Texas County Numbers and Public Health Regions

Each of the 254 Texas counties has a county number (also known as a county ID) assigned sequentially in alphabetical order. This is not the order in which most computer programs and spreadsheets would sort counties by name. For example, Ellis County is numbered before El Paso, and the counties that start with "Mc" are numbered before all other counties that start with "M". If you sort a list of Texas counties by county name, the counties will not be in order by county number.

The county FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) code is assigned by the US Census Bureau. Texas has a state FIPS code of 48 so all Texas counties have a county FIPS code of 48xxx. The county FIPS code can be calculated from the Texas county number: FIPS_code = 48000 + (county_number * 2) - 1. Some state agencies in Texas employ practices different from the FIPS standard to order county statistics.

Many Texas county names have a variety of spellings. For this reason, you should avoid using the county name to match or join two tables of county data, particularly if they are from different sources. We recommend using the county number or FIPS code as the basis for the match or join. Do not assume that two tables with Texas county data that look like they are both in alphabetical order are actually arranged in the same order.

Each Texas county is assigned to one of 11 public health regions. However, for administrative purposes, there are 8 regional public health offices. Regions 2 and 3 are administered from a regional office in Arlington. Region 4 and the northern part of Region 5 are administered from a regional office in Tyler. Region 6 and the southern part of Region 5 are administered from a regional office in Houston. Regions 9 and 10 are administered from a regional office in El Paso. Of the counties in Region 5, three are in Region 5S: Hardin, Jefferson, and Orange. The rest of the Region 5 counties are in Region 5N.

Texas county numbers, FIPS codes, public health regions, and health service regions are given in the table below.
 

Public Health Regions

Texas Counties, Public Health Regions, and Administrative Regions
County
Number
County
Name
FIPS
Code
Public Health
Region
Health Service
Region
1Anderson4800144/5N
2Andrews4800399/10
3Angelina4800554/5N
4Aransas480071111
5Archer4800922/3
6Armstrong4801111
7Atascosa4801388
8Austin4801566/5S
9Bailey4801711
10Bandera4801988
11Bastrop4802177
12Baylor4802322/3
13Bee480251111
14Bell4802777
15Bexar4802988
16Blanco4803177
17Borden4803311
18Bosque4803577
19Bowie4803744/5N
20Brazoria4803966/5S
21Brazos4804177
22Brewster48043109/10
23Briscoe4804511
24Brooks480471111
25Brown4804922/3
26Burleson4805177
27Burnet4805377
28Caldwell4805577
29Calhoun4805788
30Callahan4805922/3
31Cameron480611111
32Camp4806344/5N
33Carson4806511
34Cass4806744/5N
35Castro4806911
36Chambers4807166/5S
37Cherokee4807344/5N
38Childress4807511
39Clay4807722/3
40Cochran4807911
41Coke4808199/10
42Coleman4808322/3
43Collin4808532/3
44Collingsworth4808711
45Colorado4808966/5S
46Comal4809188
47Comanche4809322/3
48Concho4809599/10
49Cooke4809732/3
50Coryell4809977
51Cottle4810122/3
52Crane4810399/10
53Crockett4810599/10
54Crosby4810711
55Culberson48109109/10
56Dallam4811111
57Dallas4811332/3
58Dawson4811511
59Deaf Smith4811711
60Delta4811944/5N
61Denton4812132/3
62DeWitt4812388
63Dickens4812511
64Dimmit4812788
65Donley4812911
66Duval481311111
67Eastland4813322/3
68Ector4813599/10
69Edwards4813788
70Ellis4813932/3
71El Paso48141109/10
72Erath4814332/3
73Falls4814577
74Fannin4814732/3
75Fayette4814977
76Fisher4815122/3
77Floyd4815311
78Foard4815522/3
79Fort Bend4815766/5S
80Franklin4815944/5N
81Freestone4816177
82Frio4816388
83Gaines4816511
84Galveston4816766/5S
85Garza4816911
86Gillespie4817188
87Glasscock4817399/10
88Goliad4817588
89Gonzales4817788
90Gray4817911
91Grayson4818132/3
92Gregg4818344/5N
93Grimes4818577
94Guadalupe4818788
95Hale4818911
96Hall4819111
97Hamilton4819377
98Hansford4819511
99Hardeman4819722/3
100Hardin4819956/5S
101Harris4820166/5S
102Harrison4820344/5N
103Hartley4820511
104Haskell4820722/3
105Hays4820977
106Hemphill4821111
107Henderson4821344/5N
108Hidalgo482151111
109Hill4821777
110Hockley4821911
111Hood4822132/3
112Hopkins4822344/5N
113Houston4822554/5N
114Howard4822799/10
115Hudspeth48229109/10
116Hunt4823132/3
117Hutchinson4823311
118Irion4823599/10
119Jack4823722/3
120Jackson4823988
121Jasper4824154/5N
122Jeff Davis48243109/10
123Jefferson4824556/5S
124Jim Hogg482471111
125Jim Wells482491111
126Johnson4825132/3
127Jones4825322/3
128Karnes4825588
129Kaufman4825732/3
130Kendall4825988
131Kenedy482611111
132Kent4826322/3
133Kerr4826588
134Kimble4826799/10
135King4826911
136Kinney4827188
137Kleberg482731111
138Knox4827522/3
139Lamar4827744/5N
140Lamb4827911
141Lampasas4828177
142La Salle4828388
143Lavaca4828588
144Lee4828777
145Leon4828977
146Liberty4829166/5S
147Limestone4829377
148Lipscomb4829511
149Live Oak482971111
150Llano4829977
151Loving4830199/10
152Lubbock4830311
153Lynn4830511
154McCulloch4830799/10
155McLennan4830977
156McMullen483111111
157Madison4831377
158Marion4831544/5N
159Martin4831799/10
160Mason4831999/10
161Matagorda4832166/5S
162Maverick4832388
163Medina4832588
164Menard4832799/10
165Midland4832999/10
166Milam4833177
167Mills4833377
168Mitchell4833522/3
169Montague4833722/3
170Montgomery4833966/5S
171Moore4834111
172Morris4834344/5N
173Motley4834511
174Nacogdoches4834754/5N
175Navarro4834932/3
176Newton4835154/5N
177Nolan4835322/3
178Nueces483551111
179Ochiltree4835711
180Oldham4835911
181Orange4836156/5S
182Palo Pinto4836332/3
183Panola4836544/5N
184Parker4836732/3
185Parmer4836911
186Pecos4837199/10
187Polk4837354/5N
188Potter4837511
189Presidio48377109/10
190Rains4837944/5N
191Randall4838111
192Reagan4838399/10
193Real4838588
194Red River4838744/5N
195Reeves4838999/10
196Refugio483911111
197Roberts4839311
198Robertson4839577
199Rockwall4839732/3
200Runnels4839922/3
201Rusk4840144/5N
202Sabine4840354/5N
203San Augustine4840554/5N
204San Jacinto4840754/5N
205San Patricio484091111
206San Saba4841177
207Schleicher4841399/10
208Scurry4841522/3
209Shackelford4841722/3
210Shelby4841954/5N
211Sherman4842111
212Smith4842344/5N
213Somervell4842532/3
214Starr484271111
215Stephens4842922/3
216Sterling4843199/10
217Stonewall4843322/3
218Sutton4843599/10
219Swisher4843711
220Tarrant4843932/3
221Taylor4844122/3
222Terrell4844399/10
223Terry4844511
224Throckmorton4844722/3
225Titus4844944/5N
226Tom Green4845199/10
227Travis4845377
228Trinity4845554/5N
229Tyler4845754/5N
230Upshur4845944/5N
231Upton4846199/10
232Uvalde4846388
233Val Verde4846588
234Van Zandt4846744/5N
235Victoria4846988
236Walker4847166/5S
237Waller4847366/5S
238Ward4847599/10
239Washington4847777
240Webb484791111
241Wharton4848166/5S
242Wheeler4848311
243Wichita4848522/3
244Wilbarger4848722/3
245Willacy484891111
246Williamson4849177
247Wilson4849388
248Winkler4849599/10
249Wise4849732/3
250Wood4849944/5N
251Yoakum4850111
252Young4850322/3
253Zapata485051111
254Zavala4850788