Dental Assistants, 2017
Dental Assistants by County - September 2017
| County | 2017 Population | 2017 DA Total | Ratio of 2017 Population to DA | Ratio of DAs to 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 61,127 | 53 | 1,153.3 | 86.7 | 131 |
| Andrews | 16,667 | 17 | 980.4 | 102.0 | 95 |
| Angelina | 92,034 | 91 | 1,011.4 | 98.9 | 101 |
| Aransas | 25,311 | 23 | 1,100.5 | 90.9 | 119 |
| Archer | 9,641 | 10 | 964.1 | 103.7 | 90 |
| Armstrong | 1,987 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Atascosa | 52,520 | 63 | 833.7 | 120.0 | 65 |
| Austin | 33,876 | 58 | 584.1 | 171.2 | 8 |
| Bailey | 8,029 | 10 | 802.9 | 124.5 | 55 |
| Bandera | 23,725 | 26 | 912.5 | 109.6 | 80 |
| Bastrop | 91,637 | 131 | 699.5 | 143.0 | 30 |
| Baylor | 3,709 | 2 | 1,854.5 | 53.9 | 194 |
| Bee | 33,009 | 27 | 1,222.6 | 81.8 | 143 |
| Bell | 369,159 | 575 | 642.0 | 155.8 | 19 |
| Bexar | 1,953,028 | 2,849 | 685.5 | 145.9 | 26 |
| Blanco | 12,244 | 11 | 1,113.1 | 89.8 | 122 |
| Borden | 686 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 19,808 | 14 | 1,414.9 | 70.7 | 164 |
| Bowie | 94,325 | 99 | 952.8 | 105.0 | 88 |
| Brazoria | 378,766 | 506 | 748.5 | 133.6 | 42 |
| Brazos | 224,255 | 235 | 954.3 | 104.8 | 89 |
| Brewster | 9,971 | 5 | 1,994.2 | 50.1 | 200 |
| Briscoe | 1,679 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Brooks | 7,567 | 8 | 945.9 | 105.7 | 85 |
| Brown | 39,995 | 41 | 975.5 | 102.5 | 93 |
| Burleson | 18,980 | 17 | 1,116.5 | 89.6 | 123 |
| Burnet | 49,390 | 101 | 489.0 | 204.5 | 5 |
| Caldwell | 45,569 | 66 | 690.4 | 144.8 | 27 |
| Calhoun | 24,071 | 16 | 1,504.4 | 66.5 | 174 |
| Callahan | 14,351 | 10 | 1,435.1 | 69.7 | 167 |
| Cameron | 466,790 | 590 | 791.2 | 126.4 | 51 |
| Camp | 13,809 | 14 | 986.4 | 101.4 | 96 |
| Carson | 6,418 | 5 | 1,283.6 | 77.9 | 151 |
| Cass | 31,624 | 23 | 1,375.0 | 72.7 | 161 |
| Castro | 8,662 | 5 | 1,732.4 | 57.7 | 190 |
| Chambers | 43,513 | 40 | 1,087.8 | 91.9 | 118 |
| Cherokee | 55,487 | 47 | 1,180.6 | 84.7 | 134 |
| Childress | 7,341 | 6 | 1,223.5 | 81.7 | 144 |
| Clay | 11,389 | 13 | 876.1 | 114.1 | 74 |
| Cochran | 3,374 | 3 | 1,124.7 | 88.9 | 124 |
| Coke | 3,158 | 2 | 1,579.0 | 63.3 | 178 |
| Coleman | 9,147 | 7 | 1,306.7 | 76.5 | 153 |
| Collin | 1,025,618 | 1,211 | 846.9 | 118.1 | 67 |
| Collingsworth | 3,183 | 2 | 1,591.5 | 62.8 | 181 |
| Colorado | 22,151 | 22 | 1,006.9 | 99.3 | 100 |
| Comal | 136,927 | 193 | 709.5 | 141.0 | 32 |
| Comanche | 14,577 | 12 | 1,214.8 | 82.3 | 140 |
| Concho | 4,256 | 2 | 2,128.0 | 47.0 | 205 |
| Cooke | 40,726 | 46 | 885.3 | 112.9 | 75 |
| Coryell | 83,448 | 97 | 860.3 | 116.2 | 70 |
| Cottle | 1,583 | 1 | 1,583.0 | 63.2 | 179 |
| Crane | 5,054 | 2 | 2,527.0 | 39.6 | 214 |
| Crockett | 3,986 | 1 | 3,986.0 | 25.1 | 229 |
| Crosby | 6,860 | 5 | 1,372.0 | 72.9 | 160 |
| Culberson | 2,628 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallam | 7,660 | 5 | 1,532.0 | 65.3 | 175 |
| Dallas | 2,552,920 | 3,325 | 767.8 | 130.2 | 45 |
| Dawson | 14,536 | 10 | 1,453.6 | 68.8 | 171 |
| Deaf Smith | 21,621 | 11 | 1,965.5 | 50.9 | 199 |
| Delta | 5,623 | 7 | 803.3 | 124.5 | 56 |
| Denton | 846,738 | 980 | 864.0 | 115.7 | 72 |
| De Witt | 20,673 | 17 | 1,216.1 | 82.2 | 141 |
| Dickens | 2,496 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dimmit | 10,645 | 5 | 2,129.0 | 47.0 | 206 |
| Donley | 3,827 | 3 | 1,275.7 | 78.4 | 150 |
| Duval | 12,398 | 12 | 1,033.2 | 96.8 | 110 |
| Eastland | 19,512 | 17 | 1,147.8 | 87.1 | 128 |
| Ector | 152,715 | 213 | 717.0 | 139.5 | 37 |
| Edwards | 2,144 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ellis | 183,618 | 290 | 633.2 | 157.9 | 15 |
| El Paso | 904,586 | 935 | 967.5 | 103.4 | 91 |
| Erath | 40,353 | 50 | 807.1 | 123.9 | 58 |
| Falls | 18,879 | 25 | 755.2 | 132.4 | 43 |
| Fannin | 36,571 | 63 | 580.5 | 172.3 | 7 |
| Fayette | 27,147 | 43 | 631.3 | 158.4 | 13 |
| Fisher | 3,931 | 3 | 1,310.3 | 76.3 | 154 |
| Floyd | 6,596 | 5 | 1,319.2 | 75.8 | 155 |
| Foard | 1,364 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Fort Bend | 786,948 | 981 | 802.2 | 124.7 | 53 |
| Franklin | 11,470 | 7 | 1,638.6 | 61.0 | 183 |
| Freestone | 21,356 | 15 | 1,423.7 | 70.2 | 165 |
| Frio | 19,230 | 17 | 1,131.2 | 88.4 | 125 |
| Gaines | 20,376 | 9 | 2,264.0 | 44.2 | 211 |
| Galveston | 321,627 | 392 | 820.5 | 121.9 | 62 |
| Garza | 6,836 | 6 | 1,139.3 | 87.8 | 126 |
| Gillespie | 28,288 | 44 | 642.9 | 155.5 | 20 |
| Glasscock | 1,316 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 8,122 | 8 | 1,015.3 | 98.5 | 104 |
| Gonzales | 21,615 | 17 | 1,271.5 | 78.6 | 148 |
| Gray | 24,127 | 21 | 1,148.9 | 87.0 | 130 |
| Grayson | 129,680 | 200 | 648.4 | 154.2 | 22 |
| Gregg | 131,827 | 201 | 655.9 | 152.5 | 23 |
| Grimes | 29,525 | 38 | 777.0 | 128.7 | 48 |
| Guadalupe | 166,027 | 279 | 595.1 | 168.0 | 10 |
| Hale | 37,816 | 36 | 1,050.4 | 95.2 | 111 |
| Hall | 3,334 | 2 | 1,667.0 | 60.0 | 184 |
| Hamilton | 8,710 | 10 | 871.0 | 114.8 | 73 |
| Hansford | 6,224 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hardeman | 4,365 | 2 | 2,182.5 | 45.8 | 208 |
| Hardin | 59,964 | 48 | 1,249.3 | 80.0 | 147 |
| Harris | 4,633,511 | 5,916 | 783.2 | 127.7 | 49 |
| Harrison | 70,179 | 92 | 762.8 | 131.1 | 44 |
| Hartley | 6,225 | 2 | 3,112.5 | 32.1 | 219 |
| Haskell | 5,996 | 5 | 1,199.2 | 83.4 | 137 |
| Hays | 215,576 | 301 | 716.2 | 139.6 | 35 |
| Hemphill | 4,228 | 3 | 1,409.3 | 71.0 | 163 |
| Henderson | 82,521 | 96 | 859.6 | 116.3 | 69 |
| Hidalgo | 931,010 | 926 | 1,005.4 | 99.5 | 99 |
| Hill | 38,112 | 37 | 1,030.1 | 97.1 | 109 |
| Hockley | 24,467 | 17 | 1,439.2 | 69.5 | 168 |
| Hood | 58,168 | 83 | 700.8 | 142.7 | 31 |
| Hopkins | 37,465 | 46 | 814.5 | 122.8 | 61 |
| Houston | 24,770 | 20 | 1,238.5 | 80.7 | 146 |
| Howard | 37,000 | 35 | 1,057.1 | 94.6 | 113 |
| Hudspeth | 3,835 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 96,586 | 199 | 485.4 | 206.0 | 4 |
| Hutchinson | 22,448 | 19 | 1,181.5 | 84.6 | 135 |
| Irion | 1,697 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jack | 9,502 | 3 | 3,167.3 | 31.6 | 220 |
| Jackson | 14,277 | 21 | 679.9 | 147.1 | 25 |
| Jasper | 36,798 | 37 | 994.5 | 100.5 | 97 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,460 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jefferson | 262,687 | 196 | 1,340.2 | 74.6 | 158 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,626 | 1 | 5,626.0 | 17.8 | 231 |
| Jim Wells | 43,490 | 37 | 1,175.4 | 85.1 | 133 |
| Johnson | 175,030 | 277 | 631.9 | 158.3 | 14 |
| Jones | 21,647 | 9 | 2,405.2 | 41.6 | 212 |
| Karnes | 15,853 | 17 | 932.5 | 107.2 | 82 |
| Kaufman | 133,652 | 245 | 545.5 | 183.3 | 6 |
| Kendall | 41,370 | 44 | 940.2 | 106.4 | 83 |
| Kenedy | 450 | 1 | 450.0 | 222.2 | 3 |
| Kent | 808 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kerr | 54,742 | 58 | 943.8 | 106.0 | 84 |
| Kimble | 4,917 | 1 | 4,917.0 | 20.3 | 230 |
| King | 296 | 1 | 296.0 | 337.8 | 1 |
| Kinney | 3,765 | 1 | 3,765.0 | 26.6 | 228 |
| Kleberg | 34,388 | 27 | 1,273.6 | 78.5 | 149 |
| Knox | 3,757 | 1 | 3,757.0 | 26.6 | 227 |
| Lamar | 52,162 | 39 | 1,337.5 | 74.8 | 157 |
| Lamb | 14,431 | 7 | 2,061.6 | 48.5 | 202 |
| Lampasas | 22,231 | 38 | 585.0 | 170.9 | 9 |
| La Salle | 7,837 | 3 | 2,612.3 | 38.3 | 215 |
| Lavaca | 19,649 | 23 | 854.3 | 117.1 | 68 |
| Lee | 18,373 | 30 | 612.4 | 163.3 | 11 |
| Leon | 18,670 | 11 | 1,697.3 | 58.9 | 188 |
| Liberty | 86,047 | 117 | 735.4 | 136.0 | 39 |
| Limestone | 25,304 | 17 | 1,488.5 | 67.2 | 172 |
| Lipscomb | 3,639 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Live Oak | 11,769 | 7 | 1,681.3 | 59.5 | 186 |
| Llano | 20,829 | 25 | 833.2 | 120.0 | 64 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 302,568 | 384 | 787.9 | 126.9 | 50 |
| Lynn | 6,140 | 2 | 3,070.0 | 32.6 | 218 |
| McCulloch | 8,798 | 4 | 2,199.5 | 45.5 | 209 |
| McLennan | 248,752 | 343 | 725.2 | 137.9 | 38 |
| McMullen | 759 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 15,040 | 9 | 1,671.1 | 59.8 | 185 |
| Marion | 11,220 | 11 | 1,020.0 | 98.0 | 106 |
| Martin | 5,347 | 6 | 891.2 | 112.2 | 77 |
| Mason | 4,155 | 2 | 2,077.5 | 48.1 | 203 |
| Matagorda | 38,879 | 49 | 793.4 | 126.0 | 52 |
| Maverick | 60,789 | 42 | 1,447.4 | 69.1 | 170 |
| Medina | 53,517 | 77 | 695.0 | 143.9 | 29 |
| Menard | 2,380 | 2 | 1,190.0 | 84.0 | 136 |
| Midland | 152,189 | 197 | 772.5 | 129.4 | 47 |
| Milam | 26,178 | 41 | 638.5 | 156.6 | 18 |
| Mills | 5,121 | 5 | 1,024.2 | 97.6 | 107 |
| Mitchell | 9,853 | 7 | 1,407.6 | 71.0 | 162 |
| Montague | 20,950 | 11 | 1,904.5 | 52.5 | 196 |
| Montgomery | 590,851 | 731 | 808.3 | 123.7 | 59 |
| Moore | 24,636 | 30 | 821.2 | 121.8 | 63 |
| Morris | 13,625 | 7 | 1,946.4 | 51.4 | 198 |
| Motley | 1,212 | 1 | 1,212.0 | 82.5 | 139 |
| Nacogdoches | 70,491 | 52 | 1,355.6 | 73.8 | 159 |
| Navarro | 53,020 | 69 | 768.4 | 130.1 | 46 |
| Newton | 14,388 | 8 | 1,798.5 | 55.6 | 191 |
| Nolan | 15,883 | 10 | 1,588.3 | 63.0 | 180 |
| Nueces | 365,275 | 423 | 863.5 | 115.8 | 71 |
| Ochiltree | 11,930 | 7 | 1,704.3 | 58.7 | 189 |
| Oldham | 2,165 | 1 | 2,165.0 | 46.2 | 207 |
| Orange | 86,261 | 106 | 813.8 | 122.9 | 60 |
| Palo Pinto | 30,638 | 38 | 806.3 | 124.0 | 57 |
| Panola | 25,325 | 19 | 1,332.9 | 75.0 | 156 |
| Parker | 145,104 | 224 | 647.8 | 154.4 | 21 |
| Parmer | 11,687 | 4 | 2,921.8 | 34.2 | 216 |
| Pecos | 16,661 | 9 | 1,851.2 | 54.0 | 193 |
| Polk | 49,954 | 49 | 1,019.5 | 98.1 | 105 |
| Potter | 130,334 | 175 | 744.8 | 134.3 | 40 |
| Presidio | 8,485 | 1 | 8,485.0 | 11.8 | 232 |
| Rains | 12,461 | 14 | 890.1 | 112.4 | 76 |
| Randall | 135,116 | 212 | 637.3 | 156.9 | 17 |
| Reagan | 3,747 | 1 | 3,747.0 | 26.7 | 226 |
| Real | 3,418 | 1 | 3,418.0 | 29.3 | 224 |
| Red River | 13,345 | 7 | 1,906.4 | 52.5 | 197 |
| Reeves | 14,605 | 9 | 1,622.8 | 61.6 | 182 |
| Refugio | 7,488 | 2 | 3,744.0 | 26.7 | 225 |
| Roberts | 988 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,666 | 12 | 1,555.5 | 64.3 | 177 |
| Rockwall | 103,544 | 156 | 663.7 | 150.7 | 24 |
| Runnels | 10,846 | 7 | 1,549.4 | 64.5 | 176 |
| Rusk | 60,164 | 62 | 970.4 | 103.1 | 92 |
| Sabine | 11,763 | 4 | 2,940.8 | 34.0 | 217 |
| San Augustine | 9,238 | 8 | 1,154.8 | 86.6 | 132 |
| San Jacinto | 30,578 | 41 | 745.8 | 134.1 | 41 |
| San Patricio | 67,385 | 84 | 802.2 | 124.7 | 54 |
| San Saba | 6,351 | 6 | 1,058.5 | 94.5 | 114 |
| Schleicher | 3,792 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Scurry | 18,274 | 15 | 1,218.3 | 82.1 | 142 |
| Shackelford | 3,621 | 4 | 905.3 | 110.5 | 79 |
| Shelby | 27,694 | 25 | 1,107.8 | 90.3 | 121 |
| Sherman | 3,311 | 1 | 3,311.0 | 30.2 | 223 |
| Smith | 232,478 | 335 | 694.0 | 144.1 | 28 |
| Somervell | 9,844 | 8 | 1,230.5 | 81.3 | 145 |
| Starr | 66,659 | 70 | 952.3 | 105.0 | 87 |
| Stephens | 10,094 | 7 | 1,442.0 | 69.3 | 169 |
| Sterling | 1,201 | 1 | 1,201.0 | 83.3 | 138 |
| Stonewall | 1,506 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Sutton | 4,505 | 3 | 1,501.7 | 66.6 | 173 |
| Swisher | 8,107 | 4 | 2,026.8 | 49.3 | 201 |
| Tarrant | 2,023,985 | 2,848 | 710.7 | 140.7 | 33 |
| Taylor | 136,730 | 223 | 613.1 | 163.1 | 12 |
| Terrell | 1,033 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,150 | 13 | 1,011.5 | 98.9 | 102 |
| Throckmorton | 1,655 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Titus | 36,032 | 34 | 1,059.8 | 94.4 | 115 |
| Tom Green | 113,525 | 116 | 978.7 | 102.2 | 94 |
| Travis | 1,197,053 | 1,326 | 902.8 | 110.8 | 78 |
| Trinity | 16,035 | 5 | 3,207.0 | 31.2 | 221 |
| Tyler | 22,401 | 12 | 1,866.8 | 53.6 | 195 |
| Upshur | 43,368 | 47 | 922.7 | 108.4 | 81 |
| Upton | 3,730 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Uvalde | 27,942 | 39 | 716.5 | 139.6 | 36 |
| Val Verde | 52,041 | 40 | 1,301.0 | 76.9 | 152 |
| Van Zandt | 56,528 | 79 | 715.5 | 139.8 | 34 |
| Victoria | 91,033 | 84 | 1,083.7 | 92.3 | 116 |
| Walker | 71,206 | 62 | 1,148.5 | 87.1 | 129 |
| Waller | 53,094 | 53 | 1,001.8 | 99.8 | 98 |
| Ward | 11,063 | 6 | 1,843.8 | 54.2 | 192 |
| Washington | 36,520 | 33 | 1,106.7 | 90.4 | 120 |
| Webb | 295,933 | 280 | 1,056.9 | 94.6 | 112 |
| Wharton | 42,702 | 96 | 444.8 | 224.8 | 2 |
| Wheeler | 5,740 | 4 | 1,435.0 | 69.7 | 166 |
| Wichita | 132,676 | 158 | 839.7 | 119.1 | 66 |
| Wilbarger | 14,495 | 6 | 2,415.8 | 41.4 | 213 |
| Willacy | 25,386 | 15 | 1,692.4 | 59.1 | 187 |
| Williamson | 562,337 | 885 | 635.4 | 157.4 | 16 |
| Wilson | 52,760 | 52 | 1,014.6 | 98.6 | 103 |
| Winkler | 7,990 | 7 | 1,141.4 | 87.6 | 127 |
| Wise | 69,449 | 73 | 951.4 | 105.1 | 86 |
| Wood | 46,650 | 43 | 1,084.9 | 92.2 | 117 |
| Yoakum | 9,026 | 4 | 2,256.5 | 44.3 | 210 |
| Young | 19,483 | 19 | 1,025.4 | 97.5 | 108 |
| Zapata | 16,138 | 5 | 3,227.6 | 31.0 | 222 |
| Zavala | 12,560 | 6 | 2,093.3 | 47.8 | 204 |
| Texas Total | 28,797,290 | 35,784 | 804.8 | 124.3 | - |