Dental Assistants, 2016
Dental Assistants by County - September 2016
| County | 2016 Population | 2016 DA Total | Ratio of 2016 Population to DA | Ratio of DAs to 100,000 Population | Rank |
| Anderson | 60,739 | 48 | 1,265.4 | 79.0 | 136 |
| Andrews | 16,383 | 12 | 1,365.3 | 73.2 | 148 |
| Angelina | 91,314 | 86 | 1,061.8 | 94.2 | 104 |
| Aransas | 25,023 | 22 | 1,137.4 | 87.9 | 115 |
| Archer | 9,567 | 8 | 1,195.9 | 83.6 | 124 |
| Armstrong | 1,980 | 2 | 990.0 | 101.0 | 85 |
| Atascosa | 51,408 | 61 | 842.8 | 118.7 | 58 |
| Austin | 33,048 | 51 | 648.0 | 154.3 | 14 |
| Bailey | 7,914 | 9 | 879.3 | 113.7 | 69 |
| Bandera | 23,255 | 25 | 930.2 | 107.5 | 76 |
| Bastrop | 88,852 | 126 | 705.2 | 141.8 | 30 |
| Baylor | 3,721 | 1 | 3,721.0 | 26.9 | 221 |
| Bee | 32,842 | 35 | 938.3 | 106.6 | 78 |
| Bell | 360,731 | 542 | 665.6 | 150.3 | 21 |
| Bexar | 1,917,932 | 2,757 | 695.7 | 143.7 | 28 |
| Blanco | 11,988 | 8 | 1,498.5 | 66.7 | 165 |
| Borden | 680 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 19,576 | 20 | 978.8 | 102.2 | 84 |
| Bowie | 94,087 | 104 | 904.7 | 110.5 | 75 |
| Brazoria | 368,706 | 482 | 765.0 | 130.7 | 40 |
| Brazos | 219,410 | 185 | 1,186.0 | 84.3 | 122 |
| Brewster | 9,854 | 4 | 2,463.5 | 40.6 | 204 |
| Briscoe | 1,676 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brooks | 7,533 | 5 | 1,506.6 | 66.4 | 166 |
| Brown | 39,746 | 42 | 946.3 | 105.7 | 80 |
| Burleson | 18,721 | 21 | 891.5 | 112.2 | 73 |
| Burnet | 48,377 | 106 | 456.4 | 219.1 | 3 |
| Caldwell | 44,428 | 56 | 793.4 | 126.0 | 47 |
| Calhoun | 23,670 | 21 | 1,127.1 | 88.7 | 114 |
| Callahan | 14,238 | 10 | 1,423.8 | 70.2 | 152 |
| Cameron | 457,823 | 534 | 857.3 | 116.6 | 65 |
| Camp | 13,611 | 11 | 1,237.4 | 80.8 | 130 |
| Carson | 6,392 | 6 | 1,065.3 | 93.9 | 105 |
| Cass | 31,473 | 28 | 1,124.0 | 89.0 | 113 |
| Castro | 8,586 | 7 | 1,226.6 | 81.5 | 129 |
| Chambers | 42,211 | 35 | 1,206.0 | 82.9 | 126 |
| Cherokee | 54,785 | 35 | 1,565.3 | 63.9 | 169 |
| Childress | 7,298 | 5 | 1,459.6 | 68.5 | 161 |
| Clay | 11,306 | 11 | 1,027.8 | 97.3 | 94 |
| Cochran | 3,343 | 3 | 1,114.3 | 89.7 | 111 |
| Coke | 3,193 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coleman | 9,100 | 7 | 1,300.0 | 76.9 | 141 |
| Collin | 986,904 | 1,184 | 833.5 | 120.0 | 55 |
| Collingsworth | 3,163 | 2 | 1,581.5 | 63.2 | 172 |
| Colorado | 21,978 | 26 | 845.3 | 118.3 | 60 |
| Comal | 132,578 | 188 | 705.2 | 141.8 | 31 |
| Comanche | 14,505 | 10 | 1,450.5 | 68.9 | 159 |
| Concho | 4,237 | 1 | 4,237.0 | 23.6 | 227 |
| Cooke | 40,388 | 42 | 961.6 | 104.0 | 83 |
| Coryell | 82,355 | 79 | 1,042.5 | 95.9 | 97 |
| Cottle | 1,578 | 1 | 1,578.0 | 63.4 | 171 |
| Crane | 4,944 | 3 | 1,648.0 | 60.7 | 178 |
| Crockett | 3,948 | 1 | 3,948.0 | 25.3 | 226 |
| Crosby | 6,746 | 5 | 1,349.2 | 74.1 | 147 |
| Culberson | 2,597 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallam | 7,537 | 4 | 1,884.3 | 53.1 | 188 |
| Dallas | 2,524,470 | 3,236 | 780.1 | 128.2 | 43 |
| Dawson | 14,446 | 11 | 1,313.3 | 76.1 | 144 |
| Deaf Smith | 21,311 | 18 | 1,183.9 | 84.5 | 121 |
| Delta | 5,561 | 9 | 617.9 | 161.8 | 9 |
| Denton | 817,359 | 948 | 862.2 | 116.0 | 66 |
| De Witt | 20,575 | 13 | 1,582.7 | 63.2 | 173 |
| Dickens | 2,491 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dimmit | 10,565 | 4 | 2,641.3 | 37.9 | 208 |
| Donley | 3,799 | 3 | 1,266.3 | 79.0 | 137 |
| Duval | 12,313 | 12 | 1,026.1 | 97.5 | 93 |
| Eastland | 19,385 | 13 | 1,491.2 | 67.1 | 164 |
| Ector | 150,463 | 208 | 723.4 | 138.2 | 33 |
| Edwards | 2,136 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ellis | 178,372 | 278 | 641.6 | 155.9 | 12 |
| El Paso | 888,912 | 942 | 943.6 | 106.0 | 79 |
| Erath | 39,942 | 55 | 726.2 | 137.7 | 35 |
| Falls | 18,752 | 28 | 669.7 | 149.3 | 23 |
| Fannin | 36,169 | 67 | 539.8 | 185.2 | 5 |
| Fayette | 26,766 | 40 | 669.2 | 149.4 | 22 |
| Fisher | 3,938 | 2 | 1,969.0 | 50.8 | 193 |
| Floyd | 6,591 | 2 | 3,295.5 | 30.3 | 216 |
| Foard | 1,356 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Fort Bend | 754,968 | 903 | 836.1 | 119.6 | 56 |
| Franklin | 11,345 | 6 | 1,890.8 | 52.9 | 189 |
| Freestone | 21,133 | 13 | 1,625.6 | 61.5 | 177 |
| Frio | 18,949 | 15 | 1,263.3 | 79.2 | 135 |
| Gaines | 19,946 | 11 | 1,813.3 | 55.1 | 184 |
| Galveston | 317,213 | 371 | 855.0 | 117.0 | 62 |
| Garza | 6,794 | 3 | 2,264.7 | 44.2 | 201 |
| Gillespie | 27,768 | 37 | 750.5 | 133.2 | 38 |
| Glasscock | 1,302 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 7,988 | 8 | 998.5 | 100.2 | 88 |
| Gonzales | 21,379 | 17 | 1,257.6 | 79.5 | 133 |
| Gray | 23,869 | 20 | 1,193.5 | 83.8 | 123 |
| Grayson | 128,394 | 193 | 665.3 | 150.3 | 20 |
| Gregg | 130,315 | 209 | 623.5 | 160.4 | 10 |
| Grimes | 29,092 | 28 | 1,039.0 | 96.2 | 96 |
| Guadalupe | 160,756 | 243 | 661.5 | 151.2 | 19 |
| Hale | 37,611 | 28 | 1,343.3 | 74.4 | 145 |
| Hall | 3,335 | 1 | 3,335.0 | 30.0 | 217 |
| Hamilton | 8,679 | 6 | 1,446.5 | 69.1 | 158 |
| Hansford | 6,126 | 1 | 6,126.0 | 16.3 | 232 |
| Hardeman | 4,345 | 2 | 2,172.5 | 46.0 | 198 |
| Hardin | 59,248 | 37 | 1,601.3 | 62.4 | 175 |
| Harris | 4,551,437 | 5,615 | 810.6 | 123.4 | 51 |
| Harrison | 69,524 | 83 | 837.6 | 119.4 | 57 |
| Hartley | 6,191 | 2 | 3,095.5 | 32.3 | 214 |
| Haskell | 5,988 | 7 | 855.4 | 116.9 | 63 |
| Hays | 206,220 | 265 | 778.2 | 128.5 | 42 |
| Hemphill | 4,176 | 3 | 1,392.0 | 71.8 | 150 |
| Henderson | 81,959 | 99 | 827.9 | 120.8 | 54 |
| Hidalgo | 907,355 | 863 | 1,051.4 | 95.1 | 100 |
| Hill | 37,688 | 42 | 897.3 | 111.4 | 74 |
| Hockley | 24,276 | 18 | 1,348.7 | 74.1 | 146 |
| Hood | 57,122 | 88 | 649.1 | 154.1 | 15 |
| Hopkins | 37,105 | 44 | 843.3 | 118.6 | 59 |
| Houston | 24,661 | 14 | 1,761.5 | 56.8 | 181 |
| Howard | 36,737 | 34 | 1,080.5 | 92.5 | 107 |
| Hudspeth | 3,783 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 94,944 | 191 | 497.1 | 201.2 | 4 |
| Hutchinson | 22,412 | 18 | 1,245.1 | 80.3 | 131 |
| Irion | 1,691 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jack | 9,435 | 2 | 4,717.5 | 21.2 | 229 |
| Jackson | 14,253 | 25 | 570.1 | 175.4 | 7 |
| Jasper | 36,670 | 35 | 1,047.7 | 95.4 | 98 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,452 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jefferson | 261,031 | 200 | 1,305.2 | 76.6 | 142 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,586 | 2 | 2,793.0 | 35.8 | 211 |
| Jim Wells | 43,132 | 33 | 1,307.0 | 76.5 | 143 |
| Johnson | 171,358 | 271 | 632.3 | 158.1 | 11 |
| Jones | 21,427 | 8 | 2,678.4 | 37.3 | 210 |
| Karnes | 15,696 | 14 | 1,121.1 | 89.2 | 112 |
| Kaufman | 128,865 | 238 | 541.4 | 184.7 | 6 |
| Kendall | 40,169 | 47 | 854.7 | 117.0 | 61 |
| Kenedy | 444 | 1 | 444.0 | 225.2 | 2 |
| Kent | 806 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kerr | 53,995 | 51 | 1,058.7 | 94.5 | 103 |
| Kimble | 4,890 | 1 | 4,890.0 | 20.4 | 230 |
| King | 295 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kinney | 3,745 | 2 | 1,872.5 | 53.4 | 187 |
| Kleberg | 34,035 | 31 | 1,097.9 | 91.1 | 109 |
| Knox | 3,753 | 1 | 3,753.0 | 26.6 | 223 |
| Lamar | 51,822 | 40 | 1,295.6 | 77.2 | 140 |
| Lamb | 14,366 | 10 | 1,436.6 | 69.6 | 156 |
| Lampasas | 21,841 | 34 | 642.4 | 155.7 | 13 |
| La Salle | 7,718 | 2 | 3,859.0 | 25.9 | 225 |
| Lavaca | 19,599 | 16 | 1,224.9 | 81.6 | 128 |
| Lee | 18,131 | 22 | 824.1 | 121.3 | 52 |
| Leon | 18,398 | 7 | 2,628.3 | 38.0 | 207 |
| Liberty | 84,504 | 97 | 871.2 | 114.8 | 68 |
| Limestone | 25,044 | 13 | 1,926.5 | 51.9 | 191 |
| Lipscomb | 3,594 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Live Oak | 11,752 | 4 | 2,938.0 | 34.0 | 212 |
| Llano | 20,617 | 13 | 1,585.9 | 63.1 | 174 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 298,916 | 376 | 795.0 | 125.8 | 48 |
| Lynn | 6,116 | 1 | 6,116.0 | 16.4 | 231 |
| McCulloch | 8,710 | 6 | 1,451.7 | 68.9 | 160 |
| McLennan | 246,680 | 349 | 706.8 | 141.5 | 32 |
| McMullen | 755 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 14,850 | 8 | 1,856.3 | 53.9 | 186 |
| Marion | 11,151 | 15 | 743.4 | 134.5 | 37 |
| Martin | 5,258 | 5 | 1,051.6 | 95.1 | 101 |
| Mason | 4,145 | 2 | 2,072.5 | 48.3 | 196 |
| Matagorda | 38,581 | 50 | 771.6 | 129.6 | 41 |
| Maverick | 59,874 | 43 | 1,392.4 | 71.8 | 151 |
| Medina | 52,408 | 67 | 782.2 | 127.8 | 44 |
| Menard | 2,352 | 2 | 1,176.0 | 85.0 | 119 |
| Midland | 149,888 | 190 | 788.9 | 126.8 | 46 |
| Milam | 25,967 | 38 | 683.3 | 146.3 | 27 |
| Mills | 5,084 | 4 | 1,271.0 | 78.7 | 138 |
| Mitchell | 9,780 | 9 | 1,086.7 | 92.0 | 108 |
| Montague | 20,779 | 15 | 1,385.3 | 72.2 | 149 |
| Montgomery | 569,235 | 689 | 826.2 | 121.0 | 53 |
| Moore | 24,262 | 23 | 1,054.9 | 94.8 | 102 |
| Morris | 13,529 | 7 | 1,932.7 | 51.7 | 192 |
| Motley | 1,216 | 1 | 1,216.0 | 82.2 | 127 |
| Nacogdoches | 69,514 | 45 | 1,544.8 | 64.7 | 168 |
| Navarro | 52,236 | 56 | 932.8 | 107.2 | 77 |
| Newton | 14,409 | 6 | 2,401.5 | 41.6 | 203 |
| Nolan | 15,789 | 11 | 1,435.4 | 69.7 | 155 |
| Nueces | 361,555 | 407 | 888.3 | 112.6 | 71 |
| Ochiltree | 11,667 | 7 | 1,666.7 | 60.0 | 180 |
| Oldham | 2,146 | 1 | 2,146.0 | 46.6 | 197 |
| Orange | 85,684 | 118 | 726.1 | 137.7 | 34 |
| Palo Pinto | 30,285 | 38 | 797.0 | 125.5 | 50 |
| Panola | 25,122 | 22 | 1,141.9 | 87.6 | 117 |
| Parker | 140,735 | 213 | 660.7 | 151.3 | 18 |
| Parmer | 11,462 | 8 | 1,432.8 | 69.8 | 154 |
| Pecos | 16,527 | 9 | 1,836.3 | 54.5 | 185 |
| Polk | 49,287 | 43 | 1,146.2 | 87.2 | 118 |
| Potter | 128,970 | 162 | 796.1 | 125.6 | 49 |
| Presidio | 8,397 | 1 | 8,397.0 | 11.9 | 233 |
| Rains | 12,239 | 12 | 1,019.9 | 98.0 | 92 |
| Randall | 132,939 | 197 | 674.8 | 148.2 | 25 |
| Reagan | 3,684 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Real | 3,408 | 1 | 3,408.0 | 29.3 | 218 |
| Red River | 13,286 | 8 | 1,660.8 | 60.2 | 179 |
| Reeves | 14,494 | 7 | 2,070.6 | 48.3 | 195 |
| Refugio | 7,479 | 2 | 3,739.5 | 26.7 | 222 |
| Roberts | 980 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,380 | 6 | 3,063.3 | 32.6 | 213 |
| Rockwall | 99,630 | 164 | 607.5 | 164.6 | 8 |
| Runnels | 10,792 | 6 | 1,798.7 | 55.6 | 183 |
| Rusk | 59,148 | 68 | 869.8 | 115.0 | 67 |
| Sabine | 11,617 | 5 | 2,323.4 | 43.0 | 202 |
| San Augustine | 9,196 | 2 | 4,598.0 | 21.7 | 228 |
| San Jacinto | 29,984 | 46 | 651.8 | 153.4 | 17 |
| San Patricio | 67,055 | 88 | 762.0 | 131.2 | 39 |
| San Saba | 6,312 | 5 | 1,262.4 | 79.2 | 134 |
| Schleicher | 3,758 | 1 | 3,758.0 | 26.6 | 224 |
| Scurry | 18,083 | 14 | 1,291.6 | 77.4 | 139 |
| Shackelford | 3,587 | 1 | 3,587.0 | 27.9 | 219 |
| Shelby | 27,393 | 22 | 1,245.1 | 80.3 | 132 |
| Sherman | 3,259 | 1 | 3,259.0 | 30.7 | 215 |
| Smith | 229,067 | 337 | 679.7 | 147.1 | 26 |
| Somervell | 9,647 | 6 | 1,607.8 | 62.2 | 176 |
| Starr | 65,894 | 66 | 998.4 | 100.2 | 87 |
| Stephens | 10,015 | 7 | 1,430.7 | 69.9 | 153 |
| Sterling | 1,198 | 1 | 1,198.0 | 83.5 | 125 |
| Stonewall | 1,512 | 1 | 1,512.0 | 66.1 | 167 |
| Sutton | 4,460 | 2 | 2,230.0 | 44.8 | 200 |
| Swisher | 8,078 | 4 | 2,019.5 | 49.5 | 194 |
| Tarrant | 1,991,639 | 2,838 | 701.8 | 142.5 | 29 |
| Taylor | 136,089 | 202 | 673.7 | 148.4 | 24 |
| Terrell | 1,028 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,092 | 13 | 1,007.1 | 99.3 | 89 |
| Throckmorton | 1,659 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Titus | 35,469 | 35 | 1,013.4 | 98.7 | 90 |
| Tom Green | 113,022 | 102 | 1,108.1 | 90.2 | 110 |
| Travis | 1,170,977 | 1,316 | 889.8 | 112.4 | 72 |
| Trinity | 15,821 | 11 | 1,438.3 | 69.5 | 157 |
| Tyler | 22,338 | 9 | 2,482.0 | 40.3 | 205 |
| Upshur | 42,803 | 50 | 856.1 | 116.8 | 64 |
| Upton | 3,688 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Uvalde | 27,749 | 38 | 730.2 | 136.9 | 36 |
| Val Verde | 51,636 | 35 | 1,475.3 | 67.8 | 163 |
| Van Zandt | 55,976 | 71 | 788.4 | 126.8 | 45 |
| Victoria | 90,413 | 91 | 993.5 | 100.6 | 86 |
| Walker | 70,694 | 62 | 1,140.2 | 87.7 | 116 |
| Waller | 51,530 | 50 | 1,030.6 | 97.0 | 95 |
| Ward | 11,008 | 5 | 2,201.6 | 45.4 | 199 |
| Washington | 36,116 | 38 | 950.4 | 105.2 | 81 |
| Webb | 288,922 | 275 | 1,050.6 | 95.2 | 99 |
| Wharton | 42,519 | 102 | 416.9 | 239.9 | 1 |
| Wheeler | 5,683 | 3 | 1,894.3 | 52.8 | 190 |
| Wichita | 132,468 | 150 | 883.1 | 113.2 | 70 |
| Wilbarger | 14,359 | 4 | 3,589.8 | 27.9 | 220 |
| Willacy | 24,899 | 17 | 1,464.6 | 68.3 | 162 |
| Williamson | 540,242 | 831 | 650.1 | 153.8 | 16 |
| Wilson | 51,296 | 48 | 1,068.7 | 93.6 | 106 |
| Winkler | 7,870 | 5 | 1,574.0 | 63.5 | 170 |
| Wise | 67,865 | 71 | 955.8 | 104.6 | 82 |
| Wood | 46,000 | 39 | 1,179.5 | 84.8 | 120 |
| Yoakum | 8,854 | 5 | 1,770.8 | 56.5 | 182 |
| Young | 19,353 | 19 | 1,018.6 | 98.2 | 91 |
| Zapata | 15,852 | 6 | 2,642.0 | 37.9 | 209 |
| Zavala | 12,443 | 5 | 2,488.6 | 40.2 | 206 |
| Texas Total | 28,240,245 | 34,397 | 821.0 | 121.8 | - |