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Primary Care Physicians (PC) by County of Practice - September, 2011

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Primary Care Physicians (PC) by County of Practice - September, 2011
County 2011 Population 2011 PC Total Ratio of 2011 Population per PC* Ratio of PCs per 100,000 Population Rank
Anderson 58,092 41 1,417 70.6 50
Andrews 14,413 9 1,601 62.4 69
Angelina 85,631 68 1,259 79.4 36
Aransas 28,050 8 3,506 28.5 189
Archer 9,555 1 9,555 10.5 221
Armstrong 2,293 0 - 0.0 -
Atascosa 46,605 20 2,330 42.9 138
Austin 29,283 9 3,254 30.7 179
Bailey 6,297 6 1,050 95.3 19
Bandera 21,635 1 21,635 4.6 225
Bastrop 84,458 29 2,912 34.3 166
Baylor 3,986 6 664 150.5 1
Bee 34,229 18 1,902 52.6 102
Bell 296,667 279 1,063 94.0 21
Bexar 1,660,689 1,346 1,234 81.1 34
Blanco 10,573 4 2,643 37.8 157
Borden 770 0 - 0.0 -
Bosque 17,866 6 2,978 33.6 172
Bowie 93,227 89 1,047 95.5 18
Brazoria 327,763 145 2,260 44.2 135
Brazos 177,942 185 962 104.0 9
Brewster 9,527 4 2,382 42.0 142
Briscoe 1,867 0 - 0.0 -
Brooks 7,837 3 2,612 38.3 155
Brown 40,084 33 1,215 82.3 30
Burleson 18,915 4 4,729 21.1 204
Burnet 49,102 34 1,444 69.2 54
Caldwell 39,415 27 1,460 68.5 56
Calhoun 23,500 16 1,469 68.1 57
Callahan 14,687 3 4,896 20.4 206
Cameron 425,569 245 1,737 57.6 81
Camp 13,611 11 1,237 80.8 35
Carson 6,781 0 - 0.0 -
Cass 30,615 13 2,355 42.5 140
Castro 7,292 3 2,431 41.1 146
Chambers 36,872 7 5,267 19.0 209
Cherokee 50,348 31 1,624 61.6 72
Childress 7,949 9 883 113.2 5
Clay 11,228 4 2,807 35.6 164
Cochran 3,454 2 1,727 57.9 80
Coke 3,929 1 3,929 25.5 197
Coleman 8,904 2 4,452 22.5 201
Collin 884,317 722 1,225 81.6 32
Collingsworth 3,141 2 1,571 63.7 68
Colorado 22,442 16 1,403 71.3 47
Comal 126,145 71 1,777 56.3 87
Comanche 14,308 11 1,301 76.9 40
Concho 3,824 2 1,912 52.3 103
Cooke 41,279 22 1,876 53.3 98
Coryell 81,691 15 5,446 18.4 212
Cottle 1,875 0 - 0.0 -
Crane 4,331 2 2,166 46.2 124
Crockett 4,621 1 4,621 21.6 203
Crosby 6,471 1 6,471 15.5 217
Culberson 2,685 1 2,685 37.2 159
Dallam 6,802 0 - 0.0 -
Dallas 2,460,277 2,065 1,191 83.9 28
Dawson 14,751 5 2,950 33.9 169
Deaf Smith 20,704 8 2,588 38.6 153
Delta 5,317 0 - 0.0 -
Denton 737,854 382 1,932 51.8 106
De Witt 20,617 10 2,062 48.5 115
Dickens 2,786 0 - 0.0 -
Dimmit 9,688 6 1,615 61.9 71
Donley 3,873 1 3,873 25.8 196
Duval 11,932 0 - 0.0 -
Eastland 18,836 13 1,449 69.0 55
Ector 134,087 86 1,559 64.1 66
Edwards 2,216 1 2,216 45.1 132
Ellis 165,095 72 2,293 43.6 137
El Paso 782,541 383 2,043 48.9 114
Erath 40,189 27 1,488 67.2 60
Falls 18,762 6 3,127 32.0 175
Fannin 35,140 10 3,514 28.5 190
Fayette 25,631 16 1,602 62.4 70
Fisher 4,146 3 1,382 72.4 46
Floyd 6,833 7 976 102.4 12
Foard 1,577 0 - 0.0 -
Fort Bend 604,687 348 1,738 57.6 82
Franklin 11,109 6 1,852 54.0 93
Freestone 20,702 10 2,070 48.3 116
Frio 18,095 9 2,011 49.7 111
Gaines 16,670 5 3,334 30.0 182
Galveston 298,791 166 1,800 55.6 91
Garza 5,280 1 5,280 18.9 210
Gillespie 26,445 35 756 132.4 2
Glasscock 1,534 0 - 0.0 -
Goliad 7,781 1 7,781 12.9 219
Gonzales 20,544 12 1,712 58.4 78
Gray 22,879 16 1,430 69.9 52
Grayson 121,968 91 1,340 74.6 44
Gregg 124,477 128 972 102.8 11
Grimes 26,699 11 2,427 41.2 145
Guadalupe 133,722 45 2,972 33.7 171
Hale 37,136 20 1,857 53.9 94
Hall 3,842 0 - 0.0 -
Hamilton 9,019 9 1,002 99.8 13
Hansford 5,219 3 1,740 57.5 83
Hardeman 4,601 4 1,150 86.9 24
Hardin 52,467 13 4,036 24.8 198
Harris 4,176,561 3,306 1,263 79.2 38
Harrison 68,196 31 2,200 45.5 130
Hartley 5,836 5 1,167 85.7 25
Haskell 5,886 2 2,943 34.0 168
Hays 171,682 92 1,866 53.6 96
Hemphill 3,616 4 904 110.6 6
Henderson 82,195 44 1,868 53.5 97
Hidalgo 817,533 458 1,785 56.0 89
Hill 37,480 16 2,343 42.7 139
Hockley 23,917 12 1,993 50.2 110
Hood 56,151 34 1,652 60.6 76
Hopkins 34,842 18 1,936 51.7 107
Houston 24,643 9 2,738 36.5 161
Howard 33,487 19 1,762 56.7 86
Hudspeth 3,854 0 - 0.0 -
Hunt 91,250 48 1,901 52.6 101
Hutchinson 23,474 11 2,134 46.9 122
Irion 1,825 0 - 0.0 -
Jack 9,104 5 1,821 54.9 92
Jackson 15,447 2 7,724 12.9 218
Jasper 35,839 22 1,629 61.4 73
Jeff Davis 2,921 1 2,921 34.2 167
Jefferson 242,356 197 1,230 81.3 33
Jim Hogg 5,509 1 5,509 18.2 213
Jim Wells 42,742 21 2,035 49.1 113
Johnson 174,549 60 2,909 34.4 165
Jones 20,766 10 2,077 48.2 117
Karnes 16,968 4 4,242 23.6 200
Kaufman 111,955 50 2,239 44.7 134
Kendall 36,706 30 1,224 81.7 31
Kenedy 475 0 - 0.0 -
Kent 857 0 - 0.0 -
Kerr 47,170 49 963 103.9 10
Kimble 4,811 2 2,406 41.6 143
King 377 0 - 0.0 -
Kinney 3,447 1 3,447 29.0 188
Kleberg 31,853 14 2,275 44.0 136
Knox 4,251 3 1,417 70.6 51
Lamar 50,457 42 1,201 83.2 29
Lamb 15,666 3 5,222 19.1 208
Lampasas 23,120 11 2,102 47.6 120
La Salle 6,011 2 3,006 33.3 173
Lavaca 19,616 12 1,635 61.2 75
Lee 18,369 4 4,592 21.8 202
Leon 17,109 5 3,422 29.2 187
Liberty 83,061 33 2,517 39.7 149
Limestone 23,511 16 1,469 68.1 58
Lipscomb 3,174 0 - 0.0 -
Live Oak 12,395 0 - 0.0 -
Llano 19,580 11 1,780 56.2 88
Loving 65 0 - 0.0 -
Lubbock 269,648 231 1,167 85.7 26
Lynn 5,878 3 1,959 51.0 108
McCulloch 8,724 4 2,181 45.9 126
McLennan 236,186 187 1,263 79.2 37
McMullen 882 0 - 0.0 -
Madison 14,660 7 2,094 47.7 119
Marion 11,018 2 5,509 18.2 214
Martin 5,368 3 1,789 55.9 90
Mason 3,847 0 - 0.0 -
Matagorda 38,883 25 1,555 64.3 65
Maverick 55,968 20 2,798 35.7 163
Medina 46,249 14 3,304 30.3 181
Menard 2,443 1 2,443 40.9 147
Midland 131,349 88 1,493 67.0 61
Milam 26,678 11 2,425 41.2 144
Mills 5,585 3 1,862 53.7 95
Mitchell 9,803 3 3,268 30.6 180
Montague 20,340 6 3,390 29.5 185
Montgomery 498,672 346 1,441 69.4 53
Moore 21,176 10 2,118 47.2 121
Morris 13,559 4 3,390 29.5 184
Motley 1,416 1 1,416 70.6 49
Nacogdoches 64,815 63 1,029 97.2 16
Navarro 52,374 20 2,619 38.2 156
Newton 14,828 5 2,966 33.7 170
Nolan 14,275 11 1,298 77.1 39
Nueces 324,915 292 1,113 89.9 22
Ochiltree 10,087 5 2,017 49.6 112
Oldham 2,340 0 - 0.0 -
Orange 84,765 25 3,391 29.5 186
Palo Pinto 29,914 14 2,137 46.8 123
Panola 24,217 8 3,027 33.0 174
Parker 121,772 46 2,647 37.8 158
Parmer 10,244 4 2,561 39.0 151
Pecos 17,905 7 2,558 39.1 150
Polk 50,892 23 2,213 45.2 131
Potter 127,716 138 925 108.1 7
Presidio 8,792 4 2,198 45.5 129
Rains 11,138 1 11,138 9.0 222
Randall 121,738 32 3,804 26.3 195
Reagan 3,101 2 1,551 64.5 64
Real 3,383 0 - 0.0 -
Red River 14,400 3 4,800 20.8 205
Reeves 10,862 8 1,358 73.7 45
Refugio 7,044 2 3,522 28.4 191
Roberts 954 0 - 0.0 -
Robertson 16,982 3 5,661 17.7 215
Rockwall 91,069 61 1,493 67.0 62
Runnels 11,793 5 2,359 42.4 141
Rusk 50,284 23 2,186 45.7 127
Sabine 10,869 3 3,623 27.6 193
San Augustine 9,635 3 3,212 31.1 177
San Jacinto 28,714 2 14,357 7.0 223
San Patricio 71,094 19 3,742 26.7 194
San Saba 6,416 1 6,416 15.6 216
Schleicher 3,223 1 3,223 31.0 178
Scurry 17,264 9 1,918 52.1 105
Shackelford 3,480 2 1,740 57.5 84
Shelby 26,737 8 3,342 29.9 183
Sherman 3,378 0 - 0.0 -
Smith 210,929 224 942 106.2 8
Somervell 8,803 11 800 125.0 3
Starr 68,749 17 4,044 24.7 199
Stephens 10,313 6 1,719 58.2 79
Sterling 1,477 0 - 0.0 -
Stonewall 1,632 2 816 122.5 4
Sutton 4,679 3 1,560 64.1 67
Swisher 8,189 3 2,730 36.6 160
Tarrant 1,872,095 1,401 1,336 74.8 42
Taylor 131,663 112 1,176 85.1 27
Terrell 1,108 0 - 0.0 -
Terry 11,400 6 1,900 52.6 100
Throckmorton 1,887 1 1,887 53.0 99
Titus 32,432 23 1,410 70.9 48
Tom Green 103,640 98 1,058 94.6 20
Travis 1,011,063 975 1,037 96.4 17
Trinity 15,297 3 5,099 19.6 207
Tyler 22,222 10 2,222 45.0 133
Upshur 38,561 15 2,571 38.9 152
Upton 3,131 1 3,131 31.9 176
Uvalde 28,047 16 1,753 57.0 85
Val Verde 50,499 23 2,196 45.5 128
Van Zandt 54,189 10 5,419 18.5 211
Victoria 89,589 88 1,018 98.2 14
Walker 65,113 43 1,514 66.0 63
Waller 43,241 3 14,414 6.9 224
Ward 9,804 5 1,961 51.0 109
Washington 33,806 23 1,470 68.0 59
Webb 263,985 106 2,490 40.2 148
Wharton 44,008 27 1,630 61.4 74
Wheeler 5,130 5 1,026 97.5 15
Wichita 127,247 112 1,136 88.0 23
Wilbarger 15,333 8 1,917 52.2 104
Willacy 22,191 8 2,774 36.1 162
Williamson 458,392 348 1,317 75.9 41
Wilson 46,979 13 3,614 27.7 192
Winkler 6,506 0 - 0.0 -
Wise 62,974 37 1,702 58.8 77
Wood 45,678 21 2,175 46.0 125
Yoakum 8,362 4 2,091 47.8 118
Young 18,722 14 1,337 74.8 43
Zapata 15,608 2 7,804 12.8 220
Zavala 12,959 5 2,592 38.6 154
Texas Total 25,883,999 17,996 1,438 69.5  
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* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source: Texas Medical Board - September 1, 2011

 

Includes: Active primary care physicians with Texas practice addresses and a practice type of direct patient care. Primary Care Physicians are those physicians who indicate a primary speciality of: Family Practice/Medicine, General Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and/or Gynecology, or Geriatrics (Geriatrics was included for the first time in 2004). Excludes: Federal and military physicians, residents and fellows.

Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, November 23, 2011
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Last updated November 23, 2011