| County |
1994 Population |
1994 Optometrist Total |
Ratio of 1994 Population per Optometrist* |
Ratio of Optometrists per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
49,608 |
5 |
9,922 |
10.1 |
| Andrews |
14,220 |
1 |
14,220 |
7.0 |
| Angelina |
74,254 |
8 |
9,282 |
10.8 |
| Aransas |
20,758 |
1 |
20,758 |
4.8 |
| Archer |
7,986 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
2,066 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
32,938 |
1 |
32,938 |
3.0 |
| Austin |
21,782 |
1 |
21,782 |
4.6 |
| Bailey |
6,704 |
1 |
6,704 |
14.9 |
| Bandera |
12,576 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bastrop |
42,322 |
1 |
42,322 |
2.4 |
| Baylor |
4,222 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bee |
26,123 |
4 |
6,531 |
15.3 |
| Bell |
216,142 |
21 |
10,292 |
9.7 |
| Bexar |
1,271,471 |
124 |
10,254 |
9.8 |
| Blanco |
6,998 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Borden |
745 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
16,120 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Bowie |
83,549 |
10 |
8,355 |
12.0 |
| Brazoria |
212,229 |
18 |
11,791 |
8.5 |
| Brazos |
130,630 |
10 |
13,063 |
7.7 |
| Brewster |
8,836 |
1 |
8,836 |
11.3 |
| Briscoe |
1,864 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,281 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brown |
35,309 |
4 |
8,827 |
11.3 |
| Burleson |
14,658 |
1 |
14,658 |
6.8 |
| Burnet |
25,641 |
2 |
12,821 |
7.8 |
| Caldwell |
28,176 |
4 |
7,044 |
14.2 |
| Calhoun |
20,544 |
1 |
20,544 |
4.9 |
| Callahan |
12,293 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cameron |
298,671 |
12 |
24,889 |
4.0 |
| Camp |
10,514 |
1 |
10,514 |
9.5 |
| Carson |
6,617 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cass |
30,310 |
2 |
15,155 |
6.6 |
| Castro |
8,563 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Chambers |
21,376 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cherokee |
40,728 |
3 |
13,576 |
7.4 |
| Childress |
6,256 |
1 |
6,256 |
16.0 |
| Clay |
9,996 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cochran |
4,131 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coke |
3,420 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
9,556 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Collin |
327,223 |
32 |
10,226 |
9.8 |
| Collingsworth |
3,364 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Colorado |
18,611 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Comal |
60,743 |
5 |
12,149 |
8.2 |
| Comanche |
13,388 |
2 |
6,694 |
14.9 |
| Concho |
3,142 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Cooke |
31,324 |
3 |
10,441 |
9.6 |
| Coryell |
71,828 |
6 |
11,971 |
8.4 |
| Cottle |
2,040 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crane |
4,627 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crockett |
4,229 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Crosby |
7,273 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Culberson |
3,249 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dallam |
5,905 |
1 |
5,905 |
16.9 |
| Dallas |
1,947,208 |
202 |
9,640 |
10.4 |
| Dawson |
15,070 |
1 |
15,070 |
6.6 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,259 |
2 |
9,630 |
10.4 |
| Delta |
4,754 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Denton |
319,699 |
21 |
15,224 |
6.6 |
| De Witt |
18,213 |
1 |
18,213 |
5.5 |
| Dickens |
2,399 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
10,697 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Donley |
3,730 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Duval |
12,794 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Eastland |
17,763 |
4 |
4,441 |
22.5 |
| Ector |
122,222 |
14 |
8,730 |
11.5 |
| Edwards |
3,008 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ellis |
91,932 |
4 |
22,983 |
4.4 |
| El Paso |
665,168 |
46 |
14,460 |
6.9 |
| Erath |
29,920 |
5 |
5,984 |
16.7 |
| Falls |
17,856 |
1 |
17,856 |
5.6 |
| Fannin |
24,799 |
1 |
24,799 |
4.0 |
| Fayette |
20,903 |
4 |
5,226 |
19.1 |
| Fisher |
4,443 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Floyd |
8,166 |
1 |
8,166 |
12.2 |
| Foard |
1,666 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
279,995 |
20 |
14,000 |
7.1 |
| Franklin |
8,639 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Freestone |
16,688 |
1 |
16,688 |
6.0 |
| Frio |
15,347 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gaines |
14,485 |
2 |
7,243 |
13.8 |
| Galveston |
234,781 |
22 |
10,672 |
9.4 |
| Garza |
4,784 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gillespie |
18,953 |
2 |
9,477 |
10.6 |
| Glasscock |
1,485 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
6,064 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gonzales |
17,370 |
1 |
17,370 |
5.8 |
| Gray |
23,328 |
4 |
5,832 |
17.1 |
| Grayson |
97,308 |
11 |
8,846 |
11.3 |
| Gregg |
109,484 |
17 |
6,440 |
15.5 |
| Grimes |
21,009 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Guadalupe |
70,902 |
4 |
17,726 |
5.6 |
| Hale |
35,454 |
4 |
8,864 |
11.3 |
| Hall |
3,795 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hamilton |
7,436 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hansford |
5,424 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardeman |
4,945 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hardin |
45,716 |
2 |
22,858 |
4.4 |
| Harris |
3,043,086 |
349 |
8,719 |
11.5 |
| Harrison |
58,242 |
4 |
14,561 |
6.9 |
| Hartley |
3,768 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Haskell |
6,427 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hays |
73,929 |
5 |
14,786 |
6.8 |
| Hemphill |
3,479 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Henderson |
62,249 |
3 |
20,750 |
4.8 |
| Hidalgo |
463,813 |
25 |
18,553 |
5.4 |
| Hill |
28,316 |
1 |
28,316 |
3.5 |
| Hockley |
24,387 |
1 |
24,387 |
4.1 |
| Hood |
31,740 |
4 |
7,935 |
12.6 |
| Hopkins |
29,583 |
2 |
14,792 |
6.8 |
| Houston |
21,889 |
2 |
10,945 |
9.1 |
| Howard |
32,359 |
5 |
6,472 |
15.5 |
| Hudspeth |
2,915 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
65,843 |
4 |
16,461 |
6.1 |
| Hutchinson |
24,892 |
4 |
6,223 |
16.1 |
| Irion |
1,661 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jack |
6,886 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jackson |
13,556 |
1 |
13,556 |
7.4 |
| Jasper |
32,189 |
3 |
10,730 |
9.3 |
| Jeff Davis |
2,091 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jefferson |
243,889 |
19 |
12,836 |
7.8 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,103 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Jim Wells |
38,984 |
3 |
12,995 |
7.7 |
| Johnson |
104,898 |
9 |
11,655 |
8.6 |
| Jones |
18,055 |
1 |
18,055 |
5.5 |
| Karnes |
12,371 |
1 |
12,371 |
8.1 |
| Kaufman |
58,116 |
3 |
19,372 |
5.2 |
| Kendall |
18,488 |
2 |
9,244 |
10.8 |
| Kenedy |
425 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kent |
947 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
39,202 |
4 |
9,801 |
10.2 |
| Kimble |
4,154 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| King |
350 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,308 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Kleberg |
30,535 |
1 |
30,535 |
3.3 |
| Knox |
4,616 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lamar |
44,692 |
5 |
8,938 |
11.2 |
| Lamb |
14,831 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lampasas |
15,237 |
1 |
15,237 |
6.6 |
| La Salle |
5,964 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lavaca |
18,667 |
1 |
18,667 |
5.4 |
| Lee |
13,802 |
1 |
13,802 |
7.2 |
| Leon |
13,598 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Liberty |
58,359 |
5 |
11,672 |
8.6 |
| Limestone |
20,989 |
1 |
20,989 |
4.8 |
| Lipscomb |
2,932 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Live Oak |
10,085 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Llano |
12,456 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Loving |
136 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
230,161 |
32 |
7,193 |
13.9 |
| Lynn |
6,657 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McCulloch |
8,439 |
1 |
8,439 |
11.8 |
| McLennan |
193,540 |
15 |
12,903 |
7.8 |
| McMullen |
798 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Madison |
11,398 |
1 |
11,398 |
8.8 |
| Marion |
10,112 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Martin |
5,012 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mason |
3,506 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Matagorda |
38,561 |
1 |
38,561 |
2.6 |
| Maverick |
43,543 |
2 |
21,772 |
4.6 |
| Medina |
31,710 |
2 |
15,855 |
6.3 |
| Menard |
2,332 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Midland |
113,655 |
14 |
8,118 |
12.3 |
| Milam |
23,607 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mills |
4,661 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Mitchell |
8,647 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Montague |
17,676 |
3 |
5,892 |
17.0 |
| Montgomery |
222,888 |
5 |
44,578 |
2.2 |
| Moore |
19,182 |
3 |
6,394 |
15.6 |
| Morris |
13,158 |
1 |
13,158 |
7.6 |
| Motley |
1,412 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nacogdoches |
55,915 |
4 |
13,979 |
7.2 |
| Navarro |
40,356 |
6 |
6,726 |
14.9 |
| Newton |
13,927 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nolan |
16,261 |
2 |
8,131 |
12.3 |
| Nueces |
310,062 |
21 |
14,765 |
6.8 |
| Ochiltree |
8,601 |
1 |
8,601 |
11.6 |
| Oldham |
2,227 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orange |
83,935 |
2 |
41,968 |
2.4 |
| Palo Pinto |
25,072 |
2 |
12,536 |
8.0 |
| Panola |
22,473 |
1 |
22,473 |
4.4 |
| Parker |
71,211 |
2 |
35,606 |
2.8 |
| Parmer |
10,260 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pecos |
14,822 |
2 |
7,411 |
13.5 |
| Polk |
37,275 |
4 |
9,319 |
10.7 |
| Potter |
103,775 |
34 |
3,052 |
32.8 |
| Presidio |
7,541 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rains |
7,366 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Randall |
94,950 |
2 |
47,475 |
2.1 |
| Reagan |
4,383 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Real |
2,461 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Red River |
13,885 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Reeves |
15,290 |
1 |
15,290 |
6.5 |
| Refugio |
7,769 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Roberts |
996 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
15,462 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rockwall |
31,613 |
2 |
15,807 |
6.3 |
| Runnels |
11,167 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Rusk |
44,192 |
1 |
44,192 |
2.3 |
| Sabine |
10,089 |
1 |
10,089 |
9.9 |
| San Augustine |
7,932 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Jacinto |
18,590 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| San Patricio |
65,307 |
3 |
21,769 |
4.6 |
| San Saba |
5,999 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Schleicher |
3,011 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scurry |
18,155 |
2 |
9,078 |
11.0 |
| Shackelford |
3,324 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Shelby |
22,335 |
1 |
22,335 |
4.5 |
| Sherman |
2,875 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Smith |
159,600 |
14 |
11,400 |
8.8 |
| Somervell |
5,742 |
1 |
5,742 |
17.4 |
| Starr |
50,337 |
1 |
50,337 |
2.0 |
| Stephens |
8,943 |
1 |
8,943 |
11.2 |
| Sterling |
1,524 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
1,967 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
4,249 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swisher |
8,588 |
1 |
8,588 |
11.6 |
| Tarrant |
1,254,961 |
124 |
10,121 |
9.9 |
| Taylor |
121,222 |
16 |
7,576 |
13.2 |
| Terrell |
1,332 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Terry |
12,741 |
2 |
6,371 |
15.7 |
| Throckmorton |
1,821 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Titus |
24,502 |
6 |
4,084 |
24.5 |
| Tom Green |
100,866 |
11 |
9,170 |
10.9 |
| Travis |
649,211 |
66 |
9,837 |
10.2 |
| Trinity |
12,200 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tyler |
18,710 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Upshur |
33,448 |
1 |
33,448 |
3.0 |
| Upton |
4,006 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Uvalde |
24,634 |
3 |
8,211 |
12.2 |
| Val Verde |
41,663 |
1 |
41,663 |
2.4 |
| Van Zandt |
40,622 |
2 |
20,311 |
4.9 |
| Victoria |
79,989 |
9 |
8,888 |
11.3 |
| Walker |
53,529 |
3 |
17,843 |
5.6 |
| Waller |
25,459 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ward |
12,137 |
1 |
12,137 |
8.2 |
| Washington |
26,952 |
4 |
6,738 |
14.8 |
| Webb |
164,521 |
8 |
20,565 |
4.9 |
| Wharton |
40,020 |
3 |
13,340 |
7.5 |
| Wheeler |
5,438 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wichita |
124,208 |
17 |
7,306 |
13.7 |
| Wilbarger |
14,413 |
3 |
4,804 |
20.8 |
| Willacy |
19,020 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williamson |
173,205 |
5 |
34,641 |
2.9 |
| Wilson |
25,994 |
1 |
25,994 |
3.8 |
| Winkler |
8,181 |
2 |
4,091 |
24.4 |
| Wise |
37,144 |
2 |
18,572 |
5.4 |
| Wood |
31,693 |
3 |
10,564 |
9.5 |
| Yoakum |
8,494 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Young |
17,587 |
3 |
5,862 |
17.1 |
| Zapata |
10,593 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,257 |
2 |
6,129 |
16.3 |
| Texas Total |
18,384,921 |
1,644 |
11,183 |
8.9 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Optometry Board
Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning Analysis, Health Professions Resource Center, January 16, 2001.
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