Medication Aides, 2015
Medication Aides (MA) by County - September 2015
| County | 2015 Population | 2015 MA Total | Ratio of 2015 Population to MA | Ratio of MAs to 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 60,367 | 59 | 1,023.2 | 97.7 | 38 |
| Andrews | 16,133 | 3 | 5,377.7 | 18.6 | 191 |
| Angelina | 90,596 | 91 | 995.6 | 100.4 | 36 |
| Aransas | 24,738 | 11 | 2,248.9 | 44.5 | 119 |
| Archer | 9,502 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Armstrong | 1,969 | 3 | 656.3 | 152.4 | 16 |
| Atascosa | 50,278 | 15 | 3,351.9 | 29.8 | 161 |
| Austin | 32,238 | 22 | 1,465.4 | 68.2 | 77 |
| Bailey | 7,799 | 2 | 3,899.5 | 25.6 | 174 |
| Bandera | 22,792 | 9 | 2,532.4 | 39.5 | 132 |
| Bastrop | 86,175 | 41 | 2,101.8 | 47.6 | 110 |
| Baylor | 3,721 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bee | 32,698 | 34 | 961.7 | 104.0 | 33 |
| Bell | 352,210 | 161 | 2,187.6 | 45.7 | 116 |
| Bexar | 1,882,834 | 590 | 3,191.2 | 31.3 | 156 |
| Blanco | 11,742 | 11 | 1,067.5 | 93.7 | 41 |
| Borden | 673 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 19,338 | 37 | 522.6 | 191.3 | 8 |
| Bowie | 93,848 | 63 | 1,489.7 | 67.1 | 78 |
| Brazoria | 358,855 | 118 | 3,041.1 | 32.9 | 151 |
| Brazos | 214,672 | 57 | 3,766.2 | 26.6 | 171 |
| Brewster | 9,752 | 1 | 9,752.0 | 10.3 | 210 |
| Briscoe | 1,676 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brooks | 7,502 | 3 | 2,500.7 | 40.0 | 131 |
| Brown | 39,488 | 17 | 2,322.8 | 43.1 | 120 |
| Burleson | 18,482 | 17 | 1,087.2 | 92.0 | 45 |
| Burnet | 47,386 | 25 | 1,895.4 | 52.8 | 101 |
| Caldwell | 43,322 | 39 | 1,110.8 | 90.0 | 49 |
| Calhoun | 23,298 | 8 | 2,912.3 | 34.3 | 146 |
| Callahan | 14,129 | 1 | 14,129.0 | 7.1 | 215 |
| Cameron | 449,166 | 83 | 5,411.6 | 18.5 | 192 |
| Camp | 13,421 | 17 | 789.5 | 126.7 | 22 |
| Carson | 6,354 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cass | 31,323 | 25 | 1,252.9 | 79.8 | 63 |
| Castro | 8,500 | 4 | 2,125.0 | 47.1 | 112 |
| Chambers | 40,945 | 14 | 2,924.6 | 34.2 | 148 |
| Cherokee | 54,099 | 55 | 983.6 | 101.7 | 35 |
| Childress | 7,262 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Clay | 11,224 | 3 | 3,741.3 | 26.7 | 169 |
| Cochran | 3,302 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coke | 3,213 | 6 | 535.5 | 186.7 | 9 |
| Coleman | 9,061 | 5 | 1,812.2 | 55.2 | 95 |
| Collin | 949,673 | 161 | 5,898.6 | 17.0 | 199 |
| Collingsworth | 3,147 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Colorado | 21,785 | 50 | 435.7 | 229.5 | 3 |
| Comal | 128,347 | 38 | 3,377.6 | 29.6 | 163 |
| Comanche | 14,425 | 8 | 1,803.1 | 55.5 | 94 |
| Concho | 4,207 | 1 | 4,207.0 | 23.8 | 179 |
| Cooke | 40,075 | 9 | 4,452.8 | 22.5 | 182 |
| Coryell | 81,321 | 76 | 1,070.0 | 93.5 | 42 |
| Cottle | 1,572 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crane | 4,847 | 5 | 969.4 | 103.2 | 34 |
| Crockett | 3,918 | 8 | 489.8 | 204.2 | 7 |
| Crosby | 6,640 | 6 | 1,106.7 | 90.4 | 48 |
| Culberson | 2,568 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallam | 7,407 | 4 | 1,851.8 | 54.0 | 97 |
| Dallas | 2,496,859 | 891 | 2,802.3 | 35.7 | 141 |
| Dawson | 14,359 | 6 | 2,393.2 | 41.8 | 122 |
| Deaf Smith | 20,982 | 16 | 1,311.4 | 76.3 | 65 |
| Delta | 5,505 | 4 | 1,376.3 | 72.7 | 70 |
| Denton | 789,094 | 116 | 6,802.5 | 14.7 | 205 |
| De Witt | 20,472 | 22 | 930.5 | 107.5 | 29 |
| Dickens | 2,493 | 1 | 2,493.0 | 40.1 | 129 |
| Dimmit | 10,473 | 1 | 10,473.0 | 9.5 | 213 |
| Donley | 3,781 | 2 | 1,890.5 | 52.9 | 100 |
| Duval | 12,247 | 7 | 1,749.6 | 57.2 | 91 |
| Eastland | 19,259 | 3 | 6,419.7 | 15.6 | 203 |
| Ector | 148,260 | 48 | 3,088.8 | 32.4 | 153 |
| Edwards | 2,119 | 1 | 2,119.0 | 47.2 | 111 |
| Ellis | 173,277 | 68 | 2,548.2 | 39.2 | 133 |
| El Paso | 873,513 | 67 | 13,037.5 | 7.7 | 214 |
| Erath | 39,534 | 7 | 5,647.7 | 17.7 | 196 |
| Falls | 18,632 | 18 | 1,035.1 | 96.6 | 40 |
| Fannin | 35,790 | 29 | 1,234.1 | 81.0 | 61 |
| Fayette | 26,381 | 33 | 799.4 | 125.1 | 24 |
| Fisher | 3,943 | 5 | 788.6 | 126.8 | 21 |
| Floyd | 6,579 | 2 | 3,289.5 | 30.4 | 160 |
| Foard | 1,355 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Fort Bend | 724,104 | 201 | 3,602.5 | 27.8 | 167 |
| Franklin | 11,220 | 10 | 1,122.0 | 89.1 | 52 |
| Freestone | 20,931 | 30 | 697.7 | 143.3 | 19 |
| Frio | 18,668 | 7 | 2,666.9 | 37.5 | 136 |
| Gaines | 19,515 | 5 | 3,903.0 | 25.6 | 175 |
| Galveston | 312,880 | 150 | 2,085.9 | 47.9 | 108 |
| Garza | 6,738 | 3 | 2,246.0 | 44.5 | 118 |
| Gillespie | 27,231 | 24 | 1,134.6 | 88.1 | 53 |
| Glasscock | 1,293 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 7,856 | 1 | 7,856.0 | 12.7 | 208 |
| Gonzales | 21,128 | 35 | 603.7 | 165.7 | 12 |
| Gray | 23,611 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Grayson | 127,097 | 45 | 2,824.4 | 35.4 | 142 |
| Gregg | 128,803 | 52 | 2,477.0 | 40.4 | 128 |
| Grimes | 28,642 | 21 | 1,363.9 | 73.3 | 69 |
| Guadalupe | 155,621 | 94 | 1,655.5 | 60.4 | 86 |
| Hale | 37,400 | 15 | 2,493.3 | 40.1 | 130 |
| Hall | 3,346 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hamilton | 8,654 | 9 | 961.6 | 104.0 | 32 |
| Hansford | 6,050 | 4 | 1,512.5 | 66.1 | 79 |
| Hardeman | 4,313 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hardin | 58,521 | 21 | 2,786.7 | 35.9 | 140 |
| Harris | 4,471,427 | 1,373 | 3,256.7 | 30.7 | 158 |
| Harrison | 68,889 | 34 | 2,026.1 | 49.4 | 104 |
| Hartley | 6,172 | 2 | 3,086.0 | 32.4 | 152 |
| Haskell | 5,971 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hays | 197,298 | 63 | 3,131.7 | 31.9 | 155 |
| Hemphill | 4,117 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Henderson | 81,372 | 56 | 1,453.1 | 68.8 | 74 |
| Hidalgo | 883,903 | 146 | 6,054.1 | 16.5 | 202 |
| Hill | 37,282 | 39 | 955.9 | 104.6 | 31 |
| Hockley | 24,077 | 20 | 1,203.9 | 83.1 | 57 |
| Hood | 56,112 | 26 | 2,158.2 | 46.3 | 114 |
| Hopkins | 36,774 | 30 | 1,225.8 | 81.6 | 60 |
| Houston | 24,515 | 54 | 454.0 | 220.3 | 5 |
| Howard | 36,478 | 21 | 1,737.0 | 57.6 | 90 |
| Hudspeth | 3,735 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 93,347 | 32 | 2,917.1 | 34.3 | 147 |
| Hutchinson | 22,372 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Irion | 1,683 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jack | 9,382 | 2 | 4,691.0 | 21.3 | 184 |
| Jackson | 14,238 | 7 | 2,034.0 | 49.2 | 106 |
| Jasper | 36,523 | 25 | 1,460.9 | 68.5 | 75 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,434 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jefferson | 259,399 | 122 | 2,126.2 | 47.0 | 113 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,548 | 4 | 1,387.0 | 72.1 | 71 |
| Jim Wells | 42,763 | 22 | 1,943.8 | 51.4 | 103 |
| Johnson | 167,760 | 65 | 2,580.9 | 38.7 | 134 |
| Jones | 21,223 | 3 | 7,074.3 | 14.1 | 207 |
| Karnes | 15,557 | 24 | 648.2 | 154.3 | 15 |
| Kaufman | 124,238 | 38 | 3,269.4 | 30.6 | 159 |
| Kendall | 38,993 | 16 | 2,437.1 | 41.0 | 125 |
| Kenedy | 438 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kent | 803 | 2 | 401.5 | 249.1 | 2 |
| Kerr | 53,262 | 11 | 4,842.0 | 20.7 | 185 |
| Kimble | 4,848 | 3 | 1,616.0 | 61.9 | 84 |
| King | 293 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kinney | 3,734 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kleberg | 33,715 | 6 | 5,619.2 | 17.8 | 194 |
| Knox | 3,752 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lamar | 51,516 | 37 | 1,392.3 | 71.8 | 72 |
| Lamb | 14,307 | 13 | 1,100.5 | 90.9 | 46 |
| Lampasas | 7,601 | 11 | 691.0 | 144.7 | 18 |
| La Salle | 21,463 | 1 | 21,463.0 | 4.7 | 217 |
| Lavaca | 19,541 | 36 | 542.8 | 184.2 | 10 |
| Lee | 17,880 | 11 | 1,625.5 | 61.5 | 85 |
| Leon | 18,131 | 3 | 6,043.7 | 16.5 | 201 |
| Liberty | 82,984 | 34 | 2,440.7 | 41.0 | 126 |
| Limestone | 24,761 | 55 | 450.2 | 222.1 | 4 |
| Lipscomb | 3,549 | 1 | 3,549.0 | 28.2 | 165 |
| Live Oak | 11,718 | 5 | 2,343.6 | 42.7 | 121 |
| Llano | 20,400 | 15 | 1,360.0 | 73.5 | 68 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 295,257 | 136 | 2,171.0 | 46.1 | 115 |
| Lynn | 6,095 | 3 | 2,031.7 | 49.2 | 105 |
| McCulloch | 8,634 | 3 | 2,878.0 | 34.7 | 143 |
| McLennan | 244,576 | 211 | 1,159.1 | 86.3 | 55 |
| McMullen | 750 | 1 | 750.0 | 133.3 | 20 |
| Madison | 14,639 | 23 | 636.5 | 157.1 | 14 |
| Marion | 11,059 | 6 | 1,843.2 | 54.3 | 96 |
| Martin | 5,182 | 2 | 2,591.0 | 38.6 | 135 |
| Mason | 4,128 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Matagorda | 38,295 | 29 | 1,320.5 | 75.7 | 66 |
| Maverick | 58,947 | 14 | 4,210.5 | 23.8 | 181 |
| Medina | 51,307 | 25 | 2,052.3 | 48.7 | 107 |
| Menard | 2,346 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Midland | 147,653 | 44 | 3,355.8 | 29.8 | 162 |
| Milam | 25,759 | 23 | 1,120.0 | 89.3 | 51 |
| Mills | 5,056 | 9 | 561.8 | 178.0 | 11 |
| Mitchell | 9,727 | 4 | 2,431.8 | 41.1 | 124 |
| Montague | 20,610 | 19 | 1,084.7 | 92.2 | 44 |
| Montgomery | 548,532 | 81 | 6,772.0 | 14.8 | 204 |
| Moore | 23,849 | 6 | 3,974.8 | 25.2 | 176 |
| Morris | 13,438 | 10 | 1,343.8 | 74.4 | 67 |
| Motley | 1,216 | 1 | 1,216.0 | 82.2 | 59 |
| Nacogdoches | 68,586 | 45 | 1,524.1 | 65.6 | 80 |
| Navarro | 51,464 | 56 | 919.0 | 108.8 | 27 |
| Newton | 14,431 | 14 | 1,030.8 | 97.0 | 39 |
| Nolan | 15,690 | 1 | 15,690.0 | 6.4 | 216 |
| Nueces | 357,888 | 85 | 4,210.4 | 23.8 | 180 |
| Ochiltree | 11,410 | 3 | 3,803.3 | 26.3 | 172 |
| Oldham | 2,128 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Orange | 85,098 | 15 | 5,673.2 | 17.6 | 197 |
| Palo Pinto | 29,914 | 8 | 3,739.3 | 26.7 | 168 |
| Panola | 24,912 | 16 | 1,557.0 | 64.2 | 82 |
| Parker | 136,501 | 26 | 5,250.0 | 19.0 | 190 |
| Parmer | 11,258 | 7 | 1,608.3 | 62.2 | 83 |
| Pecos | 16,380 | 6 | 2,730.0 | 36.6 | 138 |
| Polk | 48,633 | 72 | 675.5 | 148.0 | 17 |
| Potter | 127,643 | 34 | 3,754.2 | 26.6 | 170 |
| Presidio | 8,314 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Rains | 12,019 | 2 | 6,009.5 | 16.6 | 200 |
| Randall | 130,799 | 27 | 4,844.4 | 20.6 | 186 |
| Reagan | 3,634 | 4 | 908.5 | 110.1 | 26 |
| Real | 3,393 | 1 | 3,393.0 | 29.5 | 164 |
| Red River | 13,227 | 12 | 1,102.3 | 90.7 | 47 |
| Reeves | 14,398 | 6 | 2,399.7 | 41.7 | 123 |
| Refugio | 7,486 | 4 | 1,871.5 | 53.4 | 98 |
| Roberts | 975 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,098 | 19 | 952.5 | 105.0 | 30 |
| Rockwall | 95,829 | 14 | 6,844.9 | 14.6 | 206 |
| Runnels | 10,756 | 10 | 1,075.6 | 93.0 | 43 |
| Rusk | 58,150 | 63 | 923.0 | 108.3 | 28 |
| Sabine | 11,486 | 13 | 883.5 | 113.2 | 25 |
| San Augustine | 9,151 | 19 | 481.6 | 207.6 | 6 |
| San Jacinto | 29,386 | 17 | 1,728.6 | 57.9 | 89 |
| San Patricio | 66,697 | 24 | 2,779.0 | 36.0 | 139 |
| San Saba | 6,296 | 3 | 2,098.7 | 47.6 | 109 |
| Schleicher | 3,726 | 6 | 621.0 | 161.0 | 13 |
| Scurry | 17,884 | 5 | 3,576.8 | 28.0 | 166 |
| Shackelford | 3,552 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Shelby | 27,068 | 14 | 1,933.4 | 51.7 | 102 |
| Sherman | 3,220 | 1 | 3,220.0 | 31.1 | 157 |
| Smith | 225,731 | 147 | 1,535.6 | 65.1 | 81 |
| Somervell | 9,436 | 8 | 1,179.5 | 84.8 | 56 |
| Starr | 65,101 | 14 | 4,650.1 | 21.5 | 183 |
| Stephens | 9,941 | 1 | 9,941.0 | 10.1 | 211 |
| Sterling | 1,193 | 3 | 397.7 | 251.5 | 1 |
| Stonewall | 1,508 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Sutton | 4,417 | 2 | 2,208.5 | 45.3 | 117 |
| Swisher | 8,055 | 2 | 4,027.5 | 24.8 | 177 |
| Tarrant | 1,959,449 | 630 | 3,110.2 | 32.2 | 154 |
| Taylor | 135,409 | 26 | 5,208.0 | 19.2 | 189 |
| Terrell | 1,026 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,027 | 13 | 1,002.1 | 99.8 | 37 |
| Throckmorton | 1,655 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Titus | 34,910 | 21 | 1,662.4 | 60.2 | 87 |
| Tom Green | 112,579 | 60 | 1,876.3 | 53.3 | 99 |
| Travis | 1,144,887 | 381 | 3,005.0 | 33.3 | 150 |
| Trinity | 15,618 | 14 | 1,115.6 | 89.6 | 50 |
| Tyler | 22,257 | 18 | 1,236.5 | 80.9 | 62 |
| Upshur | 42,223 | 11 | 3,838.5 | 26.1 | 173 |
| Upton | 3,632 | 3 | 1,210.7 | 82.6 | 58 |
| Uvalde | 27,543 | 16 | 1,721.4 | 58.1 | 88 |
| Val Verde | 51,217 | 19 | 2,695.6 | 37.1 | 137 |
| Van Zandt | 55,413 | 43 | 1,288.7 | 77.6 | 64 |
| Victoria | 89,831 | 50 | 1,796.6 | 55.7 | 93 |
| Walker | 70,199 | 49 | 1,432.6 | 69.8 | 73 |
| Waller | 50,082 | 12 | 4,173.5 | 24.0 | 178 |
| Ward | 10,960 | 2 | 5,480.0 | 18.2 | 193 |
| Washington | 35,712 | 31 | 1,152.0 | 86.8 | 54 |
| Webb | 282,143 | 27 | 10,449.7 | 9.6 | 212 |
| Wharton | 42,332 | 53 | 798.7 | 125.2 | 23 |
| Wheeler | 5,637 | 1 | 5,637.0 | 17.7 | 195 |
| Wichita | 132,279 | 23 | 5,751.3 | 17.4 | 198 |
| Wilbarger | 14,220 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Willacy | 24,444 | 5 | 4,888.8 | 20.5 | 187 |
| Williamson | 518,755 | 174 | 2,981.4 | 33.5 | 149 |
| Wilson | 49,833 | 28 | 1,779.8 | 56.2 | 92 |
| Winkler | 7,755 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wise | 66,321 | 23 | 2,883.5 | 34.7 | 144 |
| Wood | 45,341 | 31 | 1,462.6 | 68.4 | 76 |
| Yoakum | 8,687 | 3 | 2,895.7 | 34.5 | 145 |
| Young | 19,220 | 2 | 9,610.0 | 10.4 | 209 |
| Zapata | 15,544 | 3 | 5,181.3 | 19.3 | 188 |
| Zavala | 12,324 | 5 | 2,464.8 | 40.6 | 127 |
| Texas Total | 27,695,284 | 9,814 | 2,822.0 | 35.4 |
Data Source: Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, Long Term Care Regulatory Credentialing Department, Medication Aide Permitting Program - September 2015
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, November 15, 2015