Nurse Practitioners, 2015

County	2015 Total Population	2015 NP Total	Ratio of Population to NP	Ratio of NP to 100,000 Population	Rank
Anderson	60,367	19	3,177	31.5	85
Andrews	16,133	7	2,305	43.4	55
Angelina	90,596	33	2,745	36.4	72
Aransas	24,738	5	4,948	20.2	157
Archer	9,502	1	9,502	10.5	199
Armstrong	1,969	1	1,969	50.8	37
Atascosa	50,278	6	8,380	11.9	193
Austin	32,238	5	6,448	15.5	179
Bailey	7,799	2	3,900	25.6	124
Bandera	22,792	4	5,698	17.6	168
Bastrop	86,175	19	4,536	22	147
Baylor	3,721	0	-	-	-
Bee	32,698	10	3,270	30.6	90
Bell	352,210	219	1,608	62.2	20
Bexar	1,882,834	886	2,125	47.1	45
Blanco	11,742	6	1,957	51.1	36
Borden	673	0	-	-	-
Bosque	19,338	10	1,934	51.7	35
Bowie	93,848	72	1,303	76.7	9
Brazoria	358,855	86	4,173	24	135
Brazos	214,672	63	3,407	29.3	98
Brewster	9,752	6	1,625	61.5	22
Briscoe	1,676	1	1,676	59.7	25
Brooks	7,502	0	-	-	-
Brown	39,488	14	2,821	35.5	76
Burleson	18,482	0	-	-	-
Burnet	47,386	12	3,949	25.3	127
Caldwell	43,322	5	8,664	11.5	195
Calhoun	23,298	6	3,883	25.8	122
Callahan	14,129	7	2,018	49.5	38
Cameron	449,166	117	3,839	26	118
Camp	13,421	2	6,711	14.9	181
Carson	6,354	3	2,118	47.2	42
Cass	31,323	8	3,915	25.5	126
Castro	8,500	3	2,833	35.3	77
Chambers	40,945	5	8,189	12.2	192
Cherokee	54,099	17	3,182	31.4	87
Childress	7,262	6	1,210	82.6	3
Clay	11,224	0	-	-	-
Cochran	3,302	1	3,302	30.3	91
Coke	3,213	0	-	-	-
Coleman	9,061	4	2,265	44.1	52
Collin	949,673	422	2,250	44.4	51
Collingsworth	3,147	0	-	-	-
Colorado	21,785	3	7,262	13.8	187
Comal	128,347	35	3,667	27.3	111
Comanche	14,425	3	4,808	20.8	151
Concho	4,207	0	-	-	-
Cooke	40,075	19	2,109	47.4	41
Coryell	81,321	39	2,085	48	40
Cottle	1,572	0	-	-	-
Crane	4,847	1	4,847	20.6	152
Crockett	3,918	0	-	-	-
Crosby	6,640	3	2,213	45.2	49
Culberson	2,568	2	1,284	77.9	8
Dallam	7,407	0	-	-	-
Dallas	2,496,859	1,640	1,522	65.7	16
Dawson	14,359	4	3,590	27.9	108
De Witt	20,472	6	3,412	29.3	99
Deaf Smith	20,982	5	4,196	23.8	136
Delta	5,505	0	-	-	-
Denton	789,094	245	3,221	31	88
Dickens	2,493	2	1,247	80.2	6
Dimmit	10,473	2	5,237	19.1	163
Donley	3,781	0	-	-	-
Duval	12,247	3	4,082	24.5	130
Eastland	19,259	5	3,852	26	119
Ector	148,260	66	2,246	44.5	50
Edwards	2,119	1	2,119	47.2	43
El Paso	873,513	356	2,454	40.8	62
Ellis	173,277	34	5,096	19.6	160
Erath	39,534	11	3,594	27.8	109
Falls	18,632	5	3,726	26.8	113
Fannin	35,790	8	4,474	22.4	146
Fayette	26,381	6	4,397	22.7	142
Fisher	3,943	3	1,314	76.1	10
Floyd	6,579	0	-	-	-
Foard	1,355	1	1,355	73.8	11
Fort Bend	724,104	213	3,400	29.4	96
Franklin	11,220	0	-	-	-
Freestone	20,931	6	3,489	28.7	104
Frio	18,668	7	2,667	37.5	69
Gaines	19,515	4	4,879	20.5	154
Galveston	312,880	188	1,664	60.1	24
Garza	6,738	2	3,369	29.7	94
Gillespie	27,231	12	2,269	44.1	53
Glasscock	1,293	0	-	-	-
Goliad	7,856	0	-	-	-
Gonzales	21,128	5	4,226	23.7	138
Gray	23,611	8	2,951	33.9	79
Grayson	127,097	52	2,444	40.9	61
Gregg	128,803	81	1,590	62.9	19
Grimes	28,642	6	4,774	20.9	150
Guadalupe	155,621	28	5,558	18	166
Hale	37,400	11	3,400	29.4	97
Hall	3,346	1	3,346	29.9	93
Hamilton	8,654	2	4,327	23.1	140
Hansford	6,050	1	6,050	16.5	176
Hardeman	4,313	0	-	-	-
Hardin	58,521	19	3,080	32.5	83
Harris	4,471,427	2,473	1,808	55.3	32
Harrison	68,889	14	4,921	20.3	156
Hartley	6,172	1	6,172	16.2	177
Haskell	5,971	2	2,986	33.5	80
Hays	197,298	62	3,182	31.4	86
Hemphill	4,117	1	4,117	24.3	131
Henderson	81,372	24	3,391	29.5	95
Hidalgo	883,903	251	3,522	28.4	106
Hill	37,282	7	5,326	18.8	164
Hockley	24,077	7	3,440	29.1	100
Hood	56,112	14	4,008	25	128
Hopkins	36,774	11	3,343	29.9	92
Houston	24,515	2	12,258	8.2	202
Howard	36,478	23	1,586	63.1	17
Hudspeth	3,735	0	-	-	-
Hunt	93,347	32	2,917	34.3	78
Hutchinson	22,372	3	7,457	13.4	190
Irion	1,683	0	-	-	-
Jack	9,382	1	9,382	10.7	198
Jackson	14,238	2	7,119	14	184
Jasper	36,523	15	2,435	41.1	60
Jeff Davis	2,434	1	2,434	41.1	59
Jefferson	259,399	213	1,218	82.1	5
Jim Hogg	5,548	0	-	-	-
Jim Wells	42,763	11	3,888	25.7	123
Johnson	167,760	26	6,452	15.5	180
Jones	21,223	10	2,122	47.1	44
Karnes	15,557	2	7,779	12.9	191
Kaufman	124,238	36	3,451	29	101
Kendall	38,993	13	2,999	33.3	81
Kenedy	438	0	-	-	-
Kent	803	0	-	-	-
Kerr	53,262	28	1,902	52.6	34
Kimble	4,848	0	-	-	-
King	293	0	-	-	-
Kinney	3,734	0	-	-	-
Kleberg	33,715	5	6,743	14.8	183
Knox	3,752	3	1,251	80	7
La Salle	7,601	3	2,534	39.5	65
Lamar	51,516	30	1,717	58.2	27
Lamb	14,307	2	7,154	14	185
Lampasas	21,463	2	10,732	9.3	201
Lavaca	19,541	5	3,908	25.6	125
Lee	17,880	2	8,940	11.2	196
Leon	18,131	0	-	-	-
Liberty	82,984	17	4,881	20.5	155
Limestone	24,761	6	4,127	24.2	133
Lipscomb	3,549	1	3,549	28.2	107
Live Oak	11,718	2	5,859	17.1	171
Llano	20,400	1	20,400	4.9	207
Loving	81	0	-	-	-
Lubbock	295,257	247	1,195	83.7	2
Lynn	6,095	3	2,032	49.2	39
Madison	14,639	2	7,320	13.7	188
Marion	11,059	4	2,765	36.2	75
Martin	5,182	0	-	-	-
Mason	4,128	0	-	-	-
Matagorda	38,295	11	3,481	28.7	102
Maverick	58,947	8	7,368	13.6	189
McCulloch	8,634	0	-	-	-
McLennan	244,576	112	2,184	45.8	48
McMullen	750	0	-	-	-
Medina	51,307	6	8,551	11.7	194
Menard	2,346	1	2,346	42.6	56
Midland	147,653	58	2,546	39.3	66
Milam	25,759	14	1,840	54.3	33
Mills	5,056	2	2,528	39.6	64
Mitchell	9,727	2	4,864	20.6	153
Montague	20,610	5	4,122	24.3	132
Montgomery	548,532	222	2,471	40.5	63
Moore	23,849	1	23,849	4.2	208
Morris	13,438	2	6,719	14.9	182
Motley	1,216	0	-	-	-
Nacogdoches	68,586	26	2,638	37.9	68
Navarro	51,464	5	10,293	9.7	200
Newton	14,431	1	14,431	6.9	205
Nolan	15,690	3	5,230	19.1	162
Nueces	357,888	203	1,763	56.7	29
Ochiltree	11,410	2	5,705	17.5	169
Oldham	2,128	0	-	-	-
Orange	85,098	23	3,700	27	112
Palo Pinto	29,914	8	3,739	26.7	114
Panola	24,912	4	6,228	16.1	178
Parker	136,501	23	5,935	16.8	172
Parmer	11,258	3	3,753	26.6	116
Pecos	16,380	6	2,730	36.6	70
Polk	48,633	11	4,421	22.6	145
Potter	127,643	154	829	120.6	1
Presidio	8,314	2	4,157	24.1	134
Rains	12,019	0	-	-	-
Randall	130,799	31	4,219	23.7	137
Reagan	3,634	1	3,634	27.5	110
Real	3,393	0	-	-	-
Red River	13,227	3	4,409	22.7	143
Reeves	14,398	2	7,199	13.9	186
Refugio	7,486	2	3,743	26.7	115
Roberts	975	0	-	-	-
Robertson	18,098	2	9,049	11.1	197
Rockwall	95,829	40	2,396	41.7	58
Runnels	10,756	2	5,378	18.6	165
Rusk	58,150	15	3,877	25.8	121
Sabine	11,486	2	5,743	17.4	170
San Augustine	9,151	4	2,288	43.7	54
San Jacinto	29,386	1	29,386	3.4	210
San Patricio	66,697	14	4,764	21	149
San Saba	6,296	2	3,148	31.8	84
Schleicher	3,726	0	-	-	-
Scurry	17,884	3	5,961	16.8	173
Shackelford	3,552	2	1,776	56.3	30
Shelby	27,068	7	3,867	25.9	120
Sherman	3,220	2	1,610	62.1	21
Smith	225,731	142	1,590	62.9	18
Somervell	9,436	4	2,359	42.4	57
Starr	65,101	5	13,020	7.7	204
Stephens	9,941	2	4,971	20.1	158
Sterling	1,193	0	-	-	-
Stonewall	1,508	1	1,508	66.3	15
Sutton	4,417	1	4,417	22.6	144
Swisher	8,055	2	4,028	24.8	129
Tarrant	1,959,449	919	2,132	46.9	46
Taylor	135,409	97	1,396	71.6	12
Terrell	1,026	0	-	-	-
Terry	13,027	4	3,257	30.7	89
Throckmorton	1,655	1	1,655	60.4	23
Titus	34,910	7	4,987	20.1	159
Tom Green	112,579	64	1,759	56.8	28
Travis	1,144,887	681	1,681	59.5	26
Trinity	15,618	0	-	-	-
Tyler	22,257	4	5,564	18	167
Upshur	42,223	7	6,032	16.6	174
Upton	3,632	3	1,211	82.6	4
Uvalde	27,543	10	2,754	36.3	74
Val Verde	51,217	12	4,268	23.4	139
Van Zandt	55,413	3	18,471	5.4	206
Victoria	89,831	64	1,404	71.2	13
Walker	70,199	15	4,680	21.4	148
Waller	50,082	4	12,521	8	203
Ward	10,960	4	2,740	36.5	71
Washington	35,712	13	2,747	36.4	73
Webb	282,143	109	2,588	38.6	67
Wharton	42,332	7	6,047	16.5	175
Wheeler	5,637	0	-	-	-
Wichita	132,279	74	1,788	55.9	31
Wilbarger	14,220	10	1,422	70.3	14
Willacy	24,444	1	24,444	4.1	209
Williamson	518,755	172	3,016	33.2	82
Wilson	49,833	13	3,833	26.1	117
Winkler	7,755	0	-	-	-
Wise	66,321	19	3,491	28.6	105
Wood	45,341	13	3,488	28.7	103
Yoakum	8,687	2	4,344	23	141
Young	19,220	9	2,136	46.8	47
Zapata	15,544	3	5,181	19.3	161
Zavala	12,324	0	-	-	-
Texas Total	27,695,284	12,421	2,230	44.8	-
NPs w/o Texas RN license	-	638	-	-	-

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