Clinical Nurse Specialists, 2015
| County | 2015 Total Population | 2015 CNS Total | Ratio of Population to CNS | Ratio of CNS to 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 60,367 | 1 | 60,367 | 1.7 | 65 |
| Andrews | 16,133 | 1 | 16,133 | 6.2 | 14 |
| Angelina | 90,596 | 1 | 90,596 | 1.1 | 76 |
| Aransas | 24,738 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Archer | 9,502 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Armstrong | 1,969 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Atascosa | 50,278 | 1 | 50,278 | 2 | 61 |
| Austin | 32,238 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Bailey | 7,799 | 1 | 7,799 | 12.8 | 7 |
| Bandera | 22,792 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Bastrop | 86,175 | 3 | 28,725 | 3.5 | 34 |
| Baylor | 3,721 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Bee | 32,698 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Bell | 352,210 | 28 | 12,579 | 7.9 | 10 |
| Bexar | 1,882,834 | 174 | 10,821 | 9.2 | 9 |
| Blanco | 11,742 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Borden | 673 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Bosque | 19,338 | 3 | 6,446 | 15.5 | 6 |
| Bowie | 93,848 | 2 | 46,924 | 2.1 | 56 |
| Brazoria | 358,855 | 6 | 59,809 | 1.7 | 64 |
| Brazos | 214,672 | 7 | 30,667 | 3.3 | 37 |
| Brewster | 9,752 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Briscoe | 1,676 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Brooks | 7,502 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Brown | 39,488 | 1 | 39,488 | 2.5 | 50 |
| Burleson | 18,482 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Burnet | 47,386 | 1 | 47,386 | 2.1 | 57 |
| Caldwell | 43,322 | 1 | 43,322 | 2.3 | 53 |
| Calhoun | 23,298 | 1 | 23,298 | 4.3 | 25 |
| Callahan | 14,129 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Cameron | 449,166 | 6 | 74,861 | 1.3 | 72 |
| Camp | 13,421 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Carson | 6,354 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Cass | 31,323 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Castro | 8,500 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Chambers | 40,945 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Cherokee | 54,099 | 4 | 13,525 | 7.4 | 13 |
| Childress | 7,262 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Clay | 11,224 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Cochran | 3,302 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Coke | 3,213 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Coleman | 9,061 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Collin | 949,673 | 28 | 33,917 | 2.9 | 43 |
| Collingsworth | 3,147 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Colorado | 21,785 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Comal | 128,347 | 4 | 32,087 | 3.1 | 39 |
| Comanche | 14,425 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Concho | 4,207 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Cooke | 40,075 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Coryell | 81,321 | 2 | 40,661 | 2.5 | 51 |
| Cottle | 1,572 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Crane | 4,847 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Crockett | 3,918 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Crosby | 6,640 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Culberson | 2,568 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Dallam | 7,407 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Dallas | 2,496,859 | 116 | 21,525 | 4.6 | 24 |
| Dawson | 14,359 | 0 | - | - | - |
| De Witt | 20,472 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Deaf Smith | 20,982 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Delta | 5,505 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Denton | 789,094 | 13 | 60,700 | 1.6 | 66 |
| Dickens | 2,493 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Dimmit | 10,473 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Donley | 3,781 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Duval | 12,247 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Eastland | 19,259 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Ector | 148,260 | 3 | 49,420 | 2 | 59 |
| Edwards | 2,119 | 0 | - | - | - |
| El Paso | 873,513 | 23 | 37,979 | 2.6 | 49 |
| Ellis | 173,277 | 3 | 57,759 | 1.7 | 63 |
| Erath | 39,534 | 2 | 19,767 | 5.1 | 20 |
| Falls | 18,632 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Fannin | 35,790 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Fayette | 26,381 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Fisher | 3,943 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Floyd | 6,579 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Foard | 1,355 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Fort Bend | 724,104 | 21 | 34,481 | 2.9 | 44 |
| Franklin | 11,220 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Freestone | 20,931 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Frio | 18,668 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Gaines | 19,515 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Galveston | 312,880 | 17 | 18,405 | 5.4 | 19 |
| Garza | 6,738 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Gillespie | 27,231 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Glasscock | 1,293 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Goliad | 7,856 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Gonzales | 21,128 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Gray | 23,611 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Grayson | 127,097 | 3 | 42,366 | 2.4 | 52 |
| Gregg | 128,803 | 5 | 25,761 | 3.9 | 31 |
| Grimes | 28,642 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Guadalupe | 155,621 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hale | 37,400 | 1 | 37,400 | 2.7 | 48 |
| Hall | 3,346 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hamilton | 8,654 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hansford | 6,050 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hardeman | 4,313 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hardin | 58,521 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Harris | 4,471,427 | 210 | 21,293 | 4.7 | 23 |
| Harrison | 68,889 | 1 | 68,889 | 1.5 | 71 |
| Hartley | 6,172 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Haskell | 5,971 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hays | 197,298 | 6 | 32,883 | 3 | 42 |
| Hemphill | 4,117 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Henderson | 81,372 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hidalgo | 883,903 | 11 | 80,355 | 1.2 | 73 |
| Hill | 37,282 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hockley | 24,077 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hood | 56,112 | 2 | 28,056 | 3.6 | 33 |
| Hopkins | 36,774 | 1 | 36,774 | 2.7 | 47 |
| Houston | 24,515 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Howard | 36,478 | 6 | 6,080 | 16.4 | 5 |
| Hudspeth | 3,735 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hunt | 93,347 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Hutchinson | 22,372 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Irion | 1,683 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Jack | 9,382 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Jackson | 14,238 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Jasper | 36,523 | 1 | 36,523 | 2.7 | 46 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,434 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Jefferson | 259,399 | 8 | 32,425 | 3.1 | 41 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,548 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Jim Wells | 42,763 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Johnson | 167,760 | 3 | 55,920 | 1.8 | 62 |
| Jones | 21,223 | 1 | 21,223 | 4.7 | 22 |
| Karnes | 15,557 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Kaufman | 124,238 | 5 | 24,848 | 4 | 27 |
| Kendall | 38,993 | 3 | 12,998 | 7.7 | 11 |
| Kenedy | 438 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Kent | 803 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Kerr | 53,262 | 3 | 17,754 | 5.6 | 17 |
| Kimble | 4,848 | 0 | - | - | - |
| King | 293 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Kinney | 3,734 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Kleberg | 33,715 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Knox | 3,752 | 0 | - | - | - |
| La Salle | 7,601 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lamar | 51,516 | 2 | 25,758 | 3.9 | 29 |
| Lamb | 14,307 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lampasas | 21,463 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lavaca | 19,541 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lee | 17,880 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Leon | 18,131 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Liberty | 82,984 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Limestone | 24,761 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lipscomb | 3,549 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Live Oak | 11,718 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Llano | 20,400 | 1 | 20,400 | 4.9 | 21 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lubbock | 295,257 | 10 | 29,526 | 3.4 | 35 |
| Lynn | 6,095 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Madison | 14,639 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Marion | 11,059 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Martin | 5,182 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Mason | 4,128 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Matagorda | 38,295 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Maverick | 58,947 | 0 | - | - | - |
| McCulloch | 8,634 | 0 | - | - | - |
| McLennan | 244,576 | 3 | 81,525 | 1.2 | 74 |
| McMullen | 750 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Medina | 51,307 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Menard | 2,346 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Midland | 147,653 | 3 | 49,218 | 2 | 58 |
| Milam | 25,759 | 1 | 25,759 | 3.9 | 30 |
| Mills | 5,056 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Mitchell | 9,727 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Montague | 20,610 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Montgomery | 548,532 | 8 | 68,567 | 1.5 | 69 |
| Moore | 23,849 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Morris | 13,438 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Motley | 1,216 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Nacogdoches | 68,586 | 1 | 68,586 | 1.5 | 70 |
| Navarro | 51,464 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Newton | 14,431 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Nolan | 15,690 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Nueces | 357,888 | 8 | 44,736 | 2.2 | 54 |
| Ochiltree | 11,410 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Oldham | 2,128 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Orange | 85,098 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Palo Pinto | 29,914 | 1 | 29,914 | 3.3 | 36 |
| Panola | 24,912 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Parker | 136,501 | 2 | 68,251 | 1.5 | 68 |
| Parmer | 11,258 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Pecos | 16,380 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Polk | 48,633 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Potter | 127,643 | 15 | 8,510 | 11.8 | 8 |
| Presidio | 8,314 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Rains | 12,019 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Randall | 130,799 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Reagan | 3,634 | 1 | 3,634 | 27.5 | 2 |
| Real | 3,393 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Red River | 13,227 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Reeves | 14,398 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Refugio | 7,486 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Roberts | 975 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Robertson | 18,098 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Rockwall | 95,829 | 3 | 31,943 | 3.1 | 38 |
| Runnels | 10,756 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Rusk | 58,150 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Sabine | 11,486 | 0 | - | - | - |
| San Augustine | 9,151 | 0 | - | - | - |
| San Jacinto | 29,386 | 0 | - | - | - |
| San Patricio | 66,697 | 0 | - | - | - |
| San Saba | 6,296 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Schleicher | 3,726 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Scurry | 17,884 | 1 | 17,884 | 5.6 | 18 |
| Shackelford | 3,552 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Shelby | 27,068 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Sherman | 3,220 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Smith | 225,731 | 7 | 32,247 | 3.1 | 40 |
| Somervell | 9,436 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Starr | 65,101 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Stephens | 9,941 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Sterling | 1,193 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Stonewall | 1,508 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Sutton | 4,417 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Swisher | 8,055 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Tarrant | 1,959,449 | 80 | 24,493 | 4.1 | 26 |
| Taylor | 135,409 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Terrell | 1,026 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Terry | 13,027 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Throckmorton | 1,655 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Titus | 34,910 | 2 | 17,455 | 5.7 | 16 |
| Tom Green | 112,579 | 29 | 3,882 | 25.8 | 3 |
| Travis | 1,144,887 | 207 | 5,531 | 18.1 | 4 |
| Trinity | 15,618 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Tyler | 22,257 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Upshur | 42,223 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Upton | 3,632 | 1 | 3,632 | 27.5 | 1 |
| Uvalde | 27,543 | 1 | 27,543 | 3.6 | 32 |
| Val Verde | 51,217 | 2 | 25,609 | 3.9 | 28 |
| Van Zandt | 55,413 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Victoria | 89,831 | 1 | 89,831 | 1.1 | 75 |
| Walker | 70,199 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Waller | 50,082 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Ward | 10,960 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Washington | 35,712 | 1 | 35,712 | 2.8 | 45 |
| Webb | 282,143 | 2 | 141,072 | 0.7 | 77 |
| Wharton | 42,332 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Wheeler | 5,637 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Wichita | 132,279 | 10 | 13,228 | 7.6 | 12 |
| Wilbarger | 14,220 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Willacy | 24,444 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Williamson | 518,755 | 32 | 16,211 | 6.2 | 15 |
| Wilson | 49,833 | 1 | 49,833 | 2 | 60 |
| Winkler | 7,755 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Wise | 66,321 | 1 | 66,321 | 1.5 | 67 |
| Wood | 45,341 | 1 | 45,341 | 2.2 | 55 |
| Yoakum | 8,687 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Young | 19,220 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Zapata | 15,544 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Zavala | 12,324 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Texas Total | 27,695,284 | 1,182 | 23,431 | 4.3 | - |
| CNS w/o Texas RN license* | - | 68 | - | - | - |