Nurse Practitioners, 2015

NPs by County - September, 2015

County 2015 Population 2015 NP Total Ratio of 2015 Population to NP Ratio of NPs to 100,000 Population Rank
Anderson 60,367 19 3,177.2 31.5 84
Andrews 16,133 7 2,304.7 43.4 55
Angelina 90,596 33 2,745.3 36.4 71
Aransas 24,738 5 4,947.6 20.2 157
Archer 9,502 1 9,502.0 10.5 200
Armstrong 1,969 1 1,969.0 50.8 37
Atascosa 50,278 6 8,379.7 11.9 194
Austin 32,238 5 6,447.6 15.5 179
Bailey 7,799 2 3,899.5 25.6 124
Bandera 22,792 4 5,698.0 17.6 168
Bastrop 86,175 19 4,535.5 22.0 147
Baylor 3,721 0 - 0.0 -
Bee 32,698 10 3,269.8 30.6 89
Bell 352,210 219 1,608.3 62.2 20
Bexar 1,882,834 886 2,125.1 47.1 45
Blanco 11,742 6 1,957.0 51.1 36
Borden 673 0 - 0.0 -
Bosque 19,338 10 1,933.8 51.7 35
Bowie 93,848 72 1,303.4 76.7 9
Brazoria 358,855 86 4,172.7 24.0 135
Brazos 214,672 63 3,407.5 29.3 97
Brewster 9,752 6 1,625.3 61.5 22
Briscoe 1,676 1 1,676.0 59.7 25
Brooks 7,502 0 - 0.0 -
Brown 39,488 14 2,820.6 35.5 75
Burleson 18,482 0 - 0.0 -
Burnet 47,386 12 3,948.8 25.3 127
Caldwell 43,322 5 8,664.4 11.5 196
Calhoun 23,298 6 3,883.0 25.8 122
Callahan 14,129 7 2,018.4 49.5 38
Cameron 449,166 117 3,839.0 26.0 118
Camp 13,421 2 6,710.5 14.9 181
Carson 6,354 3 2,118.0 47.2 42
Cass 31,323 8 3,915.4 25.5 126
Castro 8,500 3 2,833.3 35.3 76
Chambers 40,945 5 8,189.0 12.2 193
Cherokee 54,099 17 3,182.3 31.4 86
Childress 7,262 6 1,210.3 82.6 3
Clay 11,224 0 - 0.0 -
Cochran 3,302 1 3,302.0 30.3 90
Coke 3,213 0 - 0.0 -
Coleman 9,061 4 2,265.3 44.1 52
Collin 949,673 422 2,250.4 44.4 51
Collingsworth 3,147 0 - 0.0 -
Colorado 21,785 3 7,261.7 13.8 188
Comal 128,347 35 3,667.1 27.3 110
Comanche 14,425 3 4,808.3 20.8 151
Concho 4,207 0 - 0.0 -
Cooke 40,075 19 2,109.2 47.4 41
Coryell 81,321 39 2,085.2 48.0 40
Cottle 1,572 0 - 0.0 -
Crane 4,847 1 4,847.0 20.6 152
Crockett 3,918 0 - 0.0 -
Crosby 6,640 3 2,213.3 45.2 49
Culberson 2,568 2 1,284.0 77.9 8
Dallam 7,407 0 - 0.0 -
Dallas 2,496,859 1,640 1,522.5 65.7 16
Dawson 14,359 4 3,589.8 27.9 107
Deaf Smith 20,982 5 4,196.4 23.8 136
Delta 5,505 0 - 0.0 -
Denton 789,094 245 3,220.8 31.0 87
De Witt 20,472 6 3,412.0 29.3 98
Dickens 2,493 2 1,246.5 80.2 6
Dimmit 10,473 2 5,236.5 19.1 163
Donley 3,781 0 - 0.0 -
Duval 12,247 3 4,082.3 24.5 130
Eastland 19,259 5 3,851.8 26.0 119
Ector 148,260 66 2,246.4 44.5 50
Edwards 2,119 1 2,119.0 47.2 43
Ellis 173,277 34 5,096.4 19.6 160
El Paso 873,513 356 2,453.7 40.8 62
Erath 39,534 11 3,594.0 27.8 108
Falls 18,632 5 3,726.4 26.8 112
Fannin 35,790 8 4,473.8 22.4 146
Fayette 26,381 6 4,396.8 22.7 142
Fisher 3,943 3 1,314.3 76.1 10
Floyd 6,579 0 - 0.0 -
Foard 1,355 1 1,355.0 73.8 11
Fort Bend 724,104 213 3,399.5 29.4 95
Franklin 11,220 0 - 0.0 -
Freestone 20,931 6 3,488.5 28.7 103
Frio 18,668 7 2,666.9 37.5 68
Gaines 19,515 4 4,878.8 20.5 154
Galveston 312,880 188 1,664.3 60.1 24
Garza 6,738 2 3,369.0 29.7 93
Gillespie 27,231 12 2,269.3 44.1 53
Glasscock 1,293 0 - 0.0 -
Goliad 7,856 0 - 0.0 -
Gonzales 21,128 5 4,225.6 23.7 138
Gray 23,611 8 2,951.4 33.9 78
Grayson 127,097 52 2,444.2 40.9 61
Gregg 128,803 81 1,590.2 62.9 19
Grimes 28,642 6 4,773.7 20.9 150
Guadalupe 155,621 28 5,557.9 18.0 166
Hale 37,400 11 3,400.0 29.4 96
Hall 3,346 1 3,346.0 29.9 92
Hamilton 8,654 2 4,327.0 23.1 140
Hansford 6,050 1 6,050.0 16.5 176
Hardeman 4,313 0 - 0.0 -
Hardin 58,521 19 3,080.1 32.5 82
Harris 4,471,427 2,473 1,808.1 55.3 32
Harrison 68,889 14 4,920.6 20.3 156
Hartley 6,172 1 6,172.0 16.2 177
Haskell 5,971 2 2,985.5 33.5 79
Hays 197,298 62 3,182.2 31.4 85
Hemphill 4,117 1 4,117.0 24.3 131
Henderson 81,372 24 3,390.5 29.5 94
Hidalgo 883,903 251 3,521.5 28.4 105
Hill 37,282 7 5,326.0 18.8 164
Hockley 24,077 7 3,439.6 29.1 99
Hood 56,112 14 4,008.0 25.0 128
Hopkins 36,774 11 3,343.1 29.9 91
Houston 24,515 2 12,257.5 8.2 202
Howard 36,478 23 1,586.0 63.1 17
Hudspeth 3,735 0 - 0.0 -
Hunt 93,347 32 2,917.1 34.3 77
Hutchinson 22,372 3 7,457.3 13.4 191
Irion 1,683 0 - 0.0 -
Jack 9,382 1 9,382.0 10.7 199
Jackson 14,238 2 7,119.0 14.0 184
Jasper 36,523 15 2,434.9 41.1 60
Jeff Davis 2,434 1 2,434.0 41.1 59
Jefferson 259,399 213 1,217.8 82.1 5
Jim Hogg 5,548 0 - 0.0 -
Jim Wells 42,763 11 3,887.5 25.7 123
Johnson 167,760 26 6,452.3 15.5 180
Jones 21,223 10 2,122.3 47.1 44
Karnes 15,557 2 7,778.5 12.9 192
Kaufman 124,238 36 3,451.1 29.0 100
Kendall 38,993 13 2,999.5 33.3 80
Kenedy 438 0 - 0.0 -
Kent 803 0 - 0.0 -
Kerr 53,262 28 1,902.2 52.6 34
Kimble 4,848 0 - 0.0 -
King 293 0 - 0.0 -
Kinney 3,734 0 - 0.0 -
Kleberg 33,715 5 6,743.0 14.8 183
Knox 3,752 3 1,250.7 80.0 7
Lamar 51,516 30 1,717.2 58.2 27
Lamb 14,307 2 7,153.5 14.0 185
Lampasas 7,601 2 3,800.5 26.3 116
La Salle 21,463 3 7,154.3 14.0 186
Lavaca 19,541 5 3,908.2 25.6 125
Lee 17,880 2 8,940.0 11.2 197
Leon 18,131 0 - 0.0 -
Liberty 82,984 17 4,881.4 20.5 155
Limestone 24,761 6 4,126.8 24.2 133
Lipscomb 3,549 1 3,549.0 28.2 106
Live Oak 11,718 2 5,859.0 17.1 171
Llano 20,400 1 20,400.0 4.9 207
Loving 81 0 - 0.0 -
Lubbock 295,257 247 1,195.4 83.7 2
Lynn 6,095 3 2,031.7 49.2 39
McCulloch 8,634 0 - 0.0 -
McLennan 244,576 112 2,183.7 45.8 48
McMullen 750 0 - 0.0 -
Madison 14,639 2 7,319.5 13.7 189
Marion 11,059 4 2,764.8 36.2 74
Martin 5,182 0 - 0.0 -
Mason 4,128 0 - 0.0 -
Matagorda 38,295 11 3,481.4 28.7 101
Maverick 58,947 8 7,368.4 13.6 190
Medina 51,307 6 8,551.2 11.7 195
Menard 2,346 1 2,346.0 42.6 56
Midland 147,653 58 2,545.7 39.3 65
Milam 25,759 14 1,839.9 54.3 33
Mills 5,056 2 2,528.0 39.6 64
Mitchell 9,727 2 4,863.5 20.6 153
Montague 20,610 5 4,122.0 24.3 132
Montgomery 548,532 222 2,470.9 40.5 63
Moore 23,849 1 23,849.0 4.2 208
Morris 13,438 2 6,719.0 14.9 182
Motley 1,216 0 - 0.0 -
Nacogdoches 68,586 26 2,637.9 37.9 67
Navarro 51,464 5 10,292.8 9.7 201
Newton 14,431 1 14,431.0 6.9 205
Nolan 15,690 3 5,230.0 19.1 162
Nueces 357,888 203 1,763.0 56.7 29
Ochiltree 11,410 2 5,705.0 17.5 169
Oldham 2,128 0 - 0.0 -
Orange 85,098 23 3,699.9 27.0 111
Palo Pinto 29,914 8 3,739.3 26.7 113
Panola 24,912 4 6,228.0 16.1 178
Parker 136,501 23 5,934.8 16.8 172
Parmer 11,258 3 3,752.7 26.6 115
Pecos 16,380 6 2,730.0 36.6 69
Polk 48,633 11 4,421.2 22.6 145
Potter 127,643 154 828.9 120.6 1
Presidio 8,314 2 4,157.0 24.1 134
Rains 12,019 0 - 0.0 -
Randall 130,799 31 4,219.3 23.7 137
Reagan 3,634 1 3,634.0 27.5 109
Real 3,393 0 - 0.0 -
Red River 13,227 3 4,409.0 22.7 143
Reeves 14,398 2 7,199.0 13.9 187
Refugio 7,486 2 3,743.0 26.7 114
Roberts 975 0 - 0.0 -
Robertson 18,098 2 9,049.0 11.1 198
Rockwall 95,829 40 2,395.7 41.7 58
Runnels 10,756 2 5,378.0 18.6 165
Rusk 58,150 15 3,876.7 25.8 121
Sabine 11,486 2 5,743.0 17.4 170
San Augustine 9,151 4 2,287.8 43.7 54
San Jacinto 29,386 1 29,386.0 3.4 210
San Patricio 66,697 14 4,764.1 21.0 149
San Saba 6,296 2 3,148.0 31.8 83
Schleicher 3,726 0 - 0.0 -
Scurry 17,884 3 5,961.3 16.8 173
Shackelford 3,552 2 1,776.0 56.3 30
Shelby 27,068 7 3,866.9 25.9 120
Sherman 3,220 2 1,610.0 62.1 21
Smith 225,731 142 1,589.7 62.9 18
Somervell 9,436 4 2,359.0 42.4 57
Starr 65,101 5 13,020.2 7.7 204
Stephens 9,941 2 4,970.5 20.1 158
Sterling 1,193 0 - 0.0 -
Stonewall 1,508 1 1,508.0 66.3 15
Sutton 4,417 1 4,417.0 22.6 144
Swisher 8,055 2 4,027.5 24.8 129
Tarrant 1,959,449 919 2,132.2 46.9 46
Taylor 135,409 97 1,396.0 71.6 12
Terrell 1,026 0 - 0.0 -
Terry 13,027 4 3,256.8 30.7 88
Throckmorton 1,655 1 1,655.0 60.4 23
Titus 34,910 7 4,987.1 20.1 159
Tom Green 112,579 64 1,759.0 56.8 28
Travis 1,144,887 681 1,681.2 59.5 26
Trinity 15,618 0 - 0.0 -
Tyler 22,257 4 5,564.3 18.0 167
Upshur 42,223 7 6,031.9 16.6 174
Upton 3,632 3 1,210.7 82.6 4
Uvalde 27,543 10 2,754.3 36.3 73
Val Verde 51,217 12 4,268.1 23.4 139
Van Zandt 55,413 3 18,471.0 5.4 206
Victoria 89,831 64 1,403.6 71.2 13
Walker 70,199 15 4,679.9 21.4 148
Waller 50,082 4 12,520.5 8.0 203
Ward 10,960 4 2,740.0 36.5 70
Washington 35,712 13 2,747.1 36.4 72
Webb 282,143 109 2,588.5 38.6 66
Wharton 42,332 7 6,047.4 16.5 175
Wheeler 5,637 0 - 0.0 -
Wichita 132,279 74 1,787.6 55.9 31
Wilbarger 14,220 10 1,422.0 70.3 14
Willacy 24,444 1 24,444.0 4.1 209
Williamson 518,755 172 3,016.0 33.2 81
Wilson 49,833 13 3,833.3 26.1 117
Winkler 7,755 0 - 0.0 -
Wise 66,321 19 3,490.6 28.6 104
Wood 45,341 13 3,487.8 28.7 102
Yoakum 8,687 2 4,343.5 23.0 141
Young 19,220 9 2,135.6 46.8 47
Zapata 15,544 3 5,181.3 19.3 161
Zavala 12,324 0 - 0.0 -
Texas Total 27,695,284 12,421 2,229.7 44.8 -
NPs w/o Texas RN license* - 638 - -
 

* 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