PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS (PCP) by County of Practice - April, 1997

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County 1997 Estimated Population 1997 PCP Total Ratio of 1997 Population per PCP* Ratio of PCP per 100,000 population
Anderson 51,303 32 1,603 62.4
Andrews 15,256 9 1,695 59.0
Angelina 73,442 43 1,708 58.5
Aransas 19,298 12 1,608 62.2
Archer 8,256 0 0 0.0
Armstrong 1,992 0 0 0.0
Atascosa 35,454 12 2,955 33.8
Austin 20,566 6 3,428 29.2
Bailey 7,362 3 2,454 40.7
Bandera 13,142 1 13,142 7.6
Bastrop 49,683 13 3,822 26.2
Baylor 4,180 2 2,090 47.8
Bee 29,020 16 1,814 55.1
Bell 207,256 185 1,120 89.3
Bexar 1,324,190 960 1,379 72.5
Blanco 6,964 2 3,482 28.7
Borden 811 0 0 0.0
Bosque 15,922 6 2,654 37.7
Bowie 84,273 84 1,003 99.7
Brazoria 215,038 86 2,500 40.0
Brazos 121,225 104 1,166 85.8
Brewster 10,548 3 3,516 28.4
Briscoe 1,926 0 0 0.0
Brooks 8,803 2 4,402 22.7
Brown 34,259 21 1,631 61.3
Burleson 14,948 3 4,983 20.1
Burnet 26,799 14 1,914 52.2
Caldwell 30,919 9 3,435 29.1
Calhoun 19,908 16 1,244 80.4
Callahan 11,931 1 11,931 8.4
Cameron 311,893 158 1,974 50.7
Camp 10,545 5 2,109 47.4
Carson 6,487 0 0 0.0
Cass 29,943 11 2,722 36.7
Castro 9,471 3 3,157 31.7
Chambers 20,753 3 6,918 14.5
Cherokee 43,350 27 1,606 62.3
Childress 6,931 6 1,155 86.6
Clay 9,997 3 3,332 30.0
Cochran 4,725 1 4,725 21.2
Coke 3,415 0 0 0.0
Coleman 9,331 4 2,333 42.9
Collin 375,498 194 1,936 51.7
Collingsworth 3,434 3 1,145 87.4
Colorado 18,235 10 1,824 54.8
Comal 68,414 32 2,138 46.8
Comanche 13,220 6 2,203 45.4
Concho 3,243 2 1,622 61.7
Cooke 32,109 14 2,294 43.6
Coryell 74,402 16 4,650 21.5
Cottle 2,163 1 2,163 46.2
Crane 5,018 3 1,673 59.8
Crockett 4,277 2 2,139 46.8
Crosby 7,560 3 2,520 39.7
Culberson 3,944 1 3,944 25.4
Dallam 5,497 7 785 127.3
Dallas 2,099,876 1,645 1,277 78.3
Dawson 15,773 3 5,258 19.0
Deaf Smith 19,942 9 2,216 45.1
Delta 4,835 3 1,612 62.0
Denton 368,564 140 2,633 38.0
De Witt 20,278 7 2,897 34.5
Dickens 2,489 0 0 0.0
Dimmit 11,083 6 1,847 54.1
Donley 3,560 1 3,560 28.1
Duval 14,382 2 7,191 13.9
Eastland 17,719 11 1,611 62.1
Ector 126,022 58 2,173 46.0
Edwards 2,457 1 2,457 40.7
Ellis 110,387 38 2,905 34.4
El Paso 715,807 283 2,529 39.5
Erath 30,178 13 2,321 43.1
Falls 18,716 5 3,743 26.7
Fannin 25,861 11 2,351 42.5
Fayette 20,314 16 1,270 78.8
Fisher 4,701 1 4,701 21.3
Floyd 8,736 4 2,184 45.8
Foard 1,729 0 0 0.0
Fort Bend 297,588 122 2,439 41.0
Franklin 8,037 5 1,607 62.2
Freestone 17,046 9 1,894 52.8
Frio 16,086 5 3,217 31.1
Gaines 14,820 4 3,705 27.0
Galveston 230,370 166 1,388 72.1
Garza 5,262 3 1,754 57.0
Gillespie 19,237 18 1,069 93.6
Glasscock 1,578 0 0 0.0
Goliad 6,401 2 3,201 31.2
Gonzales 17,983 6 2,997 33.4
Gray 23,192 11 2,108 47.4
Grayson 96,723 66 1,466 68.2
Gregg 107,619 90 1,196 83.6
Grimes 21,887 7 3,127 32.0
Guadalupe 79,664 25 3,187 31.4
Hale 35,206 25 1,408 71.0
Hall 3,722 3 1,241 80.6
Hamilton 7,423 6 1,237 80.8
Hansford 5,875 3 1,958 51.1
Hardeman 5,066 3 1,689 59.2
Hardin 42,502 16 2,656 37.6
Harris 3,163,342 2,433 1,300 76.9
Harrison 62,120 22 2,824 35.4
Hartley 4,893 0 0 0.0
Haskell 6,624 3 2,208 45.3
Hays 81,218 44 1,846 54.2
Hemphill 3,666 3 1,222 81.8
Henderson 70,990 24 2,958 33.8
Hidalgo 492,619 234 2,105 47.5
Hill 28,517 8 3,565 28.1
Hockley 24,479 10 2,448 40.9
Hood 38,420 19 2,022 49.5
Hopkins 29,535 15 1,969 50.8
Houston 22,491 10 2,249 44.5
Howard 32,079 18 1,782 56.1
Hudspeth 3,259 0 0 0.0
Hunt 70,414 28 2,515 39.8
Hutchinson 25,073 10 2,507 39.9
Irion 1,723 0 0 0.0
Jack 6,881 1 6,881 14.5
Jackson 13,184 6 2,197 45.5
Jasper 31,676 21 1,508 66.3
Jeff Davis 2,130 1 2,130 46.9
Jefferson 237,992 179 1,330 75.2
Jim Hogg 6,024 2 3,012 33.2
Jim Wells 39,376 14 2,813 35.6
Johnson 125,340 49 2,558 39.1
Jones 19,043 6 3,174 31.5
Karnes 15,654 2 7,827 12.8
Kaufman 65,895 38 1,734 57.7
Kendall 17,939 11 1,631 61.3
Kenedy 507 0 0 0.0
Kent 1,010 0 0 0.0
Kerr 40,778 33 1,236 80.9
Kimble 4,112 3 1,371 73.0
King 376 0 0 0.0
Kinney 3,313 1 3,313 30.2
Kleberg 31,800 22 1,445 69.2
Knox 4,742 2 2,371 42.2
Lamar 43,962 30 1,465 68.2
Lamb 14,765 7 2,109 47.4
Lampasas 14,333 4 3,583 27.9
La Salle 6,284 2 3,142 31.8
Lavaca 18,232 16 1,140 87.8
Lee 14,312 2 7,156 14.0
Leon 14,906 4 3,727 26.8
Liberty 58,972 24 2,457 40.7
Limestone 21,523 14 1,537 65.0
Lipscomb 3,084 1 3,084 32.4
Live Oak 9,932 2 4,966 20.1
Llano 12,282 11 1,117 89.6
Loving 114 0 0 0.0
Lubbock 225,977 214 1,056 94.7
Lynn 6,844 1 6,844 14.6
McCulloch 8,836 6 1,473 67.9
McLennan 191,840 123 1,560 64.1
McMullen 865 0 0 0.0
Madison 11,702 8 1,463 68.4
Marion 10,329 6 1,722 58.1
Martin 5,321 3 1,774 56.4
Mason 3,328 1 3,328 30.0
Matagorda 38,152 20 1,908 52.4
Maverick 42,472 16 2,655 37.7
Medina 33,063 11 3,006 33.3
Menard 2,288 0 0 0.0
Midland 123,056 67 1,837 54.4
Milam 23,218 6 3,870 25.8
Mills 4,469 0 0 0.0
Mitchell 9,172 4 2,293 43.6
Montague 16,342 9 1,816 55.1
Montgomery 223,236 100 2,232 44.8
Moore 18,756 6 3,126 32.0
Morris 12,932 5 2,586 38.7
Motley 1,456 1 1,456 68.7
Nacogdoches 55,839 35 1,595 62.7
Navarro 42,926 21 2,044 48.9
Newton 14,315 3 4,772 21.0
Nolan 16,862 6 2,810 35.6
Nueces 311,154 272 1,144 87.4
Ochiltree 9,109 4 2,277 43.9
Oldham 2,237 0 0 0.0
Orange 82,063 29 2,830 35.3
Palo Pinto 26,474 14 1,891 52.9
Panola 23,376 7 3,339 29.9
Parker 85,238 25 3,410 29.3
Parmer 10,347 2 5,174 19.3
Pecos 17,372 8 2,172 46.1
Polk 36,882 9 4,098 24.4
Potter 105,175 155 679 147.4
Presidio 8,075 1 8,075 12.4
Rains 7,711 1 7,711 13.0
Randall 103,742 7 14,820 6.7
Reagan 4,990 2 2,495 40.1
Real 2,514 2 1,257 79.6
Red River 13,940 3 4,647 21.5
Reeves 16,794 5 3,359 29.8
Refugio 8,120 3 2,707 36.9
Roberts 1,018 0 0 0.0
Robertson 16,692 3 5,564 18.0
Rockwall 36,003 15 2,400 41.7
Runnels 11,377 5 2,275 43.9
Rusk 45,574 14 3,255 30.7
Sabine 10,100 3 3,367 29.7
San Augustine 7,990 3 2,663 37.5
San Jacinto 19,781 2 9,891 10.1
San Patricio 65,953 23 2,868 34.9
San Saba 5,483 0 0 0.0
Schleicher 3,186 3 1,062 94.2
Scurry 19,193 10 1,919 52.1
Shackelford 3,197 3 1,066 93.8
Shelby 21,926 8 2,741 36.5
Sherman 2,928 1 2,928 34.2
Smith 164,778 150 1,099 91.0
Somervell 6,134 4 1,534 65.2
Starr 56,311 6 9,385 10.7
Stephens 9,185 3 3,062 32.7
Sterling 1,514 0 0 0.0
Stonewall 1,975 0 0 0.0
Sutton 4,426 2 2,213 45.2
Swisher 8,624 3 2,875 34.8
Tarrant 1,427,664 950 1,503 66.5
Taylor 123,459 90 1,372 72.9
Terrell 1,485 1 1,485 67.3
Terry 13,807 6 2,301 43.5
Throckmorton 1,832 1 1,832 54.6
Titus 25,064 21 1,194 83.8
Tom Green 107,427 72 1,492 67.0
Travis 632,922 608 1,041 96.1
Trinity 12,486 2 6,243 16.0
Tyler 18,466 7 2,638 37.9
Upshur 32,996 7 4,714 21.2
Upton 4,734 4 1,184 84.5
Uvalde 25,481 13 1,960 51.0
Val Verde 43,038 15 2,869 34.9
Van Zandt 41,813 8 5,227 19.1
Victoria 79,436 65 1,222 81.8
Walker 51,777 30 1,726 57.9
Waller 25,644 4 6,411 15.6
Ward 13,438 7 1,920 52.1
Washington 28,474 19 1,499 66.7
Webb 170,350 71 2,399 41.7
Wharton 40,748 29 1,405 71.2
Wheeler 5,498 4 1,375 72.8
Wichita 127,370 84 1,516 65.9
Wilbarger 15,245 10 1,525 65.6
Willacy 19,408 9 2,156 46.4
Williamson 196,059 88 2,228 44.9
Wilson 28,097 5 5,619 17.8
Winkler 8,927 3 2,976 33.6
Wise 40,518 12 3,377 29.6
Wood 32,358 17 1,903 52.5
Yoakum 9,274 2 4,637 21.6
Young 17,331 9 1,926 51.9
Zapata 11,947 1 11,947 8.4
Zavala 13,397 3 4,466 22.4
Texas Total 19,307,387 12,160 1,588 63.0

* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, April 1997. Includes: all active physicians with a Texas practice address and practicing in one of 5 direct patient care specialties: general pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, general internal medicine, family practice and general practice. Excludes: Federal physicians, residents and fellows.

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.

Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center, September 20, 2000.

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