Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, 2015
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County |
2015 Population | 2015 APRN Total | Ratio of 2015 Population to APRN | Ratio of APRN to 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 60,367 | 27 | 2,235.8 | 44.7 | 71 |
| Andrews | 16,133 | 10 | 1,613.3 | 62.0 | 38 |
| Angelina | 90,596 | 54 | 1,677.7 | 59.6 | 43 |
| Aransas | 24,738 | 5 | 4,947.6 | 20.2 | 176 |
| Archer | 9,502 | 1 | 9,502.0 | 10.5 | 205 |
| Armstrong | 1,969 | 1 | 1,969.0 | 50.8 | 57 |
| Atascosa | 50,278 | 10 | 5,027.8 | 19.9 | 179 |
| Austin | 32,238 | 6 | 5,373.0 | 18.6 | 183 |
| Bailey | 7,799 | 2 | 3,899.5 | 25.6 | 157 |
| Bandera | 22,792 | 4 | 5,698.0 | 17.6 | 187 |
| Bastrop | 86,175 | 23 | 3,746.7 | 26.7 | 152 |
| Baylor | 3,721 | 2 | 1,860.5 | 53.7 | 54 |
| Bee | 32,698 | 13 | 2,515.2 | 39.8 | 93 |
| Bell | 352,210 | 351 | 1,003.4 | 99.7 | 5 |
| Bexar | 1,882,834 | 1,173 | 1,605.1 | 62.3 | 35 |
| Blanco | 11,742 | 7 | 1,677.4 | 59.6 | 42 |
| Borden | 673 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 19,338 | 11 | 1,758.0 | 56.9 | 47 |
| Bowie | 93,848 | 100 | 938.5 | 106.6 | 2 |
| Brazoria | 358,855 | 108 | 3,322.7 | 30.1 | 134 |
| Brazos | 214,672 | 108 | 1,987.7 | 50.3 | 58 |
| Brewster | 9,752 | 6 | 1,625.3 | 61.5 | 39 |
| Briscoe | 1,676 | 1 | 1,676.0 | 59.7 | 41 |
| Brooks | 7,502 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brown | 39,488 | 18 | 2,193.8 | 45.6 | 68 |
| Burleson | 18,482 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Burnet | 47,386 | 15 | 3,159.1 | 31.7 | 126 |
| Caldwell | 43,322 | 7 | 6,188.9 | 16.2 | 191 |
| Calhoun | 23,298 | 9 | 2,588.7 | 38.6 | 98 |
| Callahan | 14,129 | 7 | 2,018.4 | 49.5 | 61 |
| Cameron | 449,166 | 179 | 2,509.3 | 39.9 | 92 |
| Camp | 13,421 | 3 | 4,473.7 | 22.4 | 169 |
| Carson | 6,354 | 3 | 2,118.0 | 47.2 | 64 |
| Cass | 31,323 | 9 | 3,480.3 | 28.7 | 142 |
| Castro | 8,500 | 3 | 2,833.3 | 35.3 | 116 |
| Chambers | 40,945 | 5 | 8,189.0 | 12.2 | 201 |
| Cherokee | 54,099 | 24 | 2,254.1 | 44.4 | 74 |
| Childress | 7,262 | 7 | 1,037.4 | 96.4 | 9 |
| Clay | 11,224 | 1 | 11,224.0 | 8.9 | 207 |
| Cochran | 3,302 | 1 | 3,302.0 | 30.3 | 132 |
| Coke | 3,213 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coleman | 9,061 | 4 | 2,265.3 | 44.1 | 75 |
| Collin | 949,673 | 519 | 1,829.8 | 54.7 | 53 |
| Collingsworth | 3,147 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Colorado | 21,785 | 9 | 2,420.6 | 41.3 | 87 |
| Comal | 128,347 | 40 | 3,208.7 | 31.2 | 128 |
| Comanche | 14,425 | 4 | 3,606.3 | 27.7 | 149 |
| Concho | 4,207 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cooke | 40,075 | 23 | 1,742.4 | 57.4 | 45 |
| Coryell | 81,321 | 54 | 1,505.9 | 66.4 | 32 |
| Cottle | 1,572 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crane | 4,847 | 1 | 4,847.0 | 20.6 | 174 |
| Crockett | 3,918 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crosby | 6,640 | 3 | 2,213.3 | 45.2 | 70 |
| Culberson | 2,568 | 2 | 1,284.0 | 77.9 | 19 |
| Dallam | 7,407 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallas | 2,496,859 | 2,145 | 1,164.0 | 85.9 | 11 |
| Dawson | 14,359 | 5 | 2,871.8 | 34.8 | 117 |
| Deaf Smith | 20,982 | 6 | 3,497.0 | 28.6 | 144 |
| Delta | 5,505 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Denton | 789,094 | 295 | 2,674.9 | 37.4 | 106 |
| De Witt | 20,472 | 9 | 2,274.7 | 44.0 | 76 |
| Dickens | 2,493 | 2 | 1,246.5 | 80.2 | 16 |
| Dimmit | 10,473 | 3 | 3,491.0 | 28.6 | 143 |
| Donley | 3,781 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Duval | 12,247 | 3 | 4,082.3 | 24.5 | 161 |
| Eastland | 19,259 | 7 | 2,751.3 | 36.3 | 112 |
| Ector | 148,260 | 83 | 1,786.3 | 56.0 | 51 |
| Edwards | 2,119 | 1 | 2,119.0 | 47.2 | 65 |
| Ellis | 173,277 | 51 | 3,397.6 | 29.4 | 139 |
| El Paso | 873,513 | 491 | 1,779.0 | 56.2 | 50 |
| Erath | 39,534 | 15 | 2,635.6 | 37.9 | 103 |
| Falls | 18,632 | 5 | 3,726.4 | 26.8 | 150 |
| Fannin | 35,790 | 10 | 3,579.0 | 27.9 | 148 |
| Fayette | 26,381 | 10 | 2,638.1 | 37.9 | 104 |
| Fisher | 3,943 | 3 | 1,314.3 | 76.1 | 23 |
| Floyd | 6,579 | 1 | 6,579.0 | 15.2 | 193 |
| Foard | 1,355 | 1 | 1,355.0 | 73.8 | 25 |
| Fort Bend | 724,104 | 279 | 2,595.4 | 38.5 | 99 |
| Franklin | 11,220 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Freestone | 20,931 | 7 | 2,990.1 | 33.4 | 121 |
| Frio | 18,668 | 8 | 2,333.5 | 42.9 | 80 |
| Gaines | 19,515 | 6 | 3,252.5 | 30.7 | 130 |
| Galveston | 312,880 | 240 | 1,303.7 | 76.7 | 22 |
| Garza | 6,738 | 2 | 3,369.0 | 29.7 | 136 |
| Gillespie | 27,231 | 22 | 1,237.8 | 80.8 | 15 |
| Glasscock | 1,293 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 7,856 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Gonzales | 21,128 | 6 | 3,521.3 | 28.4 | 145 |
| Gray | 23,611 | 10 | 2,361.1 | 42.4 | 84 |
| Grayson | 127,097 | 82 | 1,550.0 | 64.5 | 34 |
| Gregg | 128,803 | 126 | 1,022.2 | 97.8 | 7 |
| Grimes | 28,642 | 6 | 4,773.7 | 20.9 | 171 |
| Guadalupe | 155,621 | 35 | 4,446.3 | 22.5 | 167 |
| Hale | 37,400 | 16 | 2,337.5 | 42.8 | 81 |
| Hall | 3,346 | 1 | 3,346.0 | 29.9 | 135 |
| Hamilton | 8,654 | 3 | 2,884.7 | 34.7 | 118 |
| Hansford | 6,050 | 1 | 6,050.0 | 16.5 | 190 |
| Hardeman | 4,313 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hardin | 58,521 | 22 | 2,660.0 | 37.6 | 105 |
| Harris | 4,471,427 | 3,338 | 1,339.6 | 74.7 | 24 |
| Harrison | 68,889 | 20 | 3,444.5 | 29.0 | 140 |
| Hartley | 6,172 | 3 | 2,057.3 | 48.6 | 63 |
| Haskell | 5,971 | 2 | 2,985.5 | 33.5 | 120 |
| Hays | 197,298 | 82 | 2,406.1 | 41.6 | 86 |
| Hemphill | 4,117 | 1 | 4,117.0 | 24.3 | 162 |
| Henderson | 81,372 | 30 | 2,712.4 | 36.9 | 110 |
| Hidalgo | 883,903 | 327 | 2,703.1 | 37.0 | 109 |
| Hill | 37,282 | 11 | 3,389.3 | 29.5 | 138 |
| Hockley | 24,077 | 9 | 2,675.2 | 37.4 | 107 |
| Hood | 56,112 | 20 | 2,805.6 | 35.6 | 115 |
| Hopkins | 36,774 | 15 | 2,451.6 | 40.8 | 89 |
| Houston | 24,515 | 3 | 8,171.7 | 12.2 | 200 |
| Howard | 36,478 | 31 | 1,176.7 | 85.0 | 12 |
| Hudspeth | 3,735 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 93,347 | 38 | 2,456.5 | 40.7 | 90 |
| Hutchinson | 22,372 | 4 | 5,593.0 | 17.9 | 186 |
| Irion | 1,683 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jack | 9,382 | 1 | 9,382.0 | 10.7 | 204 |
| Jackson | 14,238 | 2 | 7,119.0 | 14.0 | 196 |
| Jasper | 36,523 | 21 | 1,739.2 | 57.5 | 44 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,434 | 1 | 2,434.0 | 41.1 | 88 |
| Jefferson | 259,399 | 243 | 1,067.5 | 93.7 | 10 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,548 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jim Wells | 42,763 | 14 | 3,054.5 | 32.7 | 122 |
| Johnson | 167,760 | 42 | 3,994.3 | 25.0 | 159 |
| Jones | 21,223 | 10 | 2,122.3 | 47.1 | 66 |
| Karnes | 15,557 | 3 | 5,185.7 | 19.3 | 181 |
| Kaufman | 124,238 | 48 | 2,588.3 | 38.6 | 97 |
| Kendall | 38,993 | 15 | 2,599.5 | 38.5 | 100 |
| Kenedy | 438 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kent | 803 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kerr | 53,262 | 41 | 1,299.1 | 77.0 | 21 |
| Kimble | 4,848 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| King | 293 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kinney | 3,734 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kleberg | 33,715 | 7 | 4,816.4 | 20.8 | 173 |
| Knox | 3,752 | 3 | 1,250.7 | 80.0 | 18 |
| Lamar | 51,516 | 37 | 1,392.3 | 71.8 | 28 |
| Lamb | 14,307 | 2 | 7,153.5 | 14.0 | 197 |
| Lampasas | 7,601 | 2 | 3,800.5 | 26.3 | 154 |
| La Salle | 21,463 | 3 | 7,154.3 | 14.0 | 198 |
| Lavaca | 19,541 | 7 | 2,791.6 | 35.8 | 114 |
| Lee | 17,880 | 2 | 8,940.0 | 11.2 | 202 |
| Leon | 18,131 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Liberty | 82,984 | 17 | 4,881.4 | 20.5 | 175 |
| Limestone | 24,761 | 8 | 3,095.1 | 32.3 | 124 |
| Lipscomb | 3,549 | 1 | 3,549.0 | 28.2 | 146 |
| Live Oak | 11,718 | 2 | 5,859.0 | 17.1 | 189 |
| Llano | 20,400 | 3 | 6,800.0 | 14.7 | 195 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 295,257 | 297 | 994.1 | 100.6 | 4 |
| Lynn | 6,095 | 3 | 2,031.7 | 49.2 | 62 |
| McCulloch | 8,634 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| McLennan | 244,576 | 138 | 1,772.3 | 56.4 | 48 |
| McMullen | 750 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 14,639 | 2 | 7,319.5 | 13.7 | 199 |
| Marion | 11,059 | 4 | 2,764.8 | 36.2 | 113 |
| Martin | 5,182 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Mason | 4,128 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Matagorda | 38,295 | 17 | 2,252.6 | 44.4 | 73 |
| Maverick | 58,947 | 9 | 6,549.7 | 15.3 | 192 |
| Medina | 51,307 | 11 | 4,664.3 | 21.4 | 170 |
| Menard | 2,346 | 1 | 2,346.0 | 42.6 | 83 |
| Midland | 147,653 | 84 | 1,757.8 | 56.9 | 46 |
| Milam | 25,759 | 16 | 1,609.9 | 62.1 | 36 |
| Mills | 5,056 | 2 | 2,528.0 | 39.6 | 95 |
| Mitchell | 9,727 | 3 | 3,242.3 | 30.8 | 129 |
| Montague | 20,610 | 8 | 2,576.3 | 38.8 | 96 |
| Montgomery | 548,532 | 272 | 2,016.7 | 49.6 | 60 |
| Moore | 23,849 | 2 | 11,924.5 | 8.4 | 208 |
| Morris | 13,438 | 2 | 6,719.0 | 14.9 | 194 |
| Motley | 1,216 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nacogdoches | 68,586 | 50 | 1,371.7 | 72.9 | 26 |
| Navarro | 51,464 | 9 | 5,718.2 | 17.5 | 188 |
| Newton | 14,431 | 1 | 14,431.0 | 6.9 | 211 |
| Nolan | 15,690 | 6 | 2,615.0 | 38.2 | 102 |
| Nueces | 357,888 | 259 | 1,381.8 | 72.4 | 27 |
| Ochiltree | 11,410 | 3 | 3,803.3 | 26.3 | 155 |
| Oldham | 2,128 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Orange | 85,098 | 26 | 3,273.0 | 30.6 | 131 |
| Palo Pinto | 29,914 | 13 | 2,301.1 | 43.5 | 78 |
| Panola | 24,912 | 5 | 4,982.4 | 20.1 | 178 |
| Parker | 136,501 | 35 | 3,900.0 | 25.6 | 158 |
| Parmer | 11,258 | 3 | 3,752.7 | 26.6 | 153 |
| Pecos | 16,380 | 7 | 2,340.0 | 42.7 | 82 |
| Polk | 48,633 | 14 | 3,473.8 | 28.8 | 141 |
| Potter | 127,643 | 202 | 631.9 | 158.3 | 1 |
| Presidio | 8,314 | 2 | 4,157.0 | 24.1 | 163 |
| Rains | 12,019 | 1 | 12,019.0 | 8.3 | 209 |
| Randall | 130,799 | 35 | 3,737.1 | 26.8 | 151 |
| Reagan | 3,634 | 2 | 1,817.0 | 55.0 | 52 |
| Real | 3,393 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Red River | 13,227 | 4 | 3,306.8 | 30.2 | 133 |
| Reeves | 14,398 | 3 | 4,799.3 | 20.8 | 172 |
| Refugio | 7,486 | 3 | 2,495.3 | 40.1 | 91 |
| Roberts | 975 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,098 | 2 | 9,049.0 | 11.1 | 203 |
| Rockwall | 95,829 | 44 | 2,177.9 | 45.9 | 67 |
| Runnels | 10,756 | 2 | 5,378.0 | 18.6 | 184 |
| Rusk | 58,150 | 19 | 3,060.5 | 32.7 | 123 |
| Sabine | 11,486 | 3 | 3,828.7 | 26.1 | 156 |
| San Augustine | 9,151 | 4 | 2,287.8 | 43.7 | 77 |
| San Jacinto | 29,386 | 1 | 29,386.0 | 3.4 | 214 |
| San Patricio | 66,697 | 15 | 4,446.5 | 22.5 | 168 |
| San Saba | 6,296 | 2 | 3,148.0 | 31.8 | 125 |
| Schleicher | 3,726 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Scurry | 17,884 | 6 | 2,980.7 | 33.5 | 119 |
| Shackelford | 3,552 | 2 | 1,776.0 | 56.3 | 49 |
| Shelby | 27,068 | 8 | 3,383.5 | 29.6 | 137 |
| Sherman | 3,220 | 2 | 1,610.0 | 62.1 | 37 |
| Smith | 225,731 | 228 | 990.0 | 101.0 | 3 |
| Somervell | 9,436 | 5 | 1,887.2 | 53.0 | 55 |
| Starr | 65,101 | 6 | 10,850.2 | 9.2 | 206 |
| Stephens | 9,941 | 2 | 4,970.5 | 20.1 | 177 |
| Sterling | 1,193 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Stonewall | 1,508 | 1 | 1,508.0 | 66.3 | 33 |
| Sutton | 4,417 | 1 | 4,417.0 | 22.6 | 166 |
| Swisher | 8,055 | 2 | 4,027.5 | 24.8 | 160 |
| Tarrant | 1,959,449 | 1,376 | 1,424.0 | 70.2 | 30 |
| Taylor | 135,409 | 132 | 1,025.8 | 97.5 | 8 |
| Terrell | 1,026 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,027 | 5 | 2,605.4 | 38.4 | 101 |
| Throckmorton | 1,655 | 1 | 1,655.0 | 60.4 | 40 |
| Titus | 34,910 | 15 | 2,327.3 | 43.0 | 79 |
| Tom Green | 112,579 | 94 | 1,197.6 | 83.5 | 13 |
| Travis | 1,144,887 | 1,137 | 1,006.9 | 99.3 | 6 |
| Trinity | 15,618 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Tyler | 22,257 | 4 | 5,564.3 | 18.0 | 185 |
| Upshur | 42,223 | 8 | 5,277.9 | 18.9 | 182 |
| Upton | 3,632 | 3 | 1,210.7 | 82.6 | 14 |
| Uvalde | 27,543 | 14 | 1,967.4 | 50.8 | 56 |
| Val Verde | 51,217 | 19 | 2,695.6 | 37.1 | 108 |
| Van Zandt | 55,413 | 3 | 18,471.0 | 5.4 | 212 |
| Victoria | 89,831 | 72 | 1,247.7 | 80.2 | 17 |
| Walker | 70,199 | 22 | 3,190.9 | 31.3 | 127 |
| Waller | 50,082 | 4 | 12,520.5 | 8.0 | 210 |
| Ward | 10,960 | 4 | 2,740.0 | 36.5 | 111 |
| Washington | 35,712 | 15 | 2,380.8 | 42.0 | 85 |
| Webb | 282,143 | 128 | 2,204.2 | 45.4 | 69 |
| Wharton | 42,332 | 10 | 4,233.2 | 23.6 | 164 |
| Wheeler | 5,637 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wichita | 132,279 | 103 | 1,284.3 | 77.9 | 20 |
| Wilbarger | 14,220 | 10 | 1,422.0 | 70.3 | 29 |
| Willacy | 24,444 | 1 | 24,444.0 | 4.1 | 213 |
| Williamson | 518,755 | 231 | 2,245.7 | 44.5 | 72 |
| Wilson | 49,833 | 14 | 3,559.5 | 28.1 | 147 |
| Winkler | 7,755 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wise | 66,321 | 33 | 2,009.7 | 49.8 | 59 |
| Wood | 45,341 | 18 | 2,518.9 | 39.7 | 94 |
| Yoakum | 8,687 | 2 | 4,343.5 | 23.0 | 165 |
| Young | 19,220 | 13 | 1,478.5 | 67.6 | 31 |
| Zapata | 15,544 | 3 | 5,181.3 | 19.3 | 180 |
| Zavala | 12,324 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Texas Total | 27,695,284 | 16,863 | 1,642.4 | 60.9 | - |
| APRNs w/o Texas RN license* | - | 1,190 | - | - | - |
* 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