Dental Assistants, 2015
Dental Assistants (DA) by County - September 2015
County |
2015 Population |
2015 DA Total |
Ratio of 2015 Population to DA |
Ratio of DAs to 100,000 Population |
Rank |
Anderson |
60,367 |
50 |
1,207.3 |
82.8 |
124 |
Andrews |
16,133 |
13 |
1,241.0 |
80.6 |
131 |
Angelina |
90,596 |
86 |
1,053.4 |
94.9 |
95 |
Aransas |
24,738 |
25 |
989.5 |
101.1 |
87 |
Archer |
9,502 |
11 |
863.8 |
115.8 |
68 |
Armstrong |
1,969 |
1 |
1,969.0 |
50.8 |
189 |
Atascosa |
50,278 |
60 |
838.0 |
119.3 |
60 |
Austin |
32,238 |
51 |
632.1 |
158.2 |
13 |
Bailey |
7,799 |
11 |
709.0 |
141.0 |
29 |
Bandera |
22,792 |
18 |
1,266.2 |
79.0 |
135 |
Bastrop |
86,175 |
123 |
700.6 |
142.7 |
24 |
Baylor |
3,721 |
2 |
1,860.5 |
53.7 |
182 |
Bee |
32,698 |
26 |
1,257.6 |
79.5 |
133 |
Bell |
352,210 |
472 |
746.2 |
134.0 |
36 |
Bexar |
1,882,834 |
2,670 |
705.2 |
141.8 |
25 |
Blanco |
11,742 |
11 |
1,067.5 |
93.7 |
97 |
Borden |
673 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Bosque |
19,338 |
23 |
840.8 |
118.9 |
63 |
Bowie |
93,848 |
105 |
893.8 |
111.9 |
75 |
Brazoria |
358,855 |
446 |
804.6 |
124.3 |
50 |
Brazos |
214,672 |
182 |
1,179.5 |
84.8 |
118 |
Brewster |
9,752 |
2 |
4,876.0 |
20.5 |
228 |
Briscoe |
1,676 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Brooks |
7,502 |
6 |
1,250.3 |
80.0 |
132 |
Brown |
39,488 |
38 |
1,039.2 |
96.2 |
92 |
Burleson |
18,482 |
22 |
840.1 |
119.0 |
62 |
Burnet |
47,386 |
99 |
478.6 |
208.9 |
4 |
Caldwell |
43,322 |
49 |
884.1 |
113.1 |
72 |
Calhoun |
23,298 |
19 |
1,226.2 |
81.6 |
129 |
Callahan |
14,129 |
8 |
1,766.1 |
56.6 |
177 |
Cameron |
449,166 |
537 |
836.4 |
119.6 |
59 |
Camp |
13,421 |
9 |
1,491.2 |
67.1 |
159 |
Carson |
6,354 |
5 |
1,270.8 |
78.7 |
136 |
Cass |
31,323 |
27 |
1,160.1 |
86.2 |
114 |
Castro |
8,500 |
7 |
1,214.3 |
82.4 |
126 |
Chambers |
40,945 |
36 |
1,137.4 |
87.9 |
110 |
Cherokee |
54,099 |
32 |
1,690.6 |
59.2 |
174 |
Childress |
7,262 |
4 |
1,815.5 |
55.1 |
180 |
Clay |
11,224 |
13 |
863.4 |
115.8 |
67 |
Cochran |
3,302 |
5 |
660.4 |
151.4 |
17 |
Coke |
3,213 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Coleman |
9,061 |
5 |
1,812.2 |
55.2 |
179 |
Collin |
949,673 |
1,148 |
827.2 |
120.9 |
55 |
Collingsworth |
3,147 |
1 |
3,147.0 |
31.8 |
213 |
Colorado |
21,785 |
21 |
1,037.4 |
96.4 |
91 |
Comal |
128,347 |
182 |
705.2 |
141.8 |
26 |
Comanche |
14,425 |
10 |
1,442.5 |
69.3 |
157 |
Concho |
4,207 |
1 |
4,207.0 |
23.8 |
224 |
Cooke |
40,075 |
45 |
890.6 |
112.3 |
74 |
Coryell |
81,321 |
88 |
924.1 |
108.2 |
84 |
Cottle |
1,572 |
1 |
1,572.0 |
63.6 |
163 |
Crane |
4,847 |
4 |
1,211.8 |
82.5 |
125 |
Crockett |
3,918 |
1 |
3,918.0 |
25.5 |
223 |
Crosby |
6,640 |
6 |
1,106.7 |
90.4 |
103 |
Culberson |
2,568 |
1 |
2,568.0 |
38.9 |
205 |
Dallam |
7,407 |
3 |
2,469.0 |
40.5 |
203 |
Dallas |
2,496,859 |
3,204 |
779.3 |
128.3 |
44 |
Dawson |
14,359 |
12 |
1,196.6 |
83.6 |
123 |
Deaf Smith |
20,982 |
12 |
1,748.5 |
57.2 |
176 |
Delta |
5,505 |
7 |
786.4 |
127.2 |
46 |
Denton |
789,094 |
909 |
868.1 |
115.2 |
69 |
De Witt |
20,472 |
16 |
1,279.5 |
78.2 |
138 |
Dickens |
2,493 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Dimmit |
10,473 |
4 |
2,618.3 |
38.2 |
207 |
Donley |
3,781 |
2 |
1,890.5 |
52.9 |
185 |
Duval |
12,247 |
10 |
1,224.7 |
81.7 |
128 |
Eastland |
19,259 |
10 |
1,925.9 |
51.9 |
186 |
Ector |
148,260 |
195 |
760.3 |
131.5 |
40 |
Edwards |
2,119 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Ellis |
173,277 |
264 |
656.4 |
152.4 |
16 |
El Paso |
873,513 |
969 |
901.5 |
110.9 |
77 |
Erath |
39,534 |
56 |
706.0 |
141.7 |
27 |
Falls |
18,632 |
28 |
665.4 |
150.3 |
18 |
Fannin |
35,790 |
60 |
596.5 |
167.6 |
10 |
Fayette |
26,381 |
32 |
824.4 |
121.3 |
53 |
Fisher |
3,943 |
2 |
1,971.5 |
50.7 |
190 |
Floyd |
6,579 |
2 |
3,289.5 |
30.4 |
214 |
Foard |
1,355 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Fort Bend |
724,104 |
872 |
830.4 |
120.4 |
57 |
Franklin |
11,220 |
5 |
2,244.0 |
44.6 |
197 |
Freestone |
20,931 |
9 |
2,325.7 |
43.0 |
199 |
Frio |
18,668 |
14 |
1,333.4 |
75.0 |
144 |
Gaines |
19,515 |
10 |
1,951.5 |
51.2 |
187 |
Galveston |
312,880 |
346 |
904.3 |
110.6 |
78 |
Garza |
6,738 |
2 |
3,369.0 |
29.7 |
216 |
Gillespie |
27,231 |
34 |
800.9 |
124.9 |
49 |
Glasscock |
1,293 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Goliad |
7,856 |
10 |
785.6 |
127.3 |
45 |
Gonzales |
21,128 |
21 |
1,006.1 |
99.4 |
89 |
Gray |
23,611 |
17 |
1,388.9 |
72.0 |
150 |
Grayson |
127,097 |
180 |
706.1 |
141.6 |
28 |
Gregg |
128,803 |
219 |
588.1 |
170.0 |
8 |
Grimes |
28,642 |
25 |
1,145.7 |
87.3 |
111 |
Guadalupe |
155,621 |
247 |
630.0 |
158.7 |
12 |
Hale |
37,400 |
26 |
1,438.5 |
69.5 |
156 |
Hall |
3,346 |
1 |
3,346.0 |
29.9 |
215 |
Hamilton |
8,654 |
7 |
1,236.3 |
80.9 |
130 |
Hansford |
6,050 |
1 |
6,050.0 |
16.5 |
229 |
Hardeman |
4,313 |
4 |
1,078.3 |
92.7 |
100 |
Hardin |
58,521 |
42 |
1,393.4 |
71.8 |
151 |
Harris |
4,471,427 |
5,415 |
825.7 |
121.1 |
54 |
Harrison |
68,889 |
99 |
695.8 |
143.7 |
22 |
Hartley |
6,172 |
3 |
2,057.3 |
48.6 |
192 |
Haskell |
5,971 |
5 |
1,194.2 |
83.7 |
122 |
Hays |
197,298 |
234 |
843.2 |
118.6 |
64 |
Hemphill |
4,117 |
3 |
1,372.3 |
72.9 |
148 |
Henderson |
81,372 |
98 |
830.3 |
120.4 |
56 |
Hidalgo |
883,903 |
825 |
1,071.4 |
93.3 |
98 |
Hill |
37,282 |
44 |
847.3 |
118.0 |
65 |
Hockley |
24,077 |
21 |
1,146.5 |
87.2 |
112 |
Hood |
56,112 |
77 |
728.7 |
137.2 |
35 |
Hopkins |
36,774 |
53 |
693.8 |
144.1 |
21 |
Houston |
24,515 |
13 |
1,885.8 |
53.0 |
184 |
Howard |
36,478 |
27 |
1,351.0 |
74.0 |
146 |
Hudspeth |
3,735 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Hunt |
93,347 |
186 |
501.9 |
199.3 |
5 |
Hutchinson |
22,372 |
17 |
1,316.0 |
76.0 |
143 |
Irion |
1,683 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Jack |
9,382 |
1 |
9,382.0 |
10.7 |
231 |
Jackson |
14,238 |
19 |
749.4 |
133.4 |
37 |
Jasper |
36,523 |
31 |
1,178.2 |
84.9 |
117 |
Jeff Davis |
2,434 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Jefferson |
259,399 |
183 |
1,417.5 |
70.5 |
153 |
Jim Hogg |
5,548 |
3 |
1,849.3 |
54.1 |
181 |
Jim Wells |
42,763 |
30 |
1,425.4 |
70.2 |
154 |
Johnson |
167,760 |
290 |
578.5 |
172.9 |
7 |
Jones |
21,223 |
9 |
2,358.1 |
42.4 |
200 |
Karnes |
15,557 |
14 |
1,111.2 |
90.0 |
104 |
Kaufman |
124,238 |
210 |
591.6 |
169.0 |
9 |
Kendall |
38,993 |
38 |
1,026.1 |
97.5 |
90 |
Kenedy |
438 |
1 |
438.0 |
228.3 |
3 |
Kent |
803 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Kerr |
53,262 |
53 |
1,004.9 |
99.5 |
88 |
Kimble |
4,848 |
1 |
4,848.0 |
20.6 |
227 |
King |
293 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Kinney |
3,734 |
1 |
3,734.0 |
26.8 |
222 |
Kleberg |
33,715 |
24 |
1,404.8 |
71.2 |
152 |
Knox |
3,752 |
2 |
1,876.0 |
53.3 |
183 |
Lamar |
51,516 |
36 |
1,431.0 |
69.9 |
155 |
Lamb |
14,307 |
6 |
2,384.5 |
41.9 |
201 |
Lampasas |
7,601 |
39 |
194.9 |
513.1 |
1 |
La Salle |
21,463 |
5 |
4,292.6 |
23.3 |
225 |
Lavaca |
19,541 |
12 |
1,628.4 |
61.4 |
168 |
Lee |
17,880 |
23 |
777.4 |
128.6 |
43 |
Leon |
18,131 |
5 |
3,626.2 |
27.6 |
220 |
Liberty |
82,984 |
107 |
775.6 |
128.9 |
42 |
Limestone |
24,761 |
16 |
1,547.6 |
64.6 |
160 |
Lipscomb |
3,549 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Live Oak |
11,718 |
6 |
1,953.0 |
51.2 |
188 |
Llano |
20,400 |
15 |
1,360.0 |
73.5 |
147 |
Loving |
81 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Lubbock |
295,257 |
374 |
789.5 |
126.7 |
47 |
Lynn |
6,095 |
1 |
6,095.0 |
16.4 |
230 |
McCulloch |
8,634 |
4 |
2,158.5 |
46.3 |
194 |
McLennan |
244,576 |
340 |
719.3 |
139.0 |
33 |
McMullen |
750 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Madison |
14,639 |
7 |
2,091.3 |
47.8 |
193 |
Marion |
11,059 |
12 |
921.6 |
108.5 |
83 |
Martin |
5,182 |
4 |
1,295.5 |
77.2 |
139 |
Mason |
4,128 |
3 |
1,376.0 |
72.7 |
149 |
Matagorda |
38,295 |
47 |
814.8 |
122.7 |
52 |
Maverick |
58,947 |
45 |
1,309.9 |
76.3 |
142 |
Medina |
51,307 |
68 |
754.5 |
132.5 |
38 |
Menard |
2,346 |
2 |
1,173.0 |
85.3 |
116 |
Midland |
147,653 |
172 |
858.4 |
116.5 |
66 |
Milam |
25,759 |
37 |
696.2 |
143.6 |
23 |
Mills |
5,056 |
4 |
1,264.0 |
79.1 |
134 |
Mitchell |
9,727 |
6 |
1,621.2 |
61.7 |
167 |
Montague |
20,610 |
13 |
1,585.4 |
63.1 |
165 |
Montgomery |
548,532 |
657 |
834.9 |
119.8 |
58 |
Moore |
23,849 |
20 |
1,192.5 |
83.9 |
121 |
Morris |
13,438 |
11 |
1,221.6 |
81.9 |
127 |
Motley |
1,216 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Nacogdoches |
68,586 |
58 |
1,182.5 |
84.6 |
119 |
Navarro |
51,464 |
48 |
1,072.2 |
93.3 |
99 |
Newton |
14,431 |
5 |
2,886.2 |
34.6 |
212 |
Nolan |
15,690 |
7 |
2,241.4 |
44.6 |
196 |
Nueces |
357,888 |
408 |
877.2 |
114.0 |
70 |
Ochiltree |
11,410 |
7 |
1,630.0 |
61.3 |
170 |
Oldham |
2,128 |
2 |
1,064.0 |
94.0 |
96 |
Orange |
85,098 |
112 |
759.8 |
131.6 |
39 |
Palo Pinto |
29,914 |
37 |
808.5 |
123.7 |
51 |
Panola |
24,912 |
22 |
1,132.4 |
88.3 |
108 |
Parker |
136,501 |
192 |
710.9 |
140.7 |
30 |
Parmer |
11,258 |
7 |
1,608.3 |
62.2 |
166 |
Pecos |
16,380 |
10 |
1,638.0 |
61.1 |
171 |
Polk |
48,633 |
41 |
1,186.2 |
84.3 |
120 |
Potter |
127,643 |
161 |
792.8 |
126.1 |
48 |
Presidio |
8,314 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Rains |
12,019 |
11 |
1,092.6 |
91.5 |
102 |
Randall |
130,799 |
189 |
692.1 |
144.5 |
20 |
Reagan |
3,634 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Real |
3,393 |
1 |
3,393.0 |
29.5 |
217 |
Red River |
13,227 |
9 |
1,469.7 |
68.0 |
158 |
Reeves |
14,398 |
4 |
3,599.5 |
27.8 |
219 |
Refugio |
7,486 |
3 |
2,495.3 |
40.1 |
204 |
Roberts |
975 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Robertson |
18,098 |
9 |
2,010.9 |
49.7 |
191 |
Rockwall |
95,829 |
177 |
541.4 |
184.7 |
6 |
Runnels |
10,756 |
6 |
1,792.7 |
55.8 |
178 |
Rusk |
58,150 |
59 |
985.6 |
101.5 |
86 |
Sabine |
11,486 |
5 |
2,297.2 |
43.5 |
198 |
San Augustine |
9,151 |
2 |
4,575.5 |
21.9 |
226 |
San Jacinto |
29,386 |
41 |
716.7 |
139.5 |
32 |
San Patricio |
66,697 |
86 |
775.5 |
128.9 |
41 |
San Saba |
6,296 |
7 |
899.4 |
111.2 |
76 |
Schleicher |
3,726 |
1 |
3,726.0 |
26.8 |
221 |
Scurry |
17,884 |
14 |
1,277.4 |
78.3 |
137 |
Shackelford |
3,552 |
1 |
3,552.0 |
28.2 |
218 |
Shelby |
27,068 |
26 |
1,041.1 |
96.1 |
93 |
Sherman |
3,220 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Smith |
225,731 |
330 |
684.0 |
146.2 |
19 |
Somervell |
9,436 |
6 |
1,572.7 |
63.6 |
164 |
Starr |
65,101 |
71 |
916.9 |
109.1 |
81 |
Stephens |
9,941 |
6 |
1,656.8 |
60.4 |
173 |
Sterling |
1,193 |
2 |
596.5 |
167.6 |
10 |
Stonewall |
1,508 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Sutton |
4,417 |
2 |
2,208.5 |
45.3 |
195 |
Swisher |
8,055 |
3 |
2,685.0 |
37.2 |
208 |
Tarrant |
1,959,449 |
2,754 |
711.5 |
140.5 |
31 |
Taylor |
135,409 |
208 |
651.0 |
153.6 |
15 |
Terrell |
1,026 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Terry |
13,027 |
10 |
1,302.7 |
76.8 |
141 |
Throckmorton |
1,655 |
1 |
1,655.0 |
60.4 |
172 |
Titus |
34,910 |
31 |
1,126.1 |
88.8 |
107 |
Tom Green |
112,579 |
98 |
1,148.8 |
87.0 |
113 |
Travis |
1,144,887 |
1,263 |
906.5 |
110.3 |
79 |
Trinity |
15,618 |
12 |
1,301.5 |
76.8 |
140 |
Tyler |
22,257 |
8 |
2,782.1 |
35.9 |
209 |
Upshur |
42,223 |
48 |
879.6 |
113.7 |
71 |
Upton |
3,632 |
0 |
- |
0.0 |
- |
Uvalde |
27,543 |
38 |
724.8 |
138.0 |
34 |
Val Verde |
51,217 |
38 |
1,347.8 |
74.2 |
145 |
Van Zandt |
55,413 |
66 |
839.6 |
119.1 |
61 |
Victoria |
89,831 |
77 |
1,166.6 |
85.7 |
115 |
Walker |
70,199 |
63 |
1,114.3 |
89.7 |
105 |
Waller |
50,082 |
48 |
1,043.4 |
95.8 |
94 |
Ward |
10,960 |
7 |
1,565.7 |
63.9 |
162 |
Washington |
35,712 |
32 |
1,116.0 |
89.6 |
106 |
Webb |
282,143 |
261 |
1,081.0 |
92.5 |
101 |
Wharton |
42,332 |
98 |
432.0 |
231.5 |
2 |
Wheeler |
5,637 |
2 |
2,818.5 |
35.5 |
210 |
Wichita |
132,279 |
140 |
944.9 |
105.8 |
85 |
Wilbarger |
14,220 |
5 |
2,844.0 |
35.2 |
211 |
Willacy |
24,444 |
15 |
1,629.6 |
61.4 |
169 |
Williamson |
518,755 |
805 |
644.4 |
155.2 |
14 |
Wilson |
49,833 |
56 |
889.9 |
112.4 |
73 |
Winkler |
7,755 |
5 |
1,551.0 |
64.5 |
161 |
Wise |
66,321 |
72 |
921.1 |
108.6 |
82 |
Wood |
45,341 |
40 |
1,133.5 |
88.2 |
109 |
Yoakum |
8,687 |
5 |
1,737.4 |
57.6 |
175 |
Young |
19,220 |
21 |
915.2 |
109.3 |
80 |
Zapata |
15,544 |
6 |
2,590.7 |
38.6 |
206 |
Zavala |
12,324 |
5 |
2,464.8 |
40.6 |
202 |
Texas Total |
27,695,284 |
33,360 |
830.2 |
120.5 |
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Data Source: Texas State Board of Dental Examiners - September 2015
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center, November 15, 2015