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Optometrists by County of Practice - September, 2010

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Optometrists by County of Practice - September, 2010
County 2010 Population 2010 Optometrist Total Ratio of 2010 Population per Optometrist* Ratio of Optometrists per 100,000 Population Rank
Anderson 57,852 4 14,463 6.9 98
Andrews 14,302 1 14,302 7.0 97
Angelina 85,116 9 9,457 10.6 67
Aransas 27,530 1 27,530 3.6 139
Archer 9,503 0 - 0.0 -
Armstrong 2,279 0 - 0.0 -
Atascosa 45,883 2 22,942 4.4 131
Austin 28,739 1 28,739 3.5 141
Bailey 6,327 1 6,327 15.8 20
Bandera 21,266 0 - 0.0 -
Bastrop 81,717 7 11,674 8.6 84
Baylor 3,996 0 - 0.0 -
Bee 34,105 3 11,368 8.8 83
Bell 291,382 37 7,875 12.7 45
Bexar 1,636,642 231 7,085 14.1 36
Blanco 10,348 1 10,348 9.7 78
Borden 768 0 - 0.0 -
Bosque 17,775 0 - 0.0 -
Bowie 92,942 16 5,809 17.2 15
Brazoria 319,043 46 6,936 14.4 34
Brazos 175,512 26 6,750 14.8 31
Brewster 9,484 2 4,742 21.1 6
Briscoe 1,861 0 - 0.0 -
Brooks 7,866 0 - 0.0 -
Brown 39,915 5 7,983 12.5 48
Burleson 18,691 1 18,691 5.4 118
Burnet 47,581 10 4,758 21.0 7
Caldwell 38,724 2 19,362 5.2 119
Calhoun 23,265 1 23,265 4.3 132
Callahan 14,525 0 - 0.0 -
Cameron 417,404 24 17,392 5.7 110
Camp 13,400 2 6,700 14.9 30
Carson 6,772 0 - 0.0 -
Cass 30,631 4 7,658 13.1 42
Castro 7,384 0 - 0.0 -
Chambers 35,845 1 35,845 2.8 143
Cherokee 49,990 5 9,998 10.0 73
Childress 7,935 2 3,968 25.2 3
Clay 11,218 0 - 0.0 -
Cochran 3,477 0 - 0.0 -
Coke 3,920 0 - 0.0 -
Coleman 8,937 0 - 0.0 -
Collin 842,364 150 5,616 17.8 11
Collingsworth 3,155 0 - 0.0 -
Colorado 22,255 1 22,255 4.5 129
Comal 121,020 10 12,102 8.3 87
Comanche 14,267 1 14,267 7.0 96
Concho 3,851 0 - 0.0 -
Cooke 40,851 5 8,170 12.2 53
Coryell 81,216 10 8,122 12.3 51
Cottle 1,873 0 - 0.0 -
Crane 4,299 0 - 0.0 -
Crockett 4,592 0 - 0.0 -
Crosby 6,534 0 - 0.0 -
Culberson 2,707 0 - 0.0 -
Dallam 6,758 1 6,758 14.8 32
Dallas 2,435,919 283 8,607 11.6 58
Dawson 14,792 1 14,792 6.8 99
Deaf Smith 20,547 1 20,547 4.9 124
Delta 5,330 0 - 0.0 -
Denton 706,103 78 9,053 11.0 64
De Witt 20,570 2 10,285 9.7 77
Dickens 2,795 0 - 0.0 -
Dimmit 9,761 1 9,761 10.2 69
Donley 3,871 0 - 0.0 -
Duval 12,041 0 - 0.0 -
Eastland 18,800 2 9,400 10.6 66
Ector 132,817 13 10,217 9.8 74
Edwards 2,213 0 - 0.0 -
Ellis 159,281 8 19,910 5.0 120
El Paso 773,125 61 12,674 7.9 89
Erath 39,701 3 13,234 7.6 93
Falls 18,745 0 - 0.0 -
Fannin 34,764 2 17,382 5.8 109
Fayette 25,232 1 25,232 4.0 135
Fisher 4,165 0 - 0.0 -
Floyd 6,910 0 - 0.0 -
Foard 1,582 0 - 0.0 -
Fort Bend 577,444 91 6,346 15.8 21
Franklin 10,955 0 - 0.0 -
Freestone 20,430 1 20,430 4.9 123
Frio 17,956 1 17,956 5.6 113
Gaines 16,459 2 8,230 12.2 54
Galveston 293,945 34 8,645 11.6 60
Garza 5,240 0 - 0.0 -
Gillespie 25,873 4 6,468 15.5 24
Glasscock 1,525 0 - 0.0 -
Goliad 7,712 0 - 0.0 -
Gonzales 20,371 1 20,371 4.9 122
Gray 22,864 4 5,716 17.5 12
Grayson 120,798 14 8,628 11.6 59
Gregg 122,993 20 6,150 16.3 18
Grimes 26,428 0 - 0.0 -
Guadalupe 128,975 11 11,725 8.5 85
Hale 37,156 5 7,431 13.5 41
Hall 3,840 0 - 0.0 -
Hamilton 8,938 0 - 0.0 -
Hansford 5,221 0 - 0.0 -
Hardeman 4,609 0 - 0.0 -
Hardin 52,181 4 13,045 7.7 91
Harris 4,096,052 702 5,835 17.1 16
Harrison 67,673 4 16,918 5.9 106
Hartley 5,810 0 - 0.0 -
Haskell 5,899 0 - 0.0 -
Hays 164,078 16 10,255 9.8 75
Hemphill 3,600 1 3,600 27.8 1
Henderson 81,314 5 16,263 6.1 104
Hidalgo 793,137 43 18,445 5.4 116
Hill 37,008 2 18,504 5.4 117
Hockley 23,855 5 4,771 21.0 8
Hood 54,656 5 10,931 9.1 81
Hopkins 34,605 6 5,768 17.3 14
Houston 24,488 3 8,163 12.3 52
Howard 33,536 4 8,384 11.9 55
Hudspeth 3,812 0 - 0.0 -
Hunt 89,977 9 9,997 10.0 72
Hutchinson 23,546 1 23,546 4.2 133
Irion 1,824 0 - 0.0 -
Jack 9,079 0 - 0.0 -
Jackson 15,360 1 15,360 6.5 102
Jasper 35,873 2 17,937 5.6 112
Jeff Davis 2,846 0 - 0.0 -
Jefferson 242,826 25 9,713 10.3 68
Jim Hogg 5,506 0 - 0.0 -
Jim Wells 42,455 2 21,228 4.7 127
Johnson 169,350 11 15,395 6.5 103
Jones 20,783 1 20,783 4.8 125
Karnes 16,838 2 8,419 11.9 57
Kaufman 107,604 4 26,901 3.7 137
Kendall 35,351 5 7,070 14.1 35
Kenedy 470 0 - 0.0 -
Kent 860 0 - 0.0 -
Kerr 46,829 8 5,854 17.1 17
Kimble 4,784 0 - 0.0 -
King 376 0 - 0.0 -
Kinney 3,449 0 - 0.0 -
Kleberg 31,990 3 10,663 9.4 79
Knox 4,240 0 - 0.0 -
Lamar 50,336 6 8,389 11.9 56
Lamb 15,586 0 - 0.0 -
Lampasas 22,609 0 - 0.0 -
La Salle 6,029 0 - 0.0 -
Lavaca 19,565 0 - 0.0 -
Lee 18,119 1 18,119 5.5 114
Leon 16,966 0 - 0.0 -
Liberty 81,895 3 27,298 3.7 138
Limestone 23,379 3 7,793 12.8 44
Lipscomb 3,167 0 - 0.0 -
Live Oak 12,409 0 - 0.0 -
Llano 19,344 0 - 0.0 -
Loving 65 0 - 0.0 -
Lubbock 267,891 42 6,378 15.7 22
Lynn 5,933 0 - 0.0 -
McCulloch 8,669 1 8,669 11.5 61
McLennan 233,552 17 13,738 7.3 95
McMullen 878 0 - 0.0 -
Madison 14,495 0 - 0.0 -
Marion 11,032 0 - 0.0 -
Martin 5,308 0 - 0.0 -
Mason 3,837 0 - 0.0 -
Matagorda 38,833 1 38,833 2.6 144
Maverick 55,221 3 18,407 5.4 115
Medina 45,657 1 45,657 2.2 146
Menard 2,444 0 - 0.0 -
Midland 129,715 20 6,486 15.4 25
Milam 26,461 0 - 0.0 -
Mills 5,520 1 5,520 18.1 10
Mitchell 9,802 0 - 0.0 -
Montague 20,232 1 20,232 4.9 121
Montgomery 476,502 54 8,824 11.3 62
Moore 21,097 1 21,097 4.7 126
Morris 13,534 0 - 0.0 -
Motley 1,422 0 - 0.0 -
Nacogdoches 64,297 5 12,859 7.8 90
Navarro 51,617 3 17,206 5.8 108
Newton 14,887 0 - 0.0 -
Nolan 14,411 3 4,804 20.8 9
Nueces 323,890 45 7,198 13.9 38
Ochiltree 9,985 1 9,985 10.0 71
Oldham 2,341 0 - 0.0 -
Orange 84,911 4 21,228 4.7 128
Palo Pinto 29,650 3 9,883 10.1 70
Panola 24,119 3 8,040 12.4 50
Parker 118,438 9 13,160 7.6 92
Parmer 10,226 0 - 0.0 -
Pecos 17,819 2 8,910 11.2 63
Polk 49,936 3 16,645 6.0 105
Potter 126,354 34 3,716 26.9 2
Presidio 8,663 0 - 0.0 -
Rains 10,962 0 - 0.0 -
Randall 120,306 18 6,684 15.0 28
Reagan 3,121 0 - 0.0 -
Real 3,351 0 - 0.0 -
Red River 14,392 0 - 0.0 -
Reeves 11,067 0 - 0.0 -
Refugio 7,125 0 - 0.0 -
Roberts 948 0 - 0.0 -
Robertson 16,893 0 - 0.0 -
Rockwall 85,251 13 6,558 15.2 26
Runnels 11,770 1 11,770 8.5 86
Rusk 50,021 2 25,011 4.0 134
Sabine 10,847 1 10,847 9.2 80
San Augustine 9,581 0 - 0.0 -
San Jacinto 28,137 0 - 0.0 -
San Patricio 70,895 4 17,724 5.6 111
San Saba 6,389 0 - 0.0 -
Schleicher 3,193 0 - 0.0 -
Scurry 17,200 1 17,200 5.8 107
Shackelford 3,464 0 - 0.0 -
Shelby 26,609 2 13,305 7.5 94
Sherman 3,361 0 - 0.0 -
Smith 206,781 26 7,953 12.6 46
Somervell 8,596 0 - 0.0 -
Starr 67,382 2 33,691 3.0 142
Stephens 10,258 1 10,258 9.7 76
Sterling 1,473 0 - 0.0 -
Stonewall 1,642 0 - 0.0 -
Sutton 4,630 0 - 0.0 -
Swisher 8,209 2 4,105 24.4 4
Tarrant 1,825,548 249 7,332 13.6 40
Taylor 131,285 19 6,910 14.5 33
Terrell 1,107 0 - 0.0 -
Terry 11,521 0 - 0.0 -
Throckmorton 1,889 0 - 0.0 -
Titus 32,001 4 8,000 12.5 49
Tom Green 103,750 13 7,981 12.5 47
Travis 992,773 139 7,142 14.0 37
Trinity 15,180 0 - 0.0 -
Tyler 22,127 0 - 0.0 -
Upshur 38,291 0 - 0.0 -
Upton 3,148 0 - 0.0 -
Uvalde 27,857 3 9,286 10.8 65
Val Verde 50,067 4 12,517 8.0 88
Van Zandt 53,658 2 26,829 3.7 136
Victoria 89,158 20 4,458 22.4 5
Walker 65,237 9 7,249 13.8 39
Waller 42,309 1 42,309 2.4 145
Ward 9,914 0 - 0.0 -
Washington 33,479 5 6,696 14.9 29
Webb 257,590 9 28,621 3.5 140
Wharton 43,789 4 10,947 9.1 82
Wheeler 5,138 0 - 0.0 -
Wichita 127,695 20 6,385 15.7 23
Wilbarger 15,287 1 15,287 6.5 101
Willacy 22,035 0 - 0.0 -
Williamson 435,355 76 5,728 17.5 13
Wilson 45,517 0 - 0.0 -
Winkler 6,573 1 6,573 15.2 27
Wise 61,562 8 7,695 13.0 43
Wood 44,888 2 22,444 4.5 130
Yoakum 8,260 0 - 0.0 -
Young 18,637 3 6,212 16.1 19
Zapata 15,266 1 15,266 6.6 100
Zavala 12,844 0 - 0.0 -
Texas Total 25,373,947 3,077 8,246 12.1  
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* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source: Texas Optometry Board - September 13, 2010

 

Excludes: Optometrists with a status code of "not renewed," "expired," "canceled," "deceased," or "inactive."

Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, December 28, 2010
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Last updated April 19, 2012