Nurse Practitioners, 2015

Nurse Practitioners, 2015

NPs by County - September, 2015

County

2015 Population

2015 NP Total

Ratio of 2015 Population to NP

Ratio of NPs to 100,000 Population

Rank

Anderson

60,367

19

3,177.2

31.5

84

Andrews

16,133

7

2,304.7

43.4

55

Angelina

90,596

33

2,745.3

36.4

71

Aransas

24,738

5

4,947.6

20.2

157

Archer

9,502

1

9,502.0

10.5

200

Armstrong

1,969

1

1,969.0

50.8

37

Atascosa

50,278

6

8,379.7

11.9

194

Austin

32,238

5

6,447.6

15.5

179

Bailey

7,799

2

3,899.5

25.6

124

Bandera

22,792

4

5,698.0

17.6

168

Bastrop

86,175

19

4,535.5

22.0

147

Baylor

3,721

0

-

0.0

-

Bee

32,698

10

3,269.8

30.6

89

Bell

352,210

219

1,608.3

62.2

20

Bexar

1,882,834

886

2,125.1

47.1

45

Blanco

11,742

6

1,957.0

51.1

36

Borden

673

0

-

0.0

-

Bosque

19,338

10

1,933.8

51.7

35

Bowie

93,848

72

1,303.4

76.7

9

Brazoria

358,855

86

4,172.7

24.0

135

Brazos

214,672

63

3,407.5

29.3

97

Brewster

9,752

6

1,625.3

61.5

22

Briscoe

1,676

1

1,676.0

59.7

25

Brooks

7,502

0

-

0.0

-

Brown

39,488

14

2,820.6

35.5

75

Burleson

18,482

0

-

0.0

-

Burnet

47,386

12

3,948.8

25.3

127

Caldwell

43,322

5

8,664.4

11.5

196

Calhoun

23,298

6

3,883.0

25.8

122

Callahan

14,129

7

2,018.4

49.5

38

Cameron

449,166

117

3,839.0

26.0

118

Camp

13,421

2

6,710.5

14.9

181

Carson

6,354

3

2,118.0

47.2

42

Cass

31,323

8

3,915.4

25.5

126

Castro

8,500

3

2,833.3

35.3

76

Chambers

40,945

5

8,189.0

12.2

193

Cherokee

54,099

17

3,182.3

31.4

86

Childress

7,262

6

1,210.3

82.6

3

Clay

11,224

0

-

0.0

-

Cochran

3,302

1

3,302.0

30.3

90

Coke

3,213

0

-

0.0

-

Coleman

9,061

4

2,265.3

44.1

52

Collin

949,673

422

2,250.4

44.4

51

Collingsworth

3,147

0

-

0.0

-

Colorado

21,785

3

7,261.7

13.8

188

Comal

128,347

35

3,667.1

27.3

110

Comanche

14,425

3

4,808.3

20.8

151

Concho

4,207

0

-

0.0

-

Cooke

40,075

19

2,109.2

47.4

41

Coryell

81,321

39

2,085.2

48.0

40

Cottle

1,572

0

-

0.0

-

Crane

4,847

1

4,847.0

20.6

152

Crockett

3,918

0

-

0.0

-

Crosby

6,640

3

2,213.3

45.2

49

Culberson

2,568

2

1,284.0

77.9

8

Dallam

7,407

0

-

0.0

-

Dallas

2,496,859

1,640

1,522.5

65.7

16

Dawson

14,359

4

3,589.8

27.9

107

Deaf Smith

20,982

5

4,196.4

23.8

136

Delta

5,505

0

-

0.0

-

Denton

789,094

245

3,220.8

31.0

87

De Witt

20,472

6

3,412.0

29.3

98

Dickens

2,493

2

1,246.5

80.2

6

Dimmit

10,473

2

5,236.5

19.1

163

Donley

3,781

0

-

0.0

-

Duval

12,247

3

4,082.3

24.5

130

Eastland

19,259

5

3,851.8

26.0

119

Ector

148,260

66

2,246.4

44.5

50

Edwards

2,119

1

2,119.0

47.2

43

Ellis

173,277

34

5,096.4

19.6

160

El Paso

873,513

356

2,453.7

40.8

62

Erath

39,534

11

3,594.0

27.8

108

Falls

18,632

5

3,726.4

26.8

112

Fannin

35,790

8

4,473.8

22.4

146

Fayette

26,381

6

4,396.8

22.7

142

Fisher

3,943

3

1,314.3

76.1

10

Floyd

6,579

0

-

0.0

-

Foard

1,355

1

1,355.0

73.8

11

Fort Bend

724,104

213

3,399.5

29.4

95

Franklin

11,220

0

-

0.0

-

Freestone

20,931

6

3,488.5

28.7

103

Frio

18,668

7

2,666.9

37.5

68

Gaines

19,515

4

4,878.8

20.5

154

Galveston

312,880

188

1,664.3

60.1

24

Garza

6,738

2

3,369.0

29.7

93

Gillespie

27,231

12

2,269.3

44.1

53

Glasscock

1,293

0

-

0.0

-

Goliad

7,856

0

-

0.0

-

Gonzales

21,128

5

4,225.6

23.7

138

Gray

23,611

8

2,951.4

33.9

78

Grayson

127,097

52

2,444.2

40.9

61

Gregg

128,803

81

1,590.2

62.9

19

Grimes

28,642

6

4,773.7

20.9

150

Guadalupe

155,621

28

5,557.9

18.0

166

Hale

37,400

11

3,400.0

29.4

96

Hall

3,346

1

3,346.0

29.9

92

Hamilton

8,654

2

4,327.0

23.1

140

Hansford

6,050

1

6,050.0

16.5

176

Hardeman

4,313

0

-

0.0

-

Hardin

58,521

19

3,080.1

32.5

82

Harris

4,471,427

2,473

1,808.1

55.3

32

Harrison

68,889

14

4,920.6

20.3

156

Hartley

6,172

1

6,172.0

16.2

177

Haskell

5,971

2

2,985.5

33.5

79

Hays

197,298

62

3,182.2

31.4

85

Hemphill

4,117

1

4,117.0

24.3

131

Henderson

81,372

24

3,390.5

29.5

94

Hidalgo

883,903

251

3,521.5

28.4

105

Hill

37,282

7

5,326.0

18.8

164

Hockley

24,077

7

3,439.6

29.1

99

Hood

56,112

14

4,008.0

25.0

128

Hopkins

36,774

11

3,343.1

29.9

91

Houston

24,515

2

12,257.5

8.2

202

Howard

36,478

23

1,586.0

63.1

17

Hudspeth

3,735

0

-

0.0

-

Hunt

93,347

32

2,917.1

34.3

77

Hutchinson

22,372

3

7,457.3

13.4

191

Irion

1,683

0

-

0.0

-

Jack

9,382

1

9,382.0

10.7

199

Jackson

14,238

2

7,119.0

14.0

184

Jasper

36,523

15

2,434.9

41.1

60

Jeff Davis

2,434

1

2,434.0

41.1

59

Jefferson

259,399

213

1,217.8

82.1

5

Jim Hogg

5,548

0

-

0.0

-

Jim Wells

42,763

11

3,887.5

25.7

123

Johnson

167,760

26

6,452.3

15.5

180

Jones

21,223

10

2,122.3

47.1

44

Karnes

15,557

2

7,778.5

12.9

192

Kaufman

124,238

36

3,451.1

29.0

100

Kendall

38,993

13

2,999.5

33.3

80

Kenedy

438

0

-

0.0

-

Kent

803

0

-

0.0

-

Kerr

53,262

28

1,902.2

52.6

34

Kimble

4,848

0

-

0.0

-

King

293

0

-

0.0

-

Kinney

3,734

0

-

0.0

-

Kleberg

33,715

5

6,743.0

14.8

183

Knox

3,752

3

1,250.7

80.0

7

Lamar

51,516

30

1,717.2

58.2

27

Lamb

14,307

2

7,153.5

14.0

185

Lampasas

7,601

2

3,800.5

26.3

116

La Salle

21,463

3

7,154.3

14.0

186

Lavaca

19,541

5

3,908.2

25.6

125

Lee

17,880

2

8,940.0

11.2

197

Leon

18,131

0

-

0.0

-

Liberty

82,984

17

4,881.4

20.5

155

Limestone

24,761

6

4,126.8

24.2

133

Lipscomb

3,549

1

3,549.0

28.2

106

Live Oak

11,718

2

5,859.0

17.1

171

Llano

20,400

1

20,400.0

4.9

207

Loving

81

0

-

0.0

-

Lubbock

295,257

247

1,195.4

83.7

2

Lynn

6,095

3

2,031.7

49.2

39

McCulloch

8,634

0

-

0.0

-

McLennan

244,576

112

2,183.7

45.8

48

McMullen

750

0

-

0.0

-

Madison

14,639

2

7,319.5

13.7

189

Marion

11,059

4

2,764.8

36.2

74

Martin

5,182

0

-

0.0

-

Mason

4,128

0

-

0.0

-

Matagorda

38,295

11

3,481.4

28.7

101

Maverick

58,947

8

7,368.4

13.6

190

Medina

51,307

6

8,551.2

11.7

195

Menard

2,346

1

2,346.0

42.6

56

Midland

147,653

58

2,545.7

39.3

65

Milam

25,759

14

1,839.9

54.3

33

Mills

5,056

2

2,528.0

39.6

64

Mitchell

9,727

2

4,863.5

20.6

153

Montague

20,610

5

4,122.0

24.3

132

Montgomery

548,532

222

2,470.9

40.5

63

Moore

23,849

1

23,849.0

4.2

208

Morris

13,438

2

6,719.0

14.9

182

Motley

1,216

0

-

0.0

-

Nacogdoches

68,586

26

2,637.9

37.9

67

Navarro

51,464

5

10,292.8

9.7

201

Newton

14,431

1

14,431.0

6.9

205

Nolan

15,690

3

5,230.0

19.1

162

Nueces

357,888

203

1,763.0

56.7

29

Ochiltree

11,410

2

5,705.0

17.5

169

Oldham

2,128

0

-

0.0

-

Orange

85,098

23

3,699.9

27.0

111

Palo Pinto

29,914

8

3,739.3

26.7

113

Panola

24,912

4

6,228.0

16.1

178

Parker

136,501

23

5,934.8

16.8

172

Parmer

11,258

3

3,752.7

26.6

115

Pecos

16,380

6

2,730.0

36.6

69

Polk

48,633

11

4,421.2

22.6

145

Potter

127,643

154

828.9

120.6

1

Presidio

8,314

2

4,157.0

24.1

134

Rains

12,019

0

-

0.0

-

Randall

130,799

31

4,219.3

23.7

137

Reagan

3,634

1

3,634.0

27.5

109

Real

3,393

0

-

0.0

-

Red River

13,227

3

4,409.0

22.7

143

Reeves

14,398

2

7,199.0

13.9

187

Refugio

7,486

2

3,743.0

26.7

114

Roberts

975

0

-

0.0

-

Robertson

18,098

2

9,049.0

11.1

198

Rockwall

95,829

40

2,395.7

41.7

58

Runnels

10,756

2

5,378.0

18.6

165

Rusk

58,150

15

3,876.7

25.8

121

Sabine

11,486

2

5,743.0

17.4

170

San Augustine

9,151

4

2,287.8

43.7

54

San Jacinto

29,386

1

29,386.0

3.4

210

San Patricio

66,697

14

4,764.1

21.0

149

San Saba

6,296

2

3,148.0

31.8

83

Schleicher

3,726

0

-

0.0

-

Scurry

17,884

3

5,961.3

16.8

173

Shackelford

3,552

2

1,776.0

56.3

30

Shelby

27,068

7

3,866.9

25.9

120

Sherman

3,220

2

1,610.0

62.1

21

Smith

225,731

142

1,589.7

62.9

18

Somervell

9,436

4

2,359.0

42.4

57

Starr

65,101

5

13,020.2

7.7

204

Stephens

9,941

2

4,970.5

20.1

158

Sterling

1,193

0

-

0.0

-

Stonewall

1,508

1

1,508.0

66.3

15

Sutton

4,417

1

4,417.0

22.6

144

Swisher

8,055

2

4,027.5

24.8

129

Tarrant

1,959,449

919

2,132.2

46.9

46

Taylor

135,409

97

1,396.0

71.6

12

Terrell

1,026

0

-

0.0

-

Terry

13,027

4

3,256.8

30.7

88

Throckmorton

1,655

1

1,655.0

60.4

23

Titus

34,910

7

4,987.1

20.1

159

Tom Green

112,579

64

1,759.0

56.8

28

Travis

1,144,887

681

1,681.2

59.5

26

Trinity

15,618

0

-

0.0

-

Tyler

22,257

4

5,564.3

18.0

167

Upshur

42,223

7

6,031.9

16.6

174

Upton

3,632

3

1,210.7

82.6

4

Uvalde

27,543

10

2,754.3

36.3

73

Val Verde

51,217

12

4,268.1

23.4

139

Van Zandt

55,413

3

18,471.0

5.4

206

Victoria

89,831

64

1,403.6

71.2

13

Walker

70,199

15

4,679.9

21.4

148

Waller

50,082

4

12,520.5

8.0

203

Ward

10,960

4

2,740.0

36.5

70

Washington

35,712

13

2,747.1

36.4

72

Webb

282,143

109

2,588.5

38.6

66

Wharton

42,332

7

6,047.4

16.5

175

Wheeler

5,637

0

-

0.0

-

Wichita

132,279

74

1,787.6

55.9

31

Wilbarger

14,220

10

1,422.0

70.3

14

Willacy

24,444

1

24,444.0

4.1

209

Williamson

518,755

172

3,016.0

33.2

81

Wilson

49,833

13

3,833.3

26.1

117

Winkler

7,755

0

-

0.0

-

Wise

66,321

19

3,490.6

28.6

104

Wood

45,341

13

3,487.8

28.7

102

Yoakum

8,687

2

4,343.5

23.0

141

Young

19,220

9

2,135.6

46.8

47

Zapata

15,544

3

5,181.3

19.3

161

Zavala

12,324

0

-

0.0

-

Texas Total

27,695,284

12,421

2,229.7

44.8

-

NPs w/o Texas RN license*

-

638

-

-

* These APRNs could not be matched with Texas RN records and so geographic information on them is unavailable.

Data Source: Texas Board of Nursing - September 2015

Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, December 1, 2015