Respiratory Care Practitioners, 2015
Respiratory Care Practitioners (RCP) by County - September, 2015
| County | 2015 Population | 2015 RCP Total | Ratio of 2015 Population to RCP | Ratio of RCPs to 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 60,367 | 25 | 2,414.7 | 41.4 | 76 |
| Andrews | 16,133 | 9 | 1,792.6 | 55.8 | 40 |
| Angelina | 90,596 | 131 | 691.6 | 144.6 | 3 |
| Aransas | 24,738 | 1 | 24,738.0 | 4.0 | 205 |
| Archer | 9,502 | 3 | 3,167.3 | 31.6 | 105 |
| Armstrong | 1,969 | 1 | 1,969.0 | 50.8 | 52 |
| Atascosa | 50,278 | 14 | 3,591.3 | 27.8 | 121 |
| Austin | 32,238 | 4 | 8,059.5 | 12.4 | 186 |
| Bailey | 7,799 | 2 | 3,899.5 | 25.6 | 127 |
| Bandera | 22,792 | 2 | 11,396.0 | 8.8 | 195 |
| Bastrop | 86,175 | 11 | 7,834.1 | 12.8 | 183 |
| Baylor | 3,721 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bee | 32,698 | 15 | 2,179.9 | 45.9 | 62 |
| Bell | 352,210 | 223 | 1,579.4 | 63.3 | 29 |
| Bexar | 1,882,834 | 1,007 | 1,869.7 | 53.5 | 48 |
| Blanco | 11,742 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Borden | 673 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 19,338 | 8 | 2,417.3 | 41.4 | 77 |
| Bowie | 93,848 | 98 | 957.6 | 104.4 | 7 |
| Brazoria | 358,855 | 182 | 1,971.7 | 50.7 | 53 |
| Brazos | 214,672 | 52 | 4,128.3 | 24.2 | 135 |
| Brewster | 9,752 | 2 | 4,876.0 | 20.5 | 154 |
| Briscoe | 1,676 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brooks | 7,502 | 1 | 7,502.0 | 13.3 | 180 |
| Brown | 39,488 | 15 | 2,632.5 | 38.0 | 84 |
| Burleson | 18,482 | 2 | 9,241.0 | 10.8 | 188 |
| Burnet | 47,386 | 13 | 3,645.1 | 27.4 | 123 |
| Caldwell | 43,322 | 7 | 6,188.9 | 16.2 | 172 |
| Calhoun | 23,298 | 11 | 2,118.0 | 47.2 | 59 |
| Callahan | 14,129 | 4 | 3,532.3 | 28.3 | 118 |
| Cameron | 449,166 | 304 | 1,477.5 | 67.7 | 27 |
| Camp | 13,421 | 7 | 1,917.3 | 52.2 | 49 |
| Carson | 6,354 | 2 | 3,177.0 | 31.5 | 106 |
| Cass | 31,323 | 12 | 2,610.3 | 38.3 | 83 |
| Castro | 8,500 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Chambers | 40,945 | 8 | 5,118.1 | 19.5 | 158 |
| Cherokee | 54,099 | 24 | 2,254.1 | 44.4 | 70 |
| Childress | 7,262 | 2 | 3,631.0 | 27.5 | 122 |
| Clay | 11,224 | 10 | 1,122.4 | 89.1 | 11 |
| Cochran | 3,302 | 1 | 3,302.0 | 30.3 | 110 |
| Coke | 3,213 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coleman | 9,061 | 7 | 1,294.4 | 77.3 | 23 |
| Collin | 949,673 | 449 | 2,115.1 | 47.3 | 58 |
| Collingsworth | 3,147 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Colorado | 21,785 | 7 | 3,112.1 | 32.1 | 103 |
| Comal | 128,347 | 58 | 2,212.9 | 45.2 | 65 |
| Comanche | 14,425 | 3 | 4,808.3 | 20.8 | 152 |
| Concho | 4,207 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cooke | 40,075 | 12 | 3,339.6 | 29.9 | 111 |
| Coryell | 81,321 | 16 | 5,082.6 | 19.7 | 157 |
| Cottle | 1,572 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crane | 4,847 | 1 | 4,847.0 | 20.6 | 153 |
| Crockett | 3,918 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crosby | 6,640 | 1 | 6,640.0 | 15.1 | 175 |
| Culberson | 2,568 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallam | 7,407 | 4 | 1,851.8 | 54.0 | 44 |
| Dallas | 2,496,859 | 1,391 | 1,795.0 | 55.7 | 41 |
| Dawson | 14,359 | 2 | 7,179.5 | 13.9 | 178 |
| Deaf Smith | 20,982 | 6 | 3,497.0 | 28.6 | 117 |
| Delta | 5,505 | 2 | 2,752.5 | 36.3 | 87 |
| Denton | 789,094 | 277 | 2,848.7 | 35.1 | 94 |
| De Witt | 20,472 | 17 | 1,204.2 | 83.0 | 15 |
| Dickens | 2,493 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dimmit | 10,473 | 1 | 10,473.0 | 9.5 | 193 |
| Donley | 3,781 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Duval | 12,247 | 1 | 12,247.0 | 8.2 | 199 |
| Eastland | 19,259 | 5 | 3,851.8 | 26.0 | 125 |
| Ector | 148,260 | 128 | 1,158.3 | 86.3 | 12 |
| Edwards | 2,119 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ellis | 173,277 | 41 | 4,226.3 | 23.7 | 139 |
| El Paso | 873,513 | 381 | 2,292.7 | 43.6 | 72 |
| Erath | 39,534 | 9 | 4,392.7 | 22.8 | 145 |
| Falls | 18,632 | 9 | 2,070.2 | 48.3 | 55 |
| Fannin | 35,790 | 6 | 5,965.0 | 16.8 | 169 |
| Fayette | 26,381 | 9 | 2,931.2 | 34.1 | 97 |
| Fisher | 3,943 | 1 | 3,943.0 | 25.4 | 131 |
| Floyd | 6,579 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Foard | 1,355 | 1 | 1,355.0 | 73.8 | 24 |
| Fort Bend | 724,104 | 324 | 2,234.9 | 44.7 | 66 |
| Franklin | 11,220 | 5 | 2,244.0 | 44.6 | 67 |
| Freestone | 20,931 | 4 | 5,232.8 | 19.1 | 160 |
| Frio | 18,668 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Gaines | 19,515 | 3 | 6,505.0 | 15.4 | 174 |
| Galveston | 312,880 | 169 | 1,851.4 | 54.0 | 43 |
| Garza | 6,738 | 1 | 6,738.0 | 14.8 | 176 |
| Gillespie | 27,231 | 7 | 3,890.1 | 25.7 | 126 |
| Glasscock | 1,293 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 7,856 | 1 | 7,856.0 | 12.7 | 184 |
| Gonzales | 21,128 | 7 | 3,018.3 | 33.1 | 99 |
| Gray | 23,611 | 6 | 3,935.2 | 25.4 | 130 |
| Grayson | 127,097 | 46 | 2,763.0 | 36.2 | 88 |
| Gregg | 128,803 | 101 | 1,275.3 | 78.4 | 20 |
| Grimes | 28,642 | 6 | 4,773.7 | 20.9 | 150 |
| Guadalupe | 155,621 | 72 | 2,161.4 | 46.3 | 61 |
| Hale | 37,400 | 9 | 4,155.6 | 24.1 | 138 |
| Hall | 3,346 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hamilton | 8,654 | 2 | 4,327.0 | 23.1 | 144 |
| Hansford | 6,050 | 5 | 1,210.0 | 82.6 | 16 |
| Hardeman | 4,313 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hardin | 58,521 | 33 | 1,773.4 | 56.4 | 39 |
| Harris | 4,471,427 | 2,147 | 2,082.6 | 48.0 | 56 |
| Harrison | 68,889 | 16 | 4,305.6 | 23.2 | 142 |
| Hartley | 6,172 | 1 | 6,172.0 | 16.2 | 171 |
| Haskell | 5,971 | 1 | 5,971.0 | 16.7 | 170 |
| Hays | 197,298 | 82 | 2,406.1 | 41.6 | 75 |
| Hemphill | 4,117 | 1 | 4,117.0 | 24.3 | 134 |
| Henderson | 81,372 | 28 | 2,906.1 | 34.4 | 96 |
| Hidalgo | 883,903 | 311 | 2,842.1 | 35.2 | 92 |
| Hill | 37,282 | 15 | 2,485.5 | 40.2 | 79 |
| Hockley | 24,077 | 13 | 1,852.1 | 54.0 | 45 |
| Hood | 56,112 | 25 | 2,244.5 | 44.6 | 68 |
| Hopkins | 36,774 | 23 | 1,598.9 | 62.5 | 30 |
| Houston | 24,515 | 10 | 2,451.5 | 40.8 | 78 |
| Howard | 36,478 | 9 | 4,053.1 | 24.7 | 133 |
| Hudspeth | 3,735 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 93,347 | 30 | 3,111.6 | 32.1 | 102 |
| Hutchinson | 22,372 | 2 | 11,186.0 | 8.9 | 194 |
| Irion | 1,683 | 1 | 1,683.0 | 59.4 | 36 |
| Jack | 9,382 | 1 | 9,382.0 | 10.7 | 189 |
| Jackson | 14,238 | 5 | 2,847.6 | 35.1 | 93 |
| Jasper | 36,523 | 13 | 2,809.5 | 35.6 | 90 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,434 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jefferson | 259,399 | 284 | 913.4 | 109.5 | 6 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,548 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jim Wells | 42,763 | 10 | 4,276.3 | 23.4 | 140 |
| Johnson | 167,760 | 52 | 3,226.2 | 31.0 | 109 |
| Jones | 21,223 | 4 | 5,305.8 | 18.8 | 161 |
| Karnes | 15,557 | 2 | 7,778.5 | 12.9 | 182 |
| Kaufman | 124,238 | 30 | 4,141.3 | 24.1 | 136 |
| Kendall | 38,993 | 2 | 19,496.5 | 5.1 | 204 |
| Kenedy | 438 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kent | 803 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kerr | 53,262 | 23 | 2,315.7 | 43.2 | 73 |
| Kimble | 4,848 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| King | 293 | 1 | 293.0 | 341.3 | 1 |
| Kinney | 3,734 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kleberg | 33,715 | 15 | 2,247.7 | 44.5 | 69 |
| Knox | 3,752 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lamar | 51,516 | 28 | 1,839.9 | 54.4 | 42 |
| Lamb | 14,307 | 4 | 3,576.8 | 28.0 | 120 |
| Lampasas | 7,601 | 6 | 1,266.8 | 78.9 | 19 |
| La Salle | 21,463 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lavaca | 19,541 | 12 | 1,628.4 | 61.4 | 31 |
| Lee | 17,880 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Leon | 18,131 | 1 | 18,131.0 | 5.5 | 203 |
| Liberty | 82,984 | 18 | 4,610.2 | 21.7 | 148 |
| Limestone | 24,761 | 15 | 1,650.7 | 60.6 | 32 |
| Lipscomb | 3,549 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Live Oak | 11,718 | 1 | 11,718.0 | 8.5 | 196 |
| Llano | 20,400 | 2 | 10,200.0 | 9.8 | 192 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 295,257 | 251 | 1,176.3 | 85.0 | 13 |
| Lynn | 6,095 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| McCulloch | 8,634 | 2 | 4,317.0 | 23.2 | 143 |
| McLennan | 244,576 | 167 | 1,464.5 | 68.3 | 26 |
| McMullen | 750 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 14,639 | 3 | 4,879.7 | 20.5 | 155 |
| Marion | 11,059 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Martin | 5,182 | 2 | 2,591.0 | 38.6 | 81 |
| Mason | 4,128 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Matagorda | 38,295 | 11 | 3,481.4 | 28.7 | 116 |
| Maverick | 58,947 | 13 | 4,534.4 | 22.1 | 147 |
| Medina | 51,307 | 6 | 8,551.2 | 11.7 | 187 |
| Menard | 2,346 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Midland | 147,653 | 119 | 1,240.8 | 80.6 | 17 |
| Milam | 25,759 | 6 | 4,293.2 | 23.3 | 141 |
| Mills | 5,056 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Mitchell | 9,727 | 1 | 9,727.0 | 10.3 | 190 |
| Montague | 20,610 | 12 | 1,717.5 | 58.2 | 37 |
| Montgomery | 548,532 | 162 | 3,386.0 | 29.5 | 112 |
| Moore | 23,849 | 7 | 3,407.0 | 29.4 | 114 |
| Morris | 13,438 | 1 | 13,438.0 | 7.4 | 200 |
| Motley | 1,216 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nacogdoches | 68,586 | 55 | 1,247.0 | 80.2 | 18 |
| Navarro | 51,464 | 16 | 3,216.5 | 31.1 | 107 |
| Newton | 14,431 | 2 | 7,215.5 | 13.9 | 179 |
| Nolan | 15,690 | 3 | 5,230.0 | 19.1 | 159 |
| Nueces | 357,888 | 261 | 1,371.2 | 72.9 | 25 |
| Ochiltree | 11,410 | 2 | 5,705.0 | 17.5 | 166 |
| Oldham | 2,128 | 3 | 709.3 | 141.0 | 4 |
| Orange | 85,098 | 44 | 1,934.0 | 51.7 | 51 |
| Palo Pinto | 29,914 | 17 | 1,759.6 | 56.8 | 38 |
| Panola | 24,912 | 7 | 3,558.9 | 28.1 | 119 |
| Parker | 136,501 | 82 | 1,664.6 | 60.1 | 35 |
| Parmer | 11,258 | 3 | 3,752.7 | 26.6 | 124 |
| Pecos | 16,380 | 3 | 5,460.0 | 18.3 | 164 |
| Polk | 48,633 | 23 | 2,114.5 | 47.3 | 57 |
| Potter | 127,643 | 164 | 778.3 | 128.5 | 5 |
| Presidio | 8,314 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Rains | 12,019 | 1 | 12,019.0 | 8.3 | 197 |
| Randall | 130,799 | 68 | 1,923.5 | 52.0 | 50 |
| Reagan | 3,634 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Real | 3,393 | 1 | 3,393.0 | 29.5 | 113 |
| Red River | 13,227 | 8 | 1,653.4 | 60.5 | 33 |
| Reeves | 14,398 | 3 | 4,799.3 | 20.8 | 151 |
| Refugio | 7,486 | 5 | 1,497.2 | 66.8 | 28 |
| Roberts | 975 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,098 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Rockwall | 95,829 | 36 | 2,661.9 | 37.6 | 85 |
| Runnels | 10,756 | 5 | 2,151.2 | 46.5 | 60 |
| Rusk | 58,150 | 14 | 4,153.6 | 24.1 | 137 |
| Sabine | 11,486 | 2 | 5,743.0 | 17.4 | 167 |
| San Augustine | 9,151 | 4 | 2,287.8 | 43.7 | 71 |
| San Jacinto | 29,386 | 6 | 4,897.7 | 20.4 | 156 |
| San Patricio | 66,697 | 36 | 1,852.7 | 54.0 | 46 |
| San Saba | 6,296 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Schleicher | 3,726 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Scurry | 17,884 | 3 | 5,961.3 | 16.8 | 168 |
| Shackelford | 3,552 | 3 | 1,184.0 | 84.5 | 14 |
| Shelby | 27,068 | 5 | 5,413.6 | 18.5 | 162 |
| Sherman | 3,220 | 1 | 3,220.0 | 31.1 | 108 |
| Smith | 225,731 | 225 | 1,003.2 | 99.7 | 9 |
| Somervell | 9,436 | 4 | 2,359.0 | 42.4 | 74 |
| Starr | 65,101 | 19 | 3,426.4 | 29.2 | 115 |
| Stephens | 9,941 | 1 | 9,941.0 | 10.1 | 191 |
| Sterling | 1,193 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Stonewall | 1,508 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Sutton | 4,417 | 1 | 4,417.0 | 22.6 | 146 |
| Swisher | 8,055 | 1 | 8,055.0 | 12.4 | 185 |
| Tarrant | 1,959,449 | 1,053 | 1,860.8 | 53.7 | 47 |
| Taylor | 135,409 | 138 | 981.2 | 101.9 | 8 |
| Terrell | 1,026 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,027 | 5 | 2,605.4 | 38.4 | 82 |
| Throckmorton | 1,655 | 1 | 1,655.0 | 60.4 | 34 |
| Titus | 34,910 | 16 | 2,181.9 | 45.8 | 63 |
| Tom Green | 112,579 | 88 | 1,279.3 | 78.2 | 21 |
| Travis | 1,144,887 | 384 | 2,981.5 | 33.5 | 98 |
| Trinity | 15,618 | 4 | 3,904.5 | 25.6 | 128 |
| Tyler | 22,257 | 8 | 2,782.1 | 35.9 | 89 |
| Upshur | 42,223 | 15 | 2,814.9 | 35.5 | 91 |
| Upton | 3,632 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Uvalde | 27,543 | 7 | 3,934.7 | 25.4 | 129 |
| Val Verde | 51,217 | 8 | 6,402.1 | 15.6 | 173 |
| Van Zandt | 55,413 | 18 | 3,078.5 | 32.5 | 101 |
| Victoria | 89,831 | 131 | 685.7 | 145.8 | 2 |
| Walker | 70,199 | 10 | 7,019.9 | 14.2 | 177 |
| Waller | 50,082 | 3 | 16,694.0 | 6.0 | 202 |
| Ward | 10,960 | 4 | 2,740.0 | 36.5 | 86 |
| Washington | 35,712 | 9 | 3,968.0 | 25.2 | 132 |
| Webb | 282,143 | 52 | 5,425.8 | 18.4 | 163 |
| Wharton | 42,332 | 9 | 4,703.6 | 21.3 | 149 |
| Wheeler | 5,637 | 1 | 5,637.0 | 17.7 | 165 |
| Wichita | 132,279 | 125 | 1,058.2 | 94.5 | 10 |
| Wilbarger | 14,220 | 7 | 2,031.4 | 49.2 | 54 |
| Willacy | 24,444 | 2 | 12,222.0 | 8.2 | 198 |
| Williamson | 518,755 | 169 | 3,069.6 | 32.6 | 100 |
| Wilson | 49,833 | 16 | 3,114.6 | 32.1 | 104 |
| Winkler | 7,755 | 1 | 7,755.0 | 12.9 | 181 |
| Wise | 66,321 | 30 | 2,210.7 | 45.2 | 64 |
| Wood | 45,341 | 18 | 2,518.9 | 39.7 | 80 |
| Yoakum | 8,687 | 3 | 2,895.7 | 34.5 | 95 |
| Young | 19,220 | 15 | 1,281.3 | 78.0 | 22 |
| Zapata | 15,544 | 1 | 15,544.0 | 6.4 | 201 |
| Zavala | 12,324 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Texas Total | 27,695,284 | 13,354 | 2,073.9 | 48.2 | - |
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