Licensed Professional Counselors, 2015
Data Source: Texas Department of State Health Services, Professional Licensing and Certification Unit - September 2015
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, November 15, 2015
| County | 2015 Population | 2015 LPC Total | Ratio of 2015 Population to LPC | Ratio of LPCs to 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 60,367 | 22 | 2,744.0 | 36.4 | 108 |
| Andrews | 16,133 | 2 | 8,066.5 | 12.4 | 195 |
| Angelina | 90,596 | 71 | 1,276.0 | 78.4 | 26 |
| Aransas | 24,738 | 19 | 1,302.0 | 76.8 | 32 |
| Archer | 9,502 | 3 | 3,167.3 | 31.6 | 125 |
| Armstrong | 1,969 | 2 | 984.5 | 101.6 | 12 |
| Atascosa | 50,278 | 11 | 4,570.7 | 21.9 | 164 |
| Austin | 32,238 | 9 | 3,582.0 | 27.9 | 141 |
| Bailey | 7,799 | 1 | 7,799.0 | 12.8 | 193 |
| Bandera | 22,792 | 10 | 2,279.2 | 43.9 | 87 |
| Bastrop | 86,175 | 41 | 2,101.8 | 47.6 | 78 |
| Baylor | 3,721 | 2 | 1,860.5 | 53.7 | 69 |
| Bee | 32,698 | 11 | 2,972.5 | 33.6 | 116 |
| Bell | 352,210 | 247 | 1,426.0 | 70.1 | 38 |
| Bexar | 1,882,834 | 1,520 | 1,238.7 | 80.7 | 25 |
| Blanco | 11,742 | 5 | 2,348.4 | 42.6 | 91 |
| Borden | 673 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 19,338 | 5 | 3,867.6 | 25.9 | 148 |
| Bowie | 93,848 | 56 | 1,675.9 | 59.7 | 56 |
| Brazoria | 358,855 | 147 | 2,441.2 | 41.0 | 95 |
| Brazos | 214,672 | 116 | 1,850.6 | 54.0 | 67 |
| Brewster | 9,752 | 14 | 696.6 | 143.6 | 3 |
| Briscoe | 1,676 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brooks | 7,502 | 1 | 7,502.0 | 13.3 | 189 |
| Brown | 39,488 | 43 | 918.3 | 108.9 | 10 |
| Burleson | 18,482 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Burnet | 47,386 | 17 | 2,787.4 | 35.9 | 109 |
| Caldwell | 43,322 | 11 | 3,938.4 | 25.4 | 153 |
| Calhoun | 23,298 | 7 | 3,328.3 | 30.0 | 131 |
| Callahan | 14,129 | 5 | 2,825.8 | 35.4 | 111 |
| Cameron | 449,166 | 114 | 3,940.1 | 25.4 | 154 |
| Camp | 13,421 | 5 | 2,684.2 | 37.3 | 107 |
| Carson | 6,354 | 1 | 6,354.0 | 15.7 | 181 |
| Cass | 31,323 | 7 | 4,474.7 | 22.3 | 160 |
| Castro | 8,500 | 2 | 4,250.0 | 23.5 | 159 |
| Chambers | 40,945 | 8 | 5,118.1 | 19.5 | 171 |
| Cherokee | 54,099 | 34 | 1,591.1 | 62.8 | 46 |
| Childress | 7,262 | 2 | 3,631.0 | 27.5 | 143 |
| Clay | 11,224 | 2 | 5,612.0 | 17.8 | 174 |
| Cochran | 3,302 | 2 | 1,651.0 | 60.6 | 53 |
| Coke | 3,213 | 3 | 1,071.0 | 93.4 | 16 |
| Coleman | 9,061 | 2 | 4,530.5 | 22.1 | 162 |
| Collin | 949,673 | 743 | 1,278.2 | 78.2 | 27 |
| Collingsworth | 3,147 | 1 | 3,147.0 | 31.8 | 123 |
| Colorado | 21,785 | 1 | 21,785.0 | 4.6 | 207 |
| Comal | 128,347 | 97 | 1,323.2 | 75.6 | 33 |
| Comanche | 14,425 | 6 | 2,404.2 | 41.6 | 93 |
| Concho | 4,207 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cooke | 40,075 | 14 | 2,862.5 | 34.9 | 113 |
| Coryell | 81,321 | 50 | 1,626.4 | 61.5 | 50 |
| Cottle | 1,572 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crane | 4,847 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crockett | 3,918 | 1 | 3,918.0 | 25.5 | 152 |
| Crosby | 6,640 | 3 | 2,213.3 | 45.2 | 81 |
| Culberson | 2,568 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallam | 7,407 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallas | 2,496,859 | 2,085 | 1,197.5 | 83.5 | 20 |
| Dawson | 14,359 | 5 | 2,871.8 | 34.8 | 114 |
| Deaf Smith | 20,982 | 5 | 4,196.4 | 23.8 | 158 |
| Delta | 5,505 | 1 | 5,505.0 | 18.2 | 172 |
| Denton | 789,094 | 642 | 1,229.1 | 81.4 | 23 |
| De Witt | 20,472 | 8 | 2,559.0 | 39.1 | 101 |
| Dickens | 2,493 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dimmit | 10,473 | 4 | 2,618.3 | 38.2 | 103 |
| Donley | 3,781 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Duval | 12,247 | 2 | 6,123.5 | 16.3 | 179 |
| Eastland | 19,259 | 11 | 1,750.8 | 57.1 | 63 |
| Ector | 148,260 | 60 | 2,471.0 | 40.5 | 96 |
| Edwards | 2,119 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ellis | 173,277 | 108 | 1,604.4 | 62.3 | 47 |
| El Paso | 873,513 | 328 | 2,663.1 | 37.5 | 106 |
| Erath | 39,534 | 36 | 1,098.2 | 91.1 | 17 |
| Falls | 18,632 | 11 | 1,693.8 | 59.0 | 57 |
| Fannin | 35,790 | 10 | 3,579.0 | 27.9 | 140 |
| Fayette | 26,381 | 4 | 6,595.3 | 15.2 | 183 |
| Fisher | 3,943 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Floyd | 6,579 | 3 | 2,193.0 | 45.6 | 80 |
| Foard | 1,355 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Fort Bend | 724,104 | 352 | 2,057.1 | 48.6 | 76 |
| Franklin | 11,220 | 4 | 2,805.0 | 35.7 | 110 |
| Freestone | 20,931 | 6 | 3,488.5 | 28.7 | 137 |
| Frio | 18,668 | 3 | 6,222.7 | 16.1 | 180 |
| Gaines | 19,515 | 3 | 6,505.0 | 15.4 | 182 |
| Galveston | 312,880 | 170 | 1,840.5 | 54.3 | 66 |
| Garza | 6,738 | 1 | 6,738.0 | 14.8 | 184 |
| Gillespie | 27,231 | 19 | 1,433.2 | 69.8 | 39 |
| Glasscock | 1,293 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 7,856 | 7 | 1,122.3 | 89.1 | 19 |
| Gonzales | 21,128 | 3 | 7,042.7 | 14.2 | 185 |
| Gray | 23,611 | 9 | 2,623.4 | 38.1 | 104 |
| Grayson | 127,097 | 77 | 1,650.6 | 60.6 | 52 |
| Gregg | 128,803 | 97 | 1,327.9 | 75.3 | 34 |
| Grimes | 28,642 | 5 | 5,728.4 | 17.5 | 176 |
| Guadalupe | 155,621 | 64 | 2,431.6 | 41.1 | 94 |
| Hale | 37,400 | 29 | 1,289.7 | 77.5 | 30 |
| Hall | 3,346 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hamilton | 8,654 | 5 | 1,730.8 | 57.8 | 61 |
| Hansford | 6,050 | 2 | 3,025.0 | 33.1 | 119 |
| Hardeman | 4,313 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hardin | 58,521 | 17 | 3,442.4 | 29.0 | 134 |
| Harris | 4,471,427 | 2,445 | 1,828.8 | 54.7 | 64 |
| Harrison | 68,889 | 23 | 2,995.2 | 33.4 | 117 |
| Hartley | 6,172 | 3 | 2,057.3 | 48.6 | 77 |
| Haskell | 5,971 | 3 | 1,990.3 | 50.2 | 74 |
| Hays | 197,298 | 160 | 1,233.1 | 81.1 | 24 |
| Hemphill | 4,117 | 3 | 1,372.3 | 72.9 | 35 |
| Henderson | 81,372 | 21 | 3,874.9 | 25.8 | 149 |
| Hidalgo | 883,903 | 300 | 2,946.3 | 33.9 | 115 |
| Hill | 37,282 | 14 | 2,663.0 | 37.6 | 105 |
| Hockley | 24,077 | 13 | 1,852.1 | 54.0 | 68 |
| Hood | 56,112 | 33 | 1,700.4 | 58.8 | 58 |
| Hopkins | 36,774 | 16 | 2,298.4 | 43.5 | 89 |
| Houston | 24,515 | 8 | 3,064.4 | 32.6 | 121 |
| Howard | 36,478 | 8 | 4,559.8 | 21.9 | 163 |
| Hudspeth | 3,735 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 93,347 | 62 | 1,505.6 | 66.4 | 42 |
| Hutchinson | 22,372 | 2 | 11,186.0 | 8.9 | 201 |
| Irion | 1,683 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jack | 9,382 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jackson | 14,238 | 4 | 3,559.5 | 28.1 | 139 |
| Jasper | 36,523 | 14 | 2,608.8 | 38.3 | 102 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,434 | 4 | 608.5 | 164.3 | 2 |
| Jefferson | 259,399 | 155 | 1,673.5 | 59.8 | 55 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,548 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jim Wells | 42,763 | 17 | 2,515.5 | 39.8 | 100 |
| Johnson | 167,760 | 67 | 2,503.9 | 39.9 | 99 |
| Jones | 21,223 | 3 | 7,074.3 | 14.1 | 186 |
| Karnes | 15,557 | 2 | 7,778.5 | 12.9 | 192 |
| Kaufman | 124,238 | 52 | 2,389.2 | 41.9 | 92 |
| Kendall | 38,993 | 48 | 812.4 | 123.1 | 6 |
| Kenedy | 438 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kent | 803 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kerr | 53,262 | 64 | 832.2 | 120.2 | 7 |
| Kimble | 4,848 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| King | 293 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kinney | 3,734 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kleberg | 33,715 | 21 | 1,605.5 | 62.3 | 48 |
| Knox | 3,752 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lamar | 51,516 | 30 | 1,717.2 | 58.2 | 59 |
| Lamb | 14,307 | 2 | 7,153.5 | 14.0 | 187 |
| Lampasas | 21,463 | 11 | 1,951.2 | 51.3 | 72 |
| La Salle | 7,601 | 1 | 7,601.0 | 13.2 | 190 |
| Lavaca | 19,541 | 5 | 3,908.2 | 25.6 | 151 |
| Lee | 17,880 | 13 | 1,375.4 | 72.7 | 36 |
| Leon | 18,131 | 3 | 6,043.7 | 16.5 | 178 |
| Liberty | 82,984 | 17 | 4,881.4 | 20.5 | 168 |
| Limestone | 24,761 | 3 | 8,253.7 | 12.1 | 196 |
| Lipscomb | 3,549 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Live Oak | 11,718 | 6 | 1,953.0 | 51.2 | 73 |
| Llano | 20,400 | 2 | 10,200.0 | 9.8 | 199 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 295,257 | 278 | 1,062.1 | 94.2 | 15 |
| Lynn | 6,095 | 3 | 2,031.7 | 49.2 | 75 |
| McCulloch | 8,634 | 5 | 1,726.8 | 57.9 | 60 |
| McLennan | 244,576 | 170 | 1,438.7 | 69.5 | 40 |
| McMullen | 750 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 14,639 | 3 | 4,879.7 | 20.5 | 167 |
| Marion | 11,059 | 2 | 5,529.5 | 18.1 | 173 |
| Martin | 5,182 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Mason | 4,128 | 1 | 4,128.0 | 24.2 | 155 |
| Matagorda | 38,295 | 11 | 3,481.4 | 28.7 | 136 |
| Maverick | 58,947 | 7 | 8,421.0 | 11.9 | 197 |
| Medina | 51,307 | 16 | 3,206.7 | 31.2 | 127 |
| Menard | 2,346 | 1 | 2,346.0 | 42.6 | 90 |
| Midland | 147,653 | 104 | 1,419.7 | 70.4 | 37 |
| Milam | 25,759 | 7 | 3,679.9 | 27.2 | 144 |
| Mills | 5,056 | 7 | 722.3 | 138.4 | 4 |
| Mitchell | 9,727 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Montague | 20,610 | 6 | 3,435.0 | 29.1 | 133 |
| Montgomery | 548,532 | 333 | 1,647.2 | 60.7 | 51 |
| Moore | 23,849 | 2 | 11,924.5 | 8.4 | 202 |
| Morris | 13,438 | 4 | 3,359.5 | 29.8 | 132 |
| Motley | 1,216 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nacogdoches | 68,586 | 53 | 1,294.1 | 77.3 | 31 |
| Navarro | 51,464 | 28 | 1,838.0 | 54.4 | 65 |
| Newton | 14,431 | 1 | 14,431.0 | 6.9 | 204 |
| Nolan | 15,690 | 9 | 1,743.3 | 57.4 | 62 |
| Nueces | 357,888 | 298 | 1,201.0 | 83.3 | 21 |
| Ochiltree | 11,410 | 5 | 2,282.0 | 43.8 | 88 |
| Oldham | 2,128 | 6 | 354.7 | 282.0 | 1 |
| Orange | 85,098 | 19 | 4,478.8 | 22.3 | 161 |
| Palo Pinto | 29,914 | 2 | 14,957.0 | 6.7 | 205 |
| Panola | 24,912 | 5 | 4,982.4 | 20.1 | 170 |
| Parker | 136,501 | 60 | 2,275.0 | 44.0 | 86 |
| Parmer | 11,258 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Pecos | 16,380 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Polk | 48,633 | 23 | 2,114.5 | 47.3 | 79 |
| Potter | 127,643 | 150 | 851.0 | 117.5 | 8 |
| Presidio | 8,314 | 2 | 4,157.0 | 24.1 | 157 |
| Rains | 12,019 | 4 | 3,004.8 | 33.3 | 118 |
| Randall | 130,799 | 107 | 1,222.4 | 81.8 | 22 |
| Reagan | 3,634 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Real | 3,393 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Red River | 13,227 | 4 | 3,306.8 | 30.2 | 130 |
| Reeves | 14,398 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Refugio | 7,486 | 3 | 2,495.3 | 40.1 | 98 |
| Roberts | 975 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,098 | 5 | 3,619.6 | 27.6 | 142 |
| Rockwall | 95,829 | 63 | 1,521.1 | 65.7 | 44 |
| Runnels | 10,756 | 1 | 10,756.0 | 9.3 | 200 |
| Rusk | 58,150 | 14 | 4,153.6 | 24.1 | 156 |
| Sabine | 11,486 | 2 | 5,743.0 | 17.4 | 177 |
| San Augustine | 9,151 | 2 | 4,575.5 | 21.9 | 165 |
| San Jacinto | 29,386 | 4 | 7,346.5 | 13.6 | 188 |
| San Patricio | 66,697 | 22 | 3,031.7 | 33.0 | 120 |
| San Saba | 6,296 | 2 | 3,148.0 | 31.8 | 124 |
| Schleicher | 3,726 | 1 | 3,726.0 | 26.8 | 147 |
| Scurry | 17,884 | 1 | 17,884.0 | 5.6 | 206 |
| Shackelford | 3,552 | 1 | 3,552.0 | 28.2 | 138 |
| Shelby | 27,068 | 12 | 2,255.7 | 44.3 | 84 |
| Sherman | 3,220 | 1 | 3,220.0 | 31.1 | 128 |
| Smith | 225,731 | 176 | 1,282.6 | 78.0 | 28 |
| Somervell | 9,436 | 5 | 1,887.2 | 53.0 | 70 |
| Starr | 65,101 | 14 | 4,650.1 | 21.5 | 166 |
| Stephens | 9,941 | 4 | 2,485.3 | 40.2 | 97 |
| Sterling | 1,193 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Stonewall | 1,508 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Sutton | 4,417 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Swisher | 8,055 | 1 | 8,055.0 | 12.4 | 194 |
| Tarrant | 1,959,449 | 1,350 | 1,451.4 | 68.9 | 41 |
| Taylor | 135,409 | 175 | 773.8 | 129.2 | 5 |
| Terrell | 1,026 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,027 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Throckmorton | 1,655 | 1 | 1,655.0 | 60.4 | 54 |
| Titus | 34,910 | 23 | 1,517.8 | 65.9 | 43 |
| Tom Green | 112,579 | 102 | 1,103.7 | 90.6 | 18 |
| Travis | 1,144,887 | 1,298 | 882.0 | 113.4 | 9 |
| Trinity | 15,618 | 4 | 3,904.5 | 25.6 | 150 |
| Tyler | 22,257 | 7 | 3,179.6 | 31.5 | 126 |
| Upshur | 42,223 | 13 | 3,247.9 | 30.8 | 129 |
| Upton | 3,632 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Uvalde | 27,543 | 17 | 1,620.2 | 61.7 | 49 |
| Val Verde | 51,217 | 9 | 5,690.8 | 17.6 | 175 |
| Van Zandt | 55,413 | 16 | 3,463.3 | 28.9 | 135 |
| Victoria | 89,831 | 70 | 1,283.3 | 77.9 | 29 |
| Walker | 70,199 | 74 | 948.6 | 105.4 | 11 |
| Waller | 50,082 | 16 | 3,130.1 | 31.9 | 122 |
| Ward | 10,960 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Washington | 35,712 | 16 | 2,232.0 | 44.8 | 83 |
| Webb | 282,143 | 76 | 3,712.4 | 26.9 | 146 |
| Wharton | 42,332 | 19 | 2,228.0 | 44.9 | 82 |
| Wheeler | 5,637 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wichita | 132,279 | 127 | 1,041.6 | 96.0 | 14 |
| Wilbarger | 14,220 | 14 | 1,015.7 | 98.5 | 13 |
| Willacy | 24,444 | 5 | 4,888.8 | 20.5 | 169 |
| Williamson | 518,755 | 338 | 1,534.8 | 65.2 | 45 |
| Wilson | 49,833 | 22 | 2,265.1 | 44.1 | 85 |
| Winkler | 7,755 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wise | 66,321 | 18 | 3,684.5 | 27.1 | 145 |
| Wood | 45,341 | 16 | 2,833.8 | 35.3 | 112 |
| Yoakum | 8,687 | 1 | 8,687.0 | 11.5 | 198 |
| Young | 19,220 | 10 | 1,922.0 | 52.0 | 71 |
| Zapata | 15,544 | 2 | 7,772.0 | 12.9 | 191 |
| Zavala | 12,324 | 1 | 12,324.0 | 8.1 | 203 |
| Texas Total | 27,695,284 | 17,260 | 1,604.6 | 62.3 |