
| County |
1996 Population |
1996 DPC Total |
Ratio of 1996 Population per DPC* |
Ratio of DPC per 100,000 Population |
| Anderson |
52,031 |
70 |
743 |
134.5 |
| Andrews |
14,532 |
10 |
1,453 |
68.8 |
| Angelina |
75,924 |
105 |
723 |
138.3 |
| Aransas |
20,854 |
10 |
2,085 |
48.0 |
| Archer |
8,594 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Armstrong |
2,192 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Atascosa |
34,152 |
12 |
2,846 |
35.1 |
| Austin |
22,969 |
10 |
2,297 |
43.5 |
| Bailey |
6,841 |
4 |
1,710 |
58.5 |
| Bandera |
14,373 |
1 |
14,373 |
7.0 |
| Bastrop |
46,738 |
15 |
3,116 |
32.1 |
| Baylor |
4,289 |
2 |
2,145 |
46.6 |
| Bee |
27,590 |
16 |
1,724 |
58.0 |
| Bell |
222,146 |
417 |
533 |
187.7 |
| Bexar |
1,318,431 |
2,307 |
571 |
175.0 |
| Blanco |
7,352 |
2 |
3,676 |
27.2 |
| Borden |
762 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Bosque |
16,595 |
9 |
1,844 |
54.2 |
| Bowie |
85,080 |
197 |
432 |
231.5 |
| Brazoria |
219,898 |
143 |
1,538 |
65.0 |
| Brazos |
138,093 |
221 |
625 |
160.0 |
| Brewster |
9,290 |
5 |
1,858 |
53.8 |
| Briscoe |
2,038 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Brooks |
8,331 |
2 |
4,166 |
24.0 |
| Brown |
37,283 |
52 |
717 |
139.5 |
| Burleson |
15,136 |
4 |
3,784 |
26.4 |
| Burnet |
29,426 |
19 |
1,549 |
64.6 |
| Caldwell |
29,558 |
12 |
2,463 |
40.6 |
| Calhoun |
20,505 |
16 |
1,282 |
78.0 |
| Callahan |
12,442 |
2 |
6,221 |
16.1 |
| Cameron |
312,064 |
337 |
926 |
108.0 |
| Camp |
10,965 |
7 |
1,566 |
63.8 |
| Carson |
6,592 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Cass |
30,725 |
14 |
2,195 |
45.6 |
| Castro |
8,395 |
5 |
1,679 |
59.6 |
| Chambers |
24,330 |
6 |
4,055 |
24.7 |
| Cherokee |
43,611 |
58 |
752 |
133.0 |
| Childress |
7,462 |
8 |
933 |
107.2 |
| Clay |
10,566 |
3 |
3,522 |
28.4 |
| Cochran |
4,250 |
2 |
2,125 |
47.1 |
| Coke |
3,529 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Coleman |
9,888 |
5 |
1,978 |
50.6 |
| Collin |
373,095 |
429 |
870 |
115.0 |
| Collingsworth |
3,657 |
5 |
731 |
136.7 |
| Colorado |
19,574 |
20 |
979 |
102.2 |
| Comal |
68,525 |
72 |
952 |
105.1 |
| Comanche |
14,072 |
9 |
1,564 |
64.0 |
| Concho |
3,170 |
3 |
1,057 |
94.6 |
| Cooke |
33,196 |
23 |
1,443 |
69.3 |
| Coryell |
74,119 |
22 |
3,369 |
29.7 |
| Cottle |
2,117 |
1 |
2,117 |
47.2 |
| Crane |
4,648 |
3 |
1,549 |
64.5 |
| Crockett |
4,544 |
2 |
2,272 |
44.0 |
| Crosby |
7,187 |
3 |
2,396 |
41.7 |
| Culberson |
3,290 |
3 |
1,097 |
91.2 |
| Dallam |
5,765 |
7 |
824 |
121.4 |
| Dallas |
1,999,926 |
3,952 |
506 |
197.6 |
| Dawson |
15,011 |
6 |
2,502 |
40.0 |
| Deaf Smith |
19,403 |
11 |
1,764 |
56.7 |
| Delta |
5,014 |
2 |
2,507 |
39.9 |
| Denton |
350,905 |
341 |
1,029 |
97.2 |
| De Witt |
20,546 |
8 |
2,568 |
38.9 |
| Dickens |
2,372 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Dimmit |
10,681 |
7 |
1,526 |
65.5 |
| Donley |
3,905 |
1 |
3,905 |
25.6 |
| Duval |
13,543 |
2 |
6,772 |
14.8 |
| Eastland |
19,498 |
11 |
1,773 |
56.4 |
| Ector |
123,211 |
144 |
856 |
116.9 |
| Edwards |
2,878 |
1 |
2,878 |
34.7 |
| Ellis |
95,990 |
58 |
1,655 |
60.4 |
| El Paso |
673,893 |
728 |
926 |
108.0 |
| Erath |
30,769 |
31 |
993 |
100.8 |
| Falls |
18,457 |
7 |
2,637 |
37.9 |
| Fannin |
27,435 |
16 |
1,715 |
58.3 |
| Fayette |
21,756 |
22 |
989 |
101.1 |
| Fisher |
4,516 |
3 |
1,505 |
66.4 |
| Floyd |
8,398 |
3 |
2,799 |
35.7 |
| Foard |
1,845 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Fort Bend |
302,017 |
230 |
1,313 |
76.2 |
| Franklin |
8,724 |
9 |
969 |
103.2 |
| Freestone |
17,757 |
8 |
2,220 |
45.1 |
| Frio |
15,841 |
7 |
2,263 |
44.2 |
| Gaines |
14,742 |
7 |
2,106 |
47.5 |
| Galveston |
241,981 |
378 |
640 |
156.2 |
| Garza |
4,954 |
3 |
1,651 |
60.6 |
| Gillespie |
19,700 |
38 |
518 |
192.9 |
| Glasscock |
1,460 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Goliad |
6,570 |
2 |
3,285 |
30.4 |
| Gonzales |
17,754 |
11 |
1,614 |
62.0 |
| Gray |
24,819 |
30 |
827 |
120.9 |
| Grayson |
100,611 |
187 |
538 |
185.9 |
| Gregg |
111,509 |
210 |
531 |
188.3 |
| Grimes |
21,721 |
9 |
2,413 |
41.4 |
| Guadalupe |
73,679 |
46 |
1,602 |
62.4 |
| Hale |
36,253 |
42 |
863 |
115.9 |
| Hall |
3,972 |
3 |
1,324 |
75.5 |
| Hamilton |
8,218 |
6 |
1,370 |
73.0 |
| Hansford |
5,478 |
3 |
1,826 |
54.8 |
| Hardeman |
5,133 |
8 |
642 |
155.9 |
| Hardin |
46,367 |
18 |
2,576 |
38.8 |
| Harris |
3,117,376 |
5,776 |
540 |
185.3 |
| Harrison |
60,838 |
46 |
1,323 |
75.6 |
| Hartley |
4,895 |
1 |
4,895 |
20.4 |
| Haskell |
6,463 |
3 |
2,154 |
46.4 |
| Hays |
81,563 |
97 |
841 |
118.9 |
| Hemphill |
3,805 |
4 |
951 |
105.1 |
| Henderson |
65,144 |
44 |
1,481 |
67.5 |
| Hidalgo |
496,485 |
425 |
1,168 |
85.6 |
| Hill |
29,538 |
15 |
1,969 |
50.8 |
| Hockley |
24,209 |
13 |
1,862 |
53.7 |
| Hood |
33,113 |
31 |
1,068 |
93.6 |
| Hopkins |
31,012 |
19 |
1,632 |
61.3 |
| Houston |
21,362 |
12 |
1,780 |
56.2 |
| Howard |
33,285 |
43 |
774 |
129.2 |
| Hudspeth |
3,245 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Hunt |
69,176 |
56 |
1,235 |
81.0 |
| Hutchinson |
25,907 |
17 |
1,524 |
65.6 |
| Irion |
1,550 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Jack |
7,435 |
4 |
1,859 |
53.8 |
| Jackson |
14,329 |
6 |
2,388 |
41.9 |
| Jasper |
33,944 |
28 |
1,212 |
82.5 |
| Jeff Davis |
2,061 |
1 |
2,061 |
48.5 |
| Jefferson |
245,849 |
494 |
498 |
200.9 |
| Jim Hogg |
5,164 |
2 |
2,582 |
38.7 |
| Jim Wells |
39,941 |
25 |
1,598 |
62.6 |
| Johnson |
109,463 |
74 |
1,479 |
67.6 |
| Jones |
18,422 |
6 |
3,070 |
32.6 |
| Karnes |
15,259 |
3 |
5,086 |
19.7 |
| Kaufman |
61,646 |
66 |
934 |
107.1 |
| Kendall |
19,835 |
20 |
992 |
100.8 |
| Kenedy |
418 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kent |
939 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kerr |
42,168 |
83 |
508 |
196.8 |
| Kimble |
4,504 |
4 |
1,126 |
88.8 |
| King |
357 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Kinney |
3,389 |
1 |
3,389 |
29.5 |
| Kleberg |
31,805 |
26 |
1,223 |
81.7 |
| Knox |
4,708 |
2 |
2,354 |
42.5 |
| Lamar |
45,656 |
99 |
461 |
216.8 |
| Lamb |
15,162 |
7 |
2,166 |
46.2 |
| Lampasas |
16,707 |
5 |
3,341 |
29.9 |
| La Salle |
5,911 |
2 |
2,956 |
33.8 |
| Lavaca |
20,450 |
17 |
1,203 |
83.1 |
| Lee |
14,189 |
2 |
7,095 |
14.1 |
| Leon |
13,775 |
4 |
3,444 |
29.0 |
| Liberty |
63,173 |
38 |
1,662 |
60.2 |
| Limestone |
21,307 |
17 |
1,253 |
79.8 |
| Lipscomb |
3,210 |
1 |
3,210 |
31.2 |
| Live Oak |
10,476 |
3 |
3,492 |
28.6 |
| Llano |
12,852 |
13 |
989 |
101.2 |
| Loving |
97 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Lubbock |
233,496 |
566 |
413 |
242.4 |
| Lynn |
6,769 |
2 |
3,385 |
29.5 |
| McCulloch |
8,862 |
5 |
1,772 |
56.4 |
| McLennan |
202,679 |
285 |
711 |
140.6 |
| McMullen |
766 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Madison |
12,283 |
8 |
1,535 |
65.1 |
| Marion |
10,405 |
7 |
1,486 |
67.3 |
| Martin |
5,056 |
3 |
1,685 |
59.3 |
| Mason |
3,578 |
1 |
3,578 |
27.9 |
| Matagorda |
38,184 |
33 |
1,157 |
86.4 |
| Maverick |
44,107 |
24 |
1,838 |
54.4 |
| Medina |
33,471 |
12 |
2,789 |
35.9 |
| Menard |
2,339 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Midland |
116,767 |
147 |
794 |
125.9 |
| Milam |
24,556 |
9 |
2,728 |
36.7 |
| Mills |
4,964 |
4 |
1,241 |
80.6 |
| Mitchell |
8,862 |
5 |
1,772 |
56.4 |
| Montague |
18,194 |
12 |
1,516 |
66.0 |
| Montgomery |
241,855 |
230 |
1,052 |
95.1 |
| Moore |
19,759 |
11 |
1,796 |
55.7 |
| Morris |
13,485 |
5 |
2,697 |
37.1 |
| Motley |
1,436 |
1 |
1,436 |
69.6 |
| Nacogdoches |
59,250 |
89 |
666 |
150.2 |
| Navarro |
42,257 |
53 |
797 |
125.4 |
| Newton |
14,209 |
3 |
4,736 |
21.1 |
| Nolan |
16,793 |
12 |
1,399 |
71.5 |
| Nueces |
310,561 |
609 |
510 |
196.1 |
| Ochiltree |
9,298 |
4 |
2,325 |
43.0 |
| Oldham |
2,372 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Orange |
85,433 |
51 |
1,675 |
59.7 |
| Palo Pinto |
26,380 |
24 |
1,099 |
91.0 |
| Panola |
22,643 |
10 |
2,264 |
44.2 |
| Parker |
73,897 |
35 |
2,111 |
47.4 |
| Parmer |
10,401 |
4 |
2,600 |
38.5 |
| Pecos |
16,515 |
8 |
2,064 |
48.4 |
| Polk |
41,959 |
11 |
3,814 |
26.2 |
| Potter |
108,765 |
314 |
346 |
288.7 |
| Presidio |
7,285 |
2 |
3,643 |
27.5 |
| Rains |
7,457 |
1 |
7,457 |
13.4 |
| Randall |
100,400 |
77 |
1,304 |
76.7 |
| Reagan |
4,277 |
1 |
4,277 |
23.4 |
| Real |
2,740 |
2 |
1,370 |
73.0 |
| Red River |
14,662 |
6 |
2,444 |
40.9 |
| Reeves |
15,309 |
7 |
2,187 |
45.7 |
| Refugio |
8,198 |
2 |
4,099 |
24.4 |
| Roberts |
875 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Robertson |
15,355 |
3 |
5,118 |
19.5 |
| Rockwall |
34,287 |
26 |
1,319 |
75.8 |
| Runnels |
11,928 |
7 |
1,704 |
58.7 |
| Rusk |
45,572 |
23 |
1,981 |
50.5 |
| Sabine |
10,892 |
4 |
2,723 |
36.7 |
| San Augustine |
8,193 |
3 |
2,731 |
36.6 |
| San Jacinto |
18,625 |
1 |
18,625 |
5.4 |
| San Patricio |
66,005 |
32 |
2,063 |
48.5 |
| San Saba |
5,565 |
1 |
5,565 |
18.0 |
| Schleicher |
3,325 |
4 |
831 |
120.3 |
| Scurry |
19,027 |
13 |
1,464 |
68.3 |
| Shackelford |
3,413 |
4 |
853 |
117.2 |
| Shelby |
22,857 |
10 |
2,286 |
43.8 |
| Sherman |
3,068 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Smith |
164,547 |
407 |
404 |
247.3 |
| Somervell |
5,961 |
3 |
1,987 |
50.3 |
| Starr |
49,206 |
10 |
4,921 |
20.3 |
| Stephens |
9,938 |
5 |
1,988 |
50.3 |
| Sterling |
1,394 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Stonewall |
1,885 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Sutton |
4,531 |
3 |
1,510 |
66.2 |
| Swisher |
8,801 |
3 |
2,934 |
34.1 |
| Tarrant |
1,306,287 |
2,098 |
623 |
160.6 |
| Taylor |
127,440 |
232 |
549 |
182.0 |
| Terrell |
1,256 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Terry |
13,361 |
10 |
1,336 |
74.8 |
| Throckmorton |
1,842 |
2 |
921 |
108.6 |
| Titus |
26,264 |
45 |
584 |
171.3 |
| Tom Green |
104,973 |
192 |
547 |
182.9 |
| Travis |
680,541 |
1,417 |
480 |
208.2 |
| Trinity |
12,553 |
2 |
6,277 |
15.9 |
| Tyler |
19,604 |
10 |
1,960 |
51.0 |
| Upshur |
34,520 |
10 |
3,452 |
29.0 |
| Upton |
4,144 |
4 |
1,036 |
96.5 |
| Uvalde |
25,012 |
19 |
1,316 |
76.0 |
| Val Verde |
43,291 |
27 |
1,603 |
62.4 |
| Van Zandt |
42,067 |
14 |
3,005 |
33.3 |
| Victoria |
81,023 |
180 |
450 |
222.2 |
| Walker |
56,253 |
50 |
1,125 |
88.9 |
| Waller |
26,577 |
4 |
6,644 |
15.1 |
| Ward |
12,886 |
8 |
1,611 |
62.1 |
| Washington |
29,295 |
31 |
945 |
105.8 |
| Webb |
177,147 |
143 |
1,239 |
80.7 |
| Wharton |
41,385 |
57 |
726 |
137.7 |
| Wheeler |
5,584 |
4 |
1,396 |
71.6 |
| Wichita |
131,661 |
216 |
610 |
164.1 |
| Wilbarger |
15,863 |
23 |
690 |
145.0 |
| Willacy |
19,584 |
11 |
1,780 |
56.2 |
| Williamson |
196,190 |
137 |
1,432 |
69.8 |
| Wilson |
26,989 |
5 |
5,398 |
18.5 |
| Winkler |
8,297 |
3 |
2,766 |
36.2 |
| Wise |
40,212 |
19 |
2,116 |
47.2 |
| Wood |
33,312 |
23 |
1,448 |
69.0 |
| Yoakum |
8,646 |
3 |
2,882 |
34.7 |
| Young |
17,796 |
14 |
1,271 |
78.7 |
| Zapata |
10,662 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
| Zavala |
12,000 |
4 |
3,000 |
33.3 |
| Texas Total |
19,128,261 |
27,248 |
702 |
142.4 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, March, 1996. Includes all active physicians with a Texas practice address. Excludes: Federal physicians, residents, and fellows.
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, February 23, 2009.
Most of the physicians were categorized by the county of practice address. The county was determined based on the zip code. If the practice address was unavailable, the mailing address was used to determine the county.
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