Contact Lens Dispensers, 2008
| County | 2008 Population | 2008 CLD Total | Ratio of 2008 Population per CLD* | Ratio of CLDs per 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 57,910 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Andrews | 13,777 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Angelina | 84,171 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Aransas | 25,451 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Archer | 9,503 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Armstrong | 2,238 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Atascosa | 46,479 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Austin | 27,851 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bailey | 7,142 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bandera | 21,032 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bastrop | 83,889 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Baylor | 4,080 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bee | 34,458 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bell | 263,086 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bexar | 1,562,396 | 5 | 312,479 | 0.3 | 32 |
| Blanco | 10,215 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Borden | 763 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 18,518 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bowie | 93,518 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brazoria | 294,384 | 3 | 98,128 | 1.0 | 17 |
| Brazos | 166,821 | 1 | 166,821 | 0.6 | 25 |
| Brewster | 9,624 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Briscoe | 1,873 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brooks | 8,557 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brown | 39,487 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Burleson | 18,483 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Burnet | 42,252 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Caldwell | 38,700 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Calhoun | 21,629 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Callahan | 13,677 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cameron | 401,862 | 6 | 66,977 | 1.5 | 12 |
| Camp | 13,373 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Carson | 6,520 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cass | 30,238 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Castro | 8,877 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Chambers | 32,995 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cherokee | 49,710 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Childress | 7,829 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Clay | 11,442 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cochran | 4,062 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coke | 3,960 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coleman | 9,186 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Collin | 760,664 | 1 | 760,664 | 0.1 | 35 |
| Collingsworth | 3,174 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Colorado | 22,308 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Comal | 102,320 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Comanche | 14,201 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Concho | 4,011 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cooke | 40,048 | 1 | 40,048 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Coryell | 75,145 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cottle | 1,881 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crane | 4,312 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crockett | 4,395 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crosby | 7,470 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Culberson | 3,274 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallam | 6,691 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallas | 2,344,905 | 10 | 234,491 | 0.4 | 29 |
| Dawson | 15,608 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Deaf Smith | 20,058 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Delta | 5,393 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Denton | 674,765 | 2 | 337,383 | 0.3 | 33 |
| De Witt | 20,638 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dickens | 2,931 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dimmit | 10,778 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Donley | 4,093 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Duval | 13,756 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Eastland | 18,880 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ector | 129,801 | 2 | 64,901 | 1.5 | 11 |
| Edwards | 2,260 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ellis | 147,615 | 1 | 147,615 | 0.7 | 22 |
| El Paso | 755,157 | 4 | 188,789 | 0.5 | 26 |
| Erath | 37,175 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Falls | 18,872 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Fannin | 35,462 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Fayette | 24,098 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Fisher | 4,160 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Floyd | 8,147 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Foard | 1,609 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Fort Bend | 510,966 | 4 | 127,742 | 0.8 | 20 |
| Franklin | 10,093 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Freestone | 19,900 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Frio | 17,328 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Gaines | 15,733 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Galveston | 285,327 | 4 | 71,332 | 1.4 | 13 |
| Garza | 5,292 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Gillespie | 23,649 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Glasscock | 1,522 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 7,488 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Gonzales | 20,327 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Gray | 22,096 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Grayson | 120,304 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Gregg | 117,679 | 2 | 58,840 | 1.7 | 8 |
| Grimes | 26,078 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Guadalupe | 114,770 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hale | 37,661 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hall | 3,842 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hamilton | 8,409 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hansford | 5,686 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hardeman | 4,724 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hardin | 51,906 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Harris | 3,867,607 | 26 | 148,754 | 0.7 | 23 |
| Harrison | 63,739 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hartley | 5,689 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Haskell | 6,050 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hays | 156,020 | 1 | 156,020 | 0.6 | 24 |
| Hemphill | 3,506 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Henderson | 82,291 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hidalgo | 749,265 | 1 | 749,265 | 0.1 | 34 |
| Hill | 36,125 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hockley | 23,950 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hood | 50,239 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hopkins | 34,386 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Houston | 24,075 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Howard | 33,981 | 1 | 33,981 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Hudspeth | 3,833 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 87,942 | 1 | 87,942 | 1.1 | 16 |
| Hutchinson | 23,070 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Irion | 1,847 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jack | 8,948 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jackson | 14,730 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jasper | 36,558 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jeff Davis | 2,566 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jefferson | 253,609 | 2 | 126,805 | 0.8 | 19 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,569 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jim Wells | 41,831 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Johnson | 159,338 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jones | 20,777 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Karnes | 15,969 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kaufman | 99,999 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kendall | 31,987 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kenedy | 459 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kent | 841 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kerr | 47,512 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kimble | 4,646 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| King | 369 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kinney | 3,436 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kleberg | 35,137 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Knox | 4,227 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lamar | 50,641 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lamb | 15,386 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lampasas | 22,838 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| La Salle | 6,543 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lavaca | 19,479 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lee | 17,510 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Leon | 17,183 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Liberty | 82,173 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Limestone | 23,337 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lipscomb | 3,105 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Live Oak | 12,417 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Llano | 18,842 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Loving | 65 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 257,690 | 2 | 128,845 | 0.8 | 21 |
| Lynn | 6,876 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| McCulloch | 8,376 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| McLennan | 225,379 | 3 | 75,126 | 1.3 | 15 |
| McMullen | 873 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 14,034 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Marion | 11,270 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Martin | 5,186 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Mason | 4,031 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Matagorda | 39,026 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Maverick | 53,688 | 1 | 53,688 | 1.9 | 7 |
| Medina | 44,956 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Menard | 2,565 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Midland | 123,362 | 3 | 41,121 | 2.4 | 4 |
| Milam | 26,289 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Mills | 5,149 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Mitchell | 9,917 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Montague | 20,055 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Montgomery | 425,757 | 2 | 212,879 | 0.5 | 27 |
| Moore | 21,342 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Morris | 13,238 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Motley | 1,419 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nacogdoches | 62,735 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Navarro | 50,322 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Newton | 15,262 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nolan | 15,813 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nueces | 323,802 | 5 | 64,760 | 1.5 | 10 |
| Ochiltree | 9,848 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Oldham | 2,309 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Orange | 84,937 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Palo Pinto | 28,343 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Panola | 22,999 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Parker | 113,774 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Parmer | 10,546 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Pecos | 17,583 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Polk | 49,449 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Potter | 124,416 | 1 | 124,416 | 0.8 | 18 |
| Presidio | 8,402 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Rains | 11,533 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Randall | 112,995 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Reagan | 3,684 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Real | 3,239 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Red River | 14,509 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Reeves | 12,717 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Refugio | 8,239 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Roberts | 936 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 16,898 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Rockwall | 74,926 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Runnels | 11,497 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Rusk | 49,464 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Sabine | 10,871 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| San Augustine | 9,357 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| San Jacinto | 24,601 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| San Patricio | 72,187 | 1 | 72,187 | 1.4 | 14 |
| San Saba | 6,317 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Schleicher | 3,140 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Scurry | 16,674 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Shackelford | 3,384 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Shelby | 26,577 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Sherman | 3,326 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Smith | 196,271 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Somervell | 8,493 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Starr | 65,152 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Stephens | 9,967 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Sterling | 1,465 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Stonewall | 1,704 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Sutton | 4,450 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Swisher | 8,805 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Tarrant | 1,720,067 | 6 | 286,678 | 0.3 | 31 |
| Taylor | 132,329 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terrell | 1,101 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,404 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Throckmorton | 1,873 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Titus | 31,362 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Tom Green | 104,179 | 3 | 34,726 | 2.9 | 2 |
| Travis | 916,083 | 4 | 229,021 | 0.4 | 28 |
| Trinity | 14,977 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Tyler | 21,970 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Upshur | 37,936 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Upton | 3,671 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Uvalde | 28,203 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Val Verde | 49,532 | 1 | 49,532 | 2.0 | 6 |
| Van Zandt | 53,385 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Victoria | 88,794 | 2 | 44,397 | 2.3 | 5 |
| Walker | 66,940 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Waller | 42,576 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ward | 11,391 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Washington | 32,484 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Webb | 250,144 | 1 | 250,144 | 0.4 | 30 |
| Wharton | 43,541 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wheeler | 5,075 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wichita | 126,977 | 2 | 63,489 | 1.6 | 9 |
| Wilbarger | 14,811 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Willacy | 21,675 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Williamson | 373,961 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wilson | 42,816 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Winkler | 7,567 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wise | 59,084 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wood | 41,462 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Yoakum | 7,989 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Young | 18,053 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Zapata | 15,435 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Zavala | 12,442 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Texas Total | 24,178,180 | 115 | 210,245 | 0.5 | |
| Out of State | 3 | ||||
| Total Licensees | 118 |
* Data rounded to nearest whole number
Data Source: Texas Department of State Health Services, Professional Licensing and Certification Unit, September 9, 2008. Includes: all active Contact Lens Dispensers with a Texas address. The Contact Lens Dispensers were sorted by their county of residence. The county was determined based on the zip code.
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, October 7, 2008.