.0 |
| Medina |
29,764 |
6 |
4,961 |
20.2 |
| Menard |
2,252 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
112,855 |
50 |
2,257 |
44.3 |
| Milam |
24,084 |
2 |
12,042 |
8.3 |
| Mills |
4,835 |
1 |
4,835 |
20.7 |
| Mitchell |
7,885 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
17,797 |
7 |
2,542 |
39.3 |
| Montgomery |
199,490 |
69 |
2,891 |
34.6 |
| Moore |
18,872 |
5 |
3,774 |
26.5 |
| Morris |
13,164 |
3 |
4,388 |
22.8 |
| Motley |
1,617 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
57,379 |
10 |
5,738 |
17.4 |
| Navarro |
40,917 |
8 |
5,115 |
19.6 |
| Newton |
13,834 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
16,623 |
2 |
8,312 |
12.0 |
| Nueces |
302,479 |
127 |
2,382 |
42.0 |
| Ochiltree |
9,102 |
2 |
4,551 |
22.0 |
| Oldham |
2,361 |
3 |
787 |
127.1 |
| Orange |
85,348 |
32 |
2,667 |
37.5 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,711 |
5 |
5,142 |
19.4 |
| Panola |
22,653 |
6 |
3,776 |
26.5 |
| Parker |
67,101 |
32 |
2,097 |
47.7 |
| Parmer |
10,004 |
4 |
2,501 |
40.0 |
| Pecos |
15,730 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Polk |
32,577 |
4 |
8,144 |
12.3 |
| Potter |
101,700 |
91 |
1,118 |
89.5 |
| Presidio |
7,020 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
6,928 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
93,821 |
7 |
13,403 |
7.5 |
| Reagan |
4,623 |
1 |
4,623 |
21.6 |
| Real |
2,487 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
14,608 |
4 |
3,652 |
27.4 |
| Reeves |
16,199 |
1 |
16,199 |
6.2 |
| Refugio |
8,050 |
5 |
1,610 |
62.1 |
| Roberts |
910 |
1 |
910 |
109.9 |
| Robertson |
16,006 |
1 |
16,006 |
6.2 |
| Rockwall |
28,977 |
18 |
1,610 |
62.1 |
| Runnels |
11,475 |
2 |
5,738 |
17.4 |
| Rusk |
44,685 |
9 |
4,965 |
20.1 |
| Sabine |
10,221 |
3 |
3,407 |
29.4 |
| San Augustine |
7,987 |
2 |
3,994 |
25.0 |
| San Jacinto |
16,924 |
1 |
16,924 |
5.9 |
| San Patricio |
61,835 |
18 |
3,435 |
29.1 |
| San Saba |
5,397 |
2 |
2,699 |
37.1 |
| Schleicher |
3,017 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
19,117 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shackelford |
3,444 |
1 |
3,444 |
29.0 |
| Shelby |
22,355 |
5 |
4,471 |
22.4 |
| Sherman |
2,948 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
159,652 |
92 |
1,735 |
57.6 |
| Somervell |
5,518 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Starr |
44,210 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stephens |
8,892 |
2 |
4,446 |
22.5 |
| Sterling |
1,426 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
2,044 |
1 |
2,044 |
48.9 |
| Sutton |
4,364 |
1 |
4,364 |
22.9 |
| Swisher |
8,620 |
1 |
8,620 |
11.6 |
| Tarrant |
1,229,066 |
488 |
2,519 |
39.7 |
| Taylor |
123,920 |
25 |
4,957 |
20.2 |
| Terrell |
1,365 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,312 |
1 |
13,312 |
7.5 |
| Throckmorton |
1,902 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
25,115 |
9 |
2,791 |
35.8 |
| Tom Green |
102,477 |
21 |
4,880 |
20.5 |
| Travis |
617,489 |
274 |
2,254 |
44.4 |
| Trinity |
12,065 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tyler |
17,909 |
4 |
4,477 |
22.3 |
| Upshur |
33,092 |
8 |
4,137 |
24.2 |
| Upton |
4,446 |
1 |
4,446 |
22.5 |
| Uvalde |
24,267 |
3 |
8,089 |
12.4 |
| Val Verde |
41,790 |
7 |
5,970 |
16.8 |
| Van Zandt |
39,355 |
9 |
4,373 |
22.9 |
| Victoria |
78,509 |
32 |
2,453 |
40.8 |
| Walker |
53,857 |
16 |
3,366 |
29.7 |
| Waller |
25,226 |
3 |
8,409 |
11.9 |
| Ward |
13,247 |
1 |
13,247 |
7.5 |
| Washington |
27,914 |
9 |
3,102 |
32.2 |
| Webb |
153,538 |
7 |
21,934 |
4.6 |
| Wharton |
41,618 |
22 |
1,892 |
52.9 |
| Wheeler |
5,779 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
126,149 |
68 |
1,855 |
53.9 |
| Wilbarger |
15,607 |
4 |
3,902 |
25.6 |
| Willacy |
18,775 |
1 |
18,775 |
5.3 |
| Williamson |
154,669 |
53 |
2,918 |
34.3 |
| Wilson |
24,475 |
4 |
6,119 |
16.3 |
| Winkler |
8,840 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wise |
35,913 |
5 |
7,183 |
13.9 |
| Wood |
30,789 |
10 |
3,079 |
32.5 |
| Yoakum |
8,705 |
1 |
8,705 |
11.5 |
| Young |
18,153 |
3 |
6,051 |
16.5 |
| Zapata |
9,958 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,177 |
2 |
6,089 |
16.4 |
| Texas |
18,031,484 |
5,748 |
3,137 |
31.9 |
* 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, 1993. Include all Dental Hygienists with an "active" or "delinquent" status code and a Texas address. 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, December 6, 2001.
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