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Contact Lens Dispensers, 2012

Contact Lens Dispensers (CLD) by County of Practice - March 2013
County 2012 Population 2012 CLD Total Ratio of 2012 Population per CLD* Ratio of CLDs per 100,000 Population Rank
Anderson 59,135 0 - - -
Andrews 15,352 0 - - -
Angelina 88,251 0 - - -
Aransas 23,754 0 - - -
Archer 9,248 0 - - -
Armstrong 1,923 0 - - -
Atascosa 47,063 0 - - -
Austin 29,945 0 - - -
Bailey 7,446 0 - - -
Bandera 21,373 0 - - -
Bastrop 78,904 0 - - -
Baylor 3,743 0 - - -
Bee 32,119 0 - - -
Bell 326,811 0 - - -
Bexar 1,781,499 3 593,833 0.2 35
Blanco 11,000 0 - - -
Borden 648 0 - - -
Bosque 18,577 0 - - -
Bowie 93,041 0 - - -
Brazoria 330,783 1 330,783 0.3 30
Brazos 203,432 1 203,432 0.5 23
Brewster 9,445 0 - - -
Briscoe 1,646 0 - - -
Brooks 7,318 0 - - -
Brown 38,556 0 - - -
Burleson 17,666 0 - - -
Burnet 44,635 0 - - -
Caldwell 40,129 0 - - -
Calhoun 22,152 0 - - -
Callahan 13,877 0 - - -
Cameron 422,765 1 422,765 0.2 33
Camp 12,817 0 - - -
Carson 6,281 0 - - -
Cass 30,731 0 - - -
Castro 8,238 0 - - -
Chambers 37,406 0 - - -
Cherokee 52,100 0 - - -
Childress 7,130 0 - - -
Clay 10,884 0 - - -
Cochran 3,196 0 - - -
Coke 3,287 0 - - -
Coleman 9,008 0 - - -
Collin 846,672 1 846,672 0.1 37
Collingsworth 3,104 0 - - -
Colorado 21,218 0 - - -
Comal 116,314 0 - - -
Comanche 14,121 0 - - -
Concho 4,209 0 - - -
Cooke 39,072 1 39,072 2.6 5
Coryell 77,845 0 - - -
Cottle 1,522 0 - - -
Crane 4,556 0 - - -
Crockett 3,796 0 - - -
Crosby 6,293 0 - - -
Culberson 2,458 0 - - -
Dallam 6,984 0 - - -
Dallas 2,417,003 9 268,556 0.4 29
Dawson 14,054 0 - - -
De Witt 20,324 0 - - -
Deaf Smith 19,995 0 - - -
Delta 5,366 0 - - -
Denton 712,111 4 178,028 0.6 21
Dickens 2,471 0 - - -
Dimmit 10,159 0 - - -
Donley 3,697 0 - - -
Duval 11,981 0 - - -
Eastland 18,794 0 - - -
Ector 141,481 2 70,741 1.4 13
Edwards 2,038 0 - - -
El Paso 829,129 4 207,282 0.5 24
Ellis 159,078 0 - - -
Erath 38,658 0 - - -
Falls 18,229 0 - - -
Fannin 34,648 0 - - -
Fayette 25,265 0 - - -
Fisher 3,974 0 - - -
Floyd 6,515 0 - - -
Foard 1,339 0 - - -
Fort Bend 638,662 3 212,887 0.5 25
Franklin 10,850 0 - - -
Freestone 20,219 1 20,219 4.9 3
Frio 17,793 0 - - -
Gaines 18,419 0 - - -
Galveston 299,774 0 - - -
Garza 6,624 0 - - -
Gillespie 25,793 0 - - -
Glasscock 1,246 0 - - -
Goliad 7,462 0 - - -
Gonzales 20,346 1 20,346 4.9 4
Gray 22,897 0 - - -
Grayson 123,316 0 - - -
Gregg 124,410 2 62,205 1.6 11
Grimes 27,386 0 - - -
Guadalupe 141,281 0 - - -
Hale 36,653 0 - - -
Hall 3,352 0 - - -
Hamilton 8,590 0 - - -
Hansford 5,778 0 - - -
Hardeman 4,205 0 - - -
Hardin 56,242 0 - - -
Harris 4,241,215 21 201,963 0.5 22
Harrison 66,846 0 - - -
Hartley 6,119 0 - - -
Haskell 5,931 0 - - -
Hays 174,089 0 - - -
Hemphill 3,927 0 - - -
Henderson 79,961 0 - - -
Hidalgo 817,540 1 817,540 0.1 36
Hill 35,935 0 - - -
Hockley 23,393 0 - - -
Hood 53,116 0 - - -
Hopkins 35,933 0 - - -
Houston 23,961 0 - - -
Howard 35,612 0 - - -
Hudspeth 3,582 0 - - -
Hunt 89,469 0 - - -
Hutchinson 22,207 0 - - -
Irion 1,624 0 - - -
Jack 9,216 0 - - -
Jackson 14,126 0 - - -
Jasper 36,032 0 - - -
Jeff Davis 2,372 0 - - -
Jefferson 254,895 1 254,895 0.4 28
Jim Hogg 5,411 0 - - -
Jim Wells 41,503 0 - - -
Johnson 157,659 0 - - -
Jones 20,579 0 - - -
Karnes 15,123 0 - - -
Kaufman 111,705 0 - - -
Kendall 35,621 0 - - -
Kenedy 427 0 - - -
Kent 804 0 - - -
Kerr 51,057 0 - - -
Kimble 4,714 0 - - -
King 289 0 - - -
Kinney 3,644 0 - - -
Kleberg 32,804 0 - - -
Knox 3,731 0 - - -
La Salle 7,162 0 - - -
Lamar 50,484 0 - - -
Lamb 14,133 0 - - -
Lampasas 20,378 0 - - -
Lavaca 19,299 0 - - -
Lee 17,129 0 - - -
Leon 17,296 0 - - -
Liberty 78,738 0 - - -
Limestone 23,915 0 - - -
Lipscomb 3,398 0 - - -
Live Oak 11,623 0 - - -
Llano 19,695 0 - - -
Loving 82 0 - - -
Lubbock 285,572 2 142,786 0.7 20
Lynn 5,986 0 - - -
McCulloch 8,439 0 - - -
McLennan 238,463 3 79,488 1.3 14
McMullen 718 0 - - -
Madison 14,046 0 - - -
Marion 10,717 0 - - -
Martin 4,945 0 - - -
Mason 4,080 0 - - -
Matagorda 37,267 0 - - -
Maverick 56,042 1 56,042 1.8 9
Medina 48,158 0 - - -
Menard 2,266 0 - - -
Midland 141,184 1 141,184 0.7 19
Milam 25,124 2 12,562 8.0 1
Mills 4,974 0 - - -
Mitchell 9,537 0 - - -
Montague 20,008 0 - - -
Montgomery 492,227 2 246,114 0.4 27
Moore 22,630 0 - - -
Morris 13,137 0 - - -
Motley 1,213 0 - - -
Nacogdoches 66,333 0 - - -
Navarro 49,125 0 - - -
Newton 14,369 0 - - -
Nolan 15,443 0 - - -
Nueces 346,802 3 115,601 0.9 17
Ochiltree 10,720 0 - - -
Oldham 2,084 0 - - -
Orange 83,059 0 - - -
Palo Pinto 28,793 0 - - -
Panola 24,219 0 - - -
Parker 124,657 0 - - -
Parmer 10,676 0 - - -
Pecos 15,848 0 - - -
Polk 46,682 0 - - -
Potter 123,571 2 61,786 1.6 10
Presidio 8,008 0 - - -
Rains 11,358 0 - - -
Randall 124,902 0 - - -
Reagan 3,478 0 - - -
Real 3,358 0 - - -
Red River 12,964 0 - - -
Reeves 14,112 0 - - -
Refugio 7,446 0 - - -
Roberts 949 0 - - -
Robertson 17,224 0 - - -
Rockwall 85,630 1 85,630 1.2 15
Runnels 10,605 0 - - -
Rusk 55,209 0 - - -
Sabine 11,067 0 - - -
San Augustine 8,993 0 - - -
San Jacinto 27,629 0 - - -
San Patricio 65,215 0 - - -
San Saba 6,221 0 - - -
Schleicher 3,577 0 - - -
Scurry 17,313 0 - - -
Shackelford 3,449 0 - - -
Shelby 25,972 0 - - -
Sherman 3,106 0 - - -
Smith 216,038 1 216,038 0.5 26
Somervell 8,863 0 - - -
Starr 62,438 1 62,438 1.6 12
Stephens 9,736 0 - - -
Sterling 1,160 0 - - -
Stonewall 1,496 0 - - -
Sutton 4,247 0 - - -
Swisher 7,938 0 - - -
Tarrant 1,868,848 5 373,770 0.3 32
Taylor 133,222 0 - - -
Terrell 999 0 - - -
Terry 12,831 1 12,831 7.8 2
Throckmorton 1,652 0 - - -
Titus 33,254 0 - - -
Tom Green 111,353 2 55,677 1.8 8
Travis 1,071,103 3 357,034 0.3 31
Trinity 14,982 0 - - -
Tyler 22,032 0 - - -
Upshur 40,531 0 - - -
Upton 3,472 0 - - -
Uvalde 26,910 0 - - -
Val Verde 49,880 1 49,880 2.0 6
Van Zandt 53,746 0 - - -
Victoria 87,939 1 87,939 1.1 16
Walker 68,842 0 - - -
Waller 46,038 0 - - -
Ward 10,803 0 - - -
Washington 34,519 0 - - -
Webb 262,794 5 52,559 1.9 7
Wharton 41,745 0 - - -
Wheeler 5,507 0 - - -
Wichita 131,523 1 131,523 0.8 18
Wilbarger 13,760 0 - - -
Willacy 22,902 0 - - -
Williamson 460,111 1 460,111 0.2 34
Wilson 45,713 0 - - -
Winkler 7,348 0 - - -
Wise 61,984 0 - - -
Wood 43,347 0 - - -
Yoakum 8,187 0 - - -
Young 18,778 0 - - -
Zapata 14,580 0 - - -
Zavala 11,909 0 - - -
Texas Total 26,146,548 96 272,360 0.4 -
           
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* Data rounded to nearest whole number

Data Source: Texas Department of State Health Services, Professional Licensing and Certification Unit - March 2013

 

Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, April 10, 2013
Last updated March 20, 2015