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