HPRC's Supply and Distribution Tables describe the supply and distribution of Texas health care providers by county. The tables show county-level provider counts, ratios, and population data for state-licensed health professions.Click here to view HPRC's interactive Health Professions Supply Table Dashboard on the Texas Health Data website.To learn more about HPRC's data methods, click here to view our Data Methods and Comments page.Note: We are migrating all health professions data to our dashboards. Click here to view HPRC's available Supply and Distribution Tables for professions not currently in the dashboard. 

HPRC's Health Professions Fact Sheets provide demographic, geographic, and practice characteristics for the licensed health care workforce in Texas.

Click here to view HPRC's interactive Health Professions Fact Sheets Dashboard on the Texas Health Data website.

Note: We are migrating all health professions data to our dashboards. Click here to view the available 2022 Fact Sheets for professions not currently in the dashboard. 

HPRC's Workforce Supply and Demand Projections provide statewide and regional projections for selected health professions, including nurses, physicians, physician assistants, behavioral health providers, and oral health providers.

Click here to view HPRC's interactive Health Workforce Supply and Demand Projections Dashboard on the Texas Health Data website.

• 2022-2036 Behavioral Health Supply and Demand Projections Executive Summary
• 2022-2036 Oral Health Supply and Demand Projections Executive Summary

HPRC conducts health care workforce research on select topics as part of its mission to support stakeholders by providing reliable information on health care workforce trends and needs. Select publications can be viewed below.

• Age and Distribution of the Texas Nursing Workforce, 2015-2024. June 2025, Poster. Link to PDF.
• Prevalence and Prevention of Workplace Violence Among the Nursing Workforce of Texas. June 2025, Poster. Link to PDF.
• Comparing New Appointments and Vacancies of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty in Pre-Licensure Nursing Education Programs in Texas. June 2024, Poster. Link to PDF.
• Texas Distribution of Nurse Practitioners by Specialty: 2023 Update. June 2024, Poster. Link to PDF.
• Profile of Internationally Educated Nurses in Texas. June 2024, Poster. Link to PDF.
• The Transitioning Workforce: Licensed Vocational Nurses to Registered Nurses. June 2024, Poster. Link to PDF.
• 2019 Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care Physician, and the Texas Population: Race/Ethnicity Distribution. April 2022, One-Pager. Link to PDF.
• Where Are the BSN-Educated RNs in Texas?. February 2022, One-Pager. Link to PDF.
• 2019 Primary Care Physicians and the Texas Population: Race/Ethnicity. 2013 & 2019, February 2022, One-Pager. Link to PDF.
• Primary Care Physicians and Physician Assistants in Texas. January 2022, One-Pager.  Link to PDF.
• How is the Mental Health Workforce Distributed?. November 2021, One-Pager. Link to PDF.
• Women and Women's Health Providers: Metro v. Non-Metro. May 2021, One-Pager. Link to PDF.

HPRC is tasked with conducting research to identify medical specialties and subspecialties that are at critical shortage levels, the overall supply of physicians in the state, and the ability of the graduate medical education system to meet the current and future health care needs of the state. The reports below are in fulfillment of the requirements of Section 105.009 of the Texas Health and Safety Code.

• 2026 Report (upcoming)
• 2024 Report
• 2022 Report
• 2020 Report
• 2018 Report
• 2016 Report
  • 2016 Addendum 

To request custom reports or data, please email HPRC at HPRC@dshs.texas.gov.