Primary Care Dentists (DN) by County of Residence - April 1998

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County  1998 Estimated Population  1998 Dentists Total  Ratio of 1998 Population per DN**  Ratio of DNs per 100,000 Population 
Anderson 51,560 15 3,437 29.1
Andrews 15,393 4 3,848 26
Angelina 73,801 26 2,839 35.2
Aransas 19,459 5 3,892 25.7
Archer 8,290 0 0 0
Armstrong 1,984 0 0 0
Atascosa 36,181 6 6,030 16.6
Austin 20,659 7 2,951 33.9
Bailey 7,414 3 2,471 40.5
Bandera 13,542 4 3,386 29.5
Bastrop 51,570 9 5,730 17.5
Baylor 4,159 1 4,159 24
Bee 29,164 5 5,833 17.1
Bell 209,537 67 3,127 32
Bexar 1,342,480 563 2,385 41.9
Blanco 7,111 3 2,370 42.2
Borden 814 0 0 0
Bosque 16,029 6 2,672 37.4
Bowie 84,555 36 2,349 42.6
Brazoria 218,281 72 3,032 33
Brazos 121,418 52 2,335 42.8
Brewster 10,744 2 5,372 18.6
Briscoe 1,919 0 0 0
Brooks 8,873 2 4,437 22.5
Brown 34,162 10 3,416 29.3
Burleson 15,143 2 7,572 13.2
Burnet 27,322 16 1,708 58.6
Caldwell 31,480 4 7,870 12.7
Calhoun 20,008 4 5,002 20
Callahan 11,923 2 5,962 16.8
Cameron 320,037 50 6,401 15.6
Camp 10,633 4 2,658 37.6
Carson 6,458 1 6,458 15.5
Cass 29,921 11 2,720 36.8
Castro 9,523 2 4,762 21
Chambers 20,802 3 6,934 14.4
Cherokee 43,562 12 3,630 27.5
Childress 6,890 1 6,890 14.5
Clay 9,981 0 0 0
Cochran 4,777 0 0 0
Coke 3,424 0 0 0
Coleman 9,285 2 4,643 21.5
Collin 393,638 176 2,237 44.7
Collingsworth 3,413 0 0 0
Colorado 18,198 5 3,640 27.5
Comal 71,060 28 2,538 39.4
Comanche 13,209 4 3,302 30.3
Concho 3,272 1 3,272 30.6
Cooke 32,255 10 3,226 31
Coryell 75,462 10 7,546 13.3
Cottle 2,147 1 2,147 46.6
Crane 5,077 1 5,077 19.7
Crockett 4,289 1 4,289 23.3
Crosby 7,591 1 7,591 13.2
Culberson 4,031 1 4,031 24.8
Dallam 5,489 3 1,830 54.7
Dallas 2,136,125 967 2,209 45.3
Dawson 15,786 3 5,262 19
Deaf Smith 20,055 3 6,685 15
Delta 4,843 1 4,843 20.6
Denton 384,554 108 3,561 28.1
De Witt 20,298 3 6,766 14.8
Dickens 2,475 0 0 0
Dimmit 11,163 1 11,163 9
Donley 3,542 0 0 0
Duval 14,524 1 14,524 6.9
Eastland 17,625 5 3,525 28.4
Ector 127,184 23 5,530 18.1
Edwards 2,476 0 0 0
Ellis 114,458 27 4,239 23.6
El Paso 735,294 116 6,339 15.8
Erath 30,544 12 2,545 39.3
Falls 18,777 5 3,755 26.6
Fannin 25,840 4 6,460 15.5
Fayette 20,332 9 2,259 44.3
Fisher 4,678 1 4,678 21.4
Floyd 8,768 3 2,923 34.2
Foard 1,710 0 0 0
Fort Bend 309,119 161 1,920 52.1
Franklin 8,084 2 4,042 24.7
Freestone 17,039 4 4,260 23.5
Frio 16,272 2 8,136 12.3
Gaines 14,909 1 14,909 6.7
Galveston 231,925 101 2,296 43.5
Garza 5,283 1 5,283 18.9
Gillespie 19,514 7 2,788 35.9
Glasscock 1,593 0 0 0
Goliad 6,453 1 6,453 15.5
Gonzales 18,101 5 3,620 27.6
Gray 22,928 5 4,586 21.8
Grayson 96,957 37 2,620 38.2
Gregg 107,903 63 1,713 58.4
Grimes 22,291 5 4,458 22.4
Guadalupe 81,951 19 4,313 23.2
Hale 35,206 9 3,912 25.6
Hall 3,697 0 0 0
Hamilton 7,378 6 1,230 81.3
Hansford 5,862 1 5,862 17.1
Hardeman 5,039 2 2,520 39.7
Hardin 42,567 9 4,730 21.1
Harris 3,215,478 1,417 2,269 44.1
Harrison 62,715 15 4,181 23.9
Hartley 4,889 0 0 0
Haskell 6,593 2 3,297 30.3
Hays 83,924 32 2,623 38.1
Hemphill 3,659 0 0 0
Henderson 72,871 13 5,605 17.8
Hidalgo 510,203 86 5,933 16.9
Hill 28,681 6 4,780 20.9
Hockley 24,512 6 4,085 24.5
Hood 39,943 10 3,994 25
Hopkins 29,605 13 2,277 43.9
Houston 22,492 5 4,498 22.2
Howard 31,998 10 3,200 31.3
Hudspeth 3,308 0 0 0
Hunt 71,386 20 3,569 28
Hutchinson 24,964 8 3,121 32
Irion 1,729 0 0 0
Jack 6,864 2 3,432 29.1
Jackson 13,202 7 1,886 53
Jasper 31,739 11 2,885 34.7
Jeff Davis 2,162 1 2,162 46.3
Jefferson 236,970 100 2,370 42.2
Jim Hogg 6,153 0 0 0
Jim Wells 39,597 6 6,600 15.2
Johnson 129,747 28 4,634 21.6
Jones 19,011 4 4,753 21
Karnes 15,692 5 3,138 31.9
Kaufman 68,110 13 5,239 19.1
Kendall 18,445 17 1,085 92.2
Kenedy 512 0 0 0
Kent 1,002 0 0 0
Kerr 41,390 23 1,800 55.6
Kimble 4,115 2 2,058 48.6
King 376 0 0 0
Kinney 3,329 0 0 0
Kleberg 32,042 12 2,670 37.5
Knox 4,732 1 4,732 21.1
Lamar 43,938 14 3,138 31.9
Lamb 14,711 4 3,678 27.2
Lampasas 14,421 5 2,884 34.7
La Salle 6,346 0 0 0
Lavaca 18,146 6 3,024 33.1
Lee 14,530 3 4,843 20.6
Leon 15,246 3 5,082 19.7
Liberty 59,457 12 4,955 20.2
Limestone 21,601 4 5,400 18.5
Lipscomb 3,071 1 3,071 32.6
Live Oak 9,973 2 4,987 20.1
Llano 12,360 4 3,090 32.4
Loving 115 0 0 0
Lubbock 226,904 76 2,986 33.5
Lynn 6,854 2 3,427 29.2
McCulloch 8,849 3 2,950 33.9
McLennan 192,331 60 3,206 31.2
McMullen 866 0 0 0
Madison 11,780 3 3,927 25.5
Marion 10,359 1 10,359 9.7
Martin 5,370 1 5,370 18.6
Mason 3,302 1 3,302 30.3
Matagorda 38,320 9 4,258 23.5
Maverick 43,366 4 10,842 9.2
Medina 33,624 5 6,725 14.9
Menard 2,297 1 2,297 43.5
Midland 125,457 41 3,060 32.7
Milam 23,246 6 3,874 25.8
Mills 4,453 1 4,453 22.5
Mitchell 9,148 1 9,148 10.9
Montague 16,205 5 3,241 30.9
Montgomery 229,286 78 2,940 34
Moore 18,875 4 4,719 21.2
Morris 12,892 4 3,223 31
Motley 1,446 0 0 0
Nacogdoches 56,278 16 3,517 28.4
Navarro 43,388 11 3,944 25.4
Newton 14,402 2 7,201 13.9
Nolan 16,933 9 1,881 53.2
Nueces 313,643 109 2,877 34.8
Ochiltree 9,106 4 2,277 43.9
Oldham 2,226 0 0 0
Orange 82,061 29 2,830 35.3
Palo Pinto 26,670 8 3,334 30
Panola 23,550 4 5,888 17
Parker 88,528 17 5,208 19.2
Parmer 10,414 2 5,207 19.2
Pecos 17,487 3 5,829 17.2
Polk 37,330 9 4,148 24.1
Potter 106,046 31 3,421 29.2
Presidio 8,276 0 0 0
Rains 7,856 1 7,856 12.7
Randall 105,736 44 2,403 41.6
Reagan 5,074 1 5,074 19.7
Real 2,525 0 0 0
Red River 13,872 3 4,624 21.6
Reeves 16,918 2 8,459 11.8
Refugio 8,142 2 4,071 24.6
Roberts 1,022 0 0 0
Robertson 16,839 4 4,210 23.8
Rockwall 37,676 24 1,570 63.7
Runnels 11,402 3 3,801 26.3
Rusk 45,760 13 3,520 28.4
Sabine 10,158 3 3,386 29.5
San Augustine 7,983 4 1,996 50.1
San Jacinto 20,284 3 6,761 14.8
San Patricio 66,973 14 4,784 20.9
San Saba 5,470 1 5,470 18.3
Schleicher 3,214 0 0 0
Scurry 19,223 6 3,204 31.2
Shackelford 3,182 0 0 0
Shelby 21,894 4 5,474 18.3
Sherman 2,932 0 0 0
Smith 166,586 74 2,251 44.4
Somervell 6,260 2 3,130 31.9
Starr 58,966 2 29,483 3.4
Stephens 9,119 3 3,040 32.9
Sterling 1,519 0 0 0
Stonewall 1,961 0 0 0
Sutton 4,470 1 4,470 22.4
Swisher 8,614 2 4,307 23.2
Tarrant 1,466,587 539 2,721 36.8
Taylor 123,904 52 2,383 42
Terrell 1,502 0 0 0
Terry 13,822 2 6,911 14.5
Throckmorton 1,823 0 0 0
Titus 25,223 10 2,522 39.6
Tom Green 108,809 34 3,200 31.2
Travis 640,223 365 1,754 57
Trinity 12,629 2 6,315 15.8
Tyler 18,520 4 4,630 21.6
Upshur 33,176 4 8,294 12.1
Upton 4,778 0 0 0
Uvalde 25,752 5 5,150 19.4
Val Verde 43,626 6 7,271 13.8
Van Zandt 42,336 14 3,024 33.1
Victoria 80,074 29 2,761 36.2
Walker 51,989 18 2,888 34.6
Waller 26,016 5 5,203 19.2
Ward 13,488 2 6,744 14.8
Washington 28,806 11 2,619 38.2
Webb 176,249 23 7,663 13
Wharton 40,867 18 2,270 44
Wheeler 5,442 2 2,721 36.8
Wichita 127,690 47 2,717 36.8
Wilbarger 15,269 2 7,635 13.1
Willacy 19,658 1 19,658 5.1
Williamson 205,391 65 3,160 31.6
Wilson 28,909 6 4,818 20.8
Winkler 8,993 2 4,497 22.2
Wise 41,282 9 4,587 21.8
Wood 32,685 8 4,086 24.5
Yoakum 9,341 1 9,341 10.7
Young 17,203 8 2,150 46.5
Zapata 12,395 0 0 0
Zavala 13,569 0 0 0
Texas Total 19,649,800 6,990 2,811 35.6

*The term "Primary Dental Care" includes dentists with a status code of: active or delinquent and a self-reported practice type of general dentistry, pediatric dentistry or dental public health. The term excludes dentists with a status code of:  retired, revoked, suspended, canceled, surrendered, or deceased; and, those who are non-primary care (1,257).   It also excludes: faculty (306), federal (374), retired practice (274), and "other" (187).

** Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source: Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, April 1998.

Prepared by: Texas Department of Health, Office of Policy and Planning, Health Professions Resource Center, May 9, 2001.

 

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