Nurse Practitioners, 2016
| County | 2016 Population | 2016 NP Total | Ratio of 2016 Population to NP | Ratio of NPs to 100,000 Population | Rank |
| Anderson | 60,739 | 18 | 3,374.4 | 29.6 | 122 |
| Andrews | 16,383 | 8 | 2,047.9 | 48.8 | 50 |
| Angelina | 91,314 | 45 | 2,029.2 | 49.3 | 48 |
| Aransas | 25,023 | 5 | 5,004.6 | 20.0 | 178 |
| Archer | 9,567 | 1 | 9,567.0 | 10.5 | 208 |
| Armstrong | 1,980 | 1 | 1,980.0 | 50.5 | 45 |
| Atascosa | 51,408 | 10 | 5,140.8 | 19.5 | 180 |
| Austin | 33,048 | 5 | 6,609.6 | 15.1 | 198 |
| Bailey | 7,914 | 2 | 3,957.0 | 25.3 | 149 |
| Bandera | 23,255 | 5 | 4,651.0 | 21.5 | 168 |
| Bastrop | 88,852 | 22 | 4,038.7 | 24.8 | 153 |
| Baylor | 3,721 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bee | 32,842 | 13 | 2,526.3 | 39.6 | 79 |
| Bell | 360,731 | 223 | 1,617.6 | 61.8 | 31 |
| Bexar | 1,917,932 | 1,015 | 1,889.6 | 52.9 | 42 |
| Blanco | 11,988 | 6 | 1,998.0 | 50.1 | 47 |
| Borden | 680 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 19,576 | 7 | 2,796.6 | 35.8 | 90 |
| Bowie | 94,087 | 90 | 1,045.4 | 95.7 | 5 |
| Brazoria | 368,706 | 111 | 3,321.7 | 30.1 | 116 |
| Brazos | 219,410 | 73 | 3,005.6 | 33.3 | 98 |
| Brewster | 9,854 | 8 | 1,231.8 | 81.2 | 12 |
| Briscoe | 1,676 | 1 | 1,676.0 | 59.7 | 35 |
| Brooks | 7,533 | 2 | 3,766.5 | 26.5 | 145 |
| Brown | 39,746 | 16 | 2,484.1 | 40.3 | 75 |
| Burleson | 18,721 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Burnet | 48,377 | 17 | 2,845.7 | 35.1 | 92 |
| Caldwell | 44,428 | 6 | 7,404.7 | 13.5 | 202 |
| Calhoun | 23,670 | 4 | 5,917.5 | 16.9 | 192 |
| Callahan | 14,238 | 6 | 2,373.0 | 42.1 | 70 |
| Cameron | 457,823 | 142 | 3,224.1 | 31.0 | 110 |
| Camp | 13,611 | 2 | 6,805.5 | 14.7 | 200 |
| Carson | 6,392 | 3 | 2,130.7 | 46.9 | 56 |
| Cass | 31,473 | 7 | 4,496.1 | 22.2 | 164 |
| Castro | 8,586 | 3 | 2,862.0 | 34.9 | 94 |
| Chambers | 42,211 | 8 | 5,276.4 | 19.0 | 182 |
| Cherokee | 54,785 | 22 | 2,490.2 | 40.2 | 76 |
| Childress | 7,298 | 6 | 1,216.3 | 82.2 | 10 |
| Clay | 11,306 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cochran | 3,343 | 2 | 1,671.5 | 59.8 | 34 |
| Coke | 3,193 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coleman | 9,100 | 4 | 2,275.0 | 44.0 | 63 |
| Collin | 986,904 | 502 | 1,965.9 | 50.9 | 44 |
| Collingsworth | 3,163 | 1 | 3,163.0 | 31.6 | 106 |
| Colorado | 21,978 | 4 | 5,494.5 | 18.2 | 186 |
| Comal | 132,578 | 51 | 2,599.6 | 38.5 | 82 |
| Comanche | 14,505 | 4 | 3,626.3 | 27.6 | 139 |
| Concho | 4,237 | 1 | 4,237.0 | 23.6 | 157 |
| Cooke | 40,388 | 19 | 2,125.7 | 47.0 | 55 |
| Coryell | 82,355 | 36 | 2,287.6 | 43.7 | 64 |
| Cottle | 1,578 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crane | 4,944 | 1 | 4,944.0 | 20.2 | 177 |
| Crockett | 3,948 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crosby | 6,746 | 4 | 1,686.5 | 59.3 | 36 |
| Culberson | 2,597 | 2 | 1,298.5 | 77.0 | 14 |
| Dallam | 7,537 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallas | 2,524,470 | 1,813 | 1,392.4 | 71.8 | 20 |
| Dawson | 14,446 | 3 | 4,815.3 | 20.8 | 171 |
| Deaf Smith | 21,311 | 6 | 3,551.8 | 28.2 | 132 |
| Delta | 5,561 | 2 | 2,780.5 | 36.0 | 88 |
| Denton | 817,359 | 287 | 2,847.9 | 35.1 | 93 |
| De Witt | 20,575 | 6 | 3,429.2 | 29.2 | 125 |
| Dickens | 2,491 | 1 | 2,491.0 | 40.1 | 77 |
| Dimmit | 10,565 | 2 | 5,282.5 | 18.9 | 183 |
| Donley | 3,799 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Duval | 12,313 | 4 | 3,078.3 | 32.5 | 102 |
| Eastland | 19,385 | 6 | 3,230.8 | 31.0 | 112 |
| Ector | 150,463 | 65 | 2,314.8 | 43.2 | 68 |
| Edwards | 2,136 | 1 | 2,136.0 | 46.8 | 57 |
| Ellis | 178,372 | 51 | 3,497.5 | 28.6 | 129 |
| El Paso | 888,912 | 428 | 2,076.9 | 48.1 | 53 |
| Erath | 39,942 | 13 | 3,072.5 | 32.5 | 101 |
| Falls | 18,752 | 5 | 3,750.4 | 26.7 | 144 |
| Fannin | 36,169 | 8 | 4,521.1 | 22.1 | 165 |
| Fayette | 26,766 | 5 | 5,353.2 | 18.7 | 185 |
| Fisher | 3,938 | 3 | 1,312.7 | 76.2 | 15 |
| Floyd | 6,591 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Foard | 1,356 | 1 | 1,356.0 | 73.7 | 18 |
| Fort Bend | 754,968 | 284 | 2,658.3 | 37.6 | 85 |
| Franklin | 11,345 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Freestone | 21,133 | 6 | 3,522.2 | 28.4 | 130 |
| Frio | 18,949 | 14 | 1,353.5 | 73.9 | 17 |
| Gaines | 19,946 | 5 | 3,989.2 | 25.1 | 152 |
| Galveston | 317,213 | 206 | 1,539.9 | 64.9 | 25 |
| Garza | 6,794 | 2 | 3,397.0 | 29.4 | 123 |
| Gillespie | 27,768 | 8 | 3,471.0 | 28.8 | 128 |
| Glasscock | 1,302 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 7,988 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Gonzales | 21,379 | 6 | 3,563.2 | 28.1 | 133 |
| Gray | 23,869 | 8 | 2,983.6 | 33.5 | 97 |
| Grayson | 128,394 | 58 | 2,213.7 | 45.2 | 60 |
| Gregg | 130,315 | 104 | 1,253.0 | 79.8 | 13 |
| Grimes | 29,092 | 3 | 9,697.3 | 10.3 | 209 |
| Guadalupe | 160,756 | 27 | 5,953.9 | 16.8 | 193 |
| Hale | 37,611 | 14 | 2,686.5 | 37.2 | 86 |
| Hall | 3,335 | 1 | 3,335.0 | 30.0 | 118 |
| Hamilton | 8,679 | 2 | 4,339.5 | 23.0 | 158 |
| Hansford | 6,126 | 2 | 3,063.0 | 32.6 | 99 |
| Hardeman | 4,345 | 2 | 2,172.5 | 46.0 | 58 |
| Hardin | 59,248 | 24 | 2,468.7 | 40.5 | 74 |
| Harris | 4,551,437 | 2,819 | 1,614.6 | 61.9 | 30 |
| Harrison | 69,524 | 15 | 4,634.9 | 21.6 | 167 |
| Hartley | 6,191 | 1 | 6,191.0 | 16.2 | 197 |
| Haskell | 5,988 | 1 | 5,988.0 | 16.7 | 194 |
| Hays | 206,220 | 71 | 2,904.5 | 34.4 | 96 |
| Hemphill | 4,176 | 2 | 2,088.0 | 47.9 | 54 |
| Henderson | 81,959 | 29 | 2,826.2 | 35.4 | 91 |
| Hidalgo | 907,355 | 270 | 3,360.6 | 29.8 | 120 |
| Hill | 37,688 | 5 | 7,537.6 | 13.3 | 204 |
| Hockley | 24,276 | 7 | 3,468.0 | 28.8 | 127 |
| Hood | 57,122 | 18 | 3,173.4 | 31.5 | 107 |
| Hopkins | 37,105 | 12 | 3,092.1 | 32.3 | 103 |
| Houston | 24,661 | 5 | 4,932.2 | 20.3 | 176 |
| Howard | 36,737 | 23 | 1,597.3 | 62.6 | 28 |
| Hudspeth | 3,783 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 94,944 | 38 | 2,498.5 | 40.0 | 78 |
| Hutchinson | 22,412 | 5 | 4,482.4 | 22.3 | 163 |
| Irion | 1,691 | 1 | 1,691.0 | 59.1 | 38 |
| Jack | 9,435 | 2 | 4,717.5 | 21.2 | 170 |
| Jackson | 14,253 | 4 | 3,563.3 | 28.1 | 134 |
| Jasper | 36,670 | 14 | 2,619.3 | 38.2 | 84 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,452 | 1 | 2,452.0 | 40.8 | 72 |
| Jefferson | 261,031 | 234 | 1,115.5 | 89.6 | 7 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,586 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jim Wells | 43,132 | 12 | 3,594.3 | 27.8 | 138 |
| Johnson | 171,358 | 39 | 4,393.8 | 22.8 | 159 |
| Jones | 21,427 | 11 | 1,947.9 | 51.3 | 43 |
| Karnes | 15,696 | 5 | 3,139.2 | 31.9 | 104 |
| Kaufman | 128,865 | 39 | 3,304.2 | 30.3 | 115 |
| Kendall | 40,169 | 14 | 2,869.2 | 34.9 | 95 |
| Kenedy | 444 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kent | 806 | 1 | 806.0 | 124.1 | 2 |
| Kerr | 53,995 | 32 | 1,687.3 | 59.3 | 37 |
| Kimble | 4,890 | 1 | 4,890.0 | 20.4 | 174 |
| King | 295 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kinney | 3,745 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kleberg | 34,035 | 7 | 4,862.1 | 20.6 | 173 |
| Knox | 3,753 | 4 | 938.3 | 106.6 | 4 |
| Lamar | 51,822 | 33 | 1,570.4 | 63.7 | 27 |
| Lamb | 14,366 | 2 | 7,183.0 | 13.9 | 201 |
| Lampasas | 21,841 | 2 | 10,920.5 | 9.2 | 213 |
| La Salle | 7,718 | 2 | 3,859.0 | 25.9 | 146 |
| Lavaca | 19,599 | 6 | 3,266.5 | 30.6 | 114 |
| Lee | 18,131 | 4 | 4,532.8 | 22.1 | 166 |
| Leon | 18,398 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Liberty | 84,504 | 18 | 4,694.7 | 21.3 | 169 |
| Limestone | 25,044 | 9 | 2,782.7 | 35.9 | 89 |
| Lipscomb | 3,594 | 1 | 3,594.0 | 27.8 | 137 |
| Live Oak | 11,752 | 2 | 5,876.0 | 17.0 | 191 |
| Llano | 20,617 | 1 | 20,617.0 | 4.9 | 221 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 298,916 | 280 | 1,067.6 | 93.7 | 6 |
| Lynn | 6,116 | 5 | 1,223.2 | 81.8 | 11 |
| McCulloch | 8,710 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| McLennan | 246,680 | 120 | 2,055.7 | 48.6 | 51 |
| McMullen | 755 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 14,850 | 2 | 7,425.0 | 13.5 | 203 |
| Marion | 11,151 | 3 | 3,717.0 | 26.9 | 142 |
| Martin | 5,258 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Mason | 4,145 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Matagorda | 38,581 | 14 | 2,755.8 | 36.3 | 87 |
| Maverick | 59,874 | 7 | 8,553.4 | 11.7 | 206 |
| Medina | 52,408 | 5 | 10,481.6 | 9.5 | 211 |
| Menard | 2,352 | 1 | 2,352.0 | 42.5 | 69 |
| Midland | 149,888 | 65 | 2,306.0 | 43.4 | 66 |
| Milam | 25,967 | 13 | 1,997.5 | 50.1 | 46 |
| Mills | 5,084 | 3 | 1,694.7 | 59.0 | 39 |
| Mitchell | 9,780 | 2 | 4,890.0 | 20.4 | 174 |
| Montague | 20,779 | 6 | 3,463.2 | 28.9 | 126 |
| Montgomery | 569,235 | 254 | 2,241.1 | 44.6 | 61 |
| Moore | 24,262 | 2 | 12,131.0 | 8.2 | 215 |
| Morris | 13,529 | 1 | 13,529.0 | 7.4 | 216 |
| Motley | 1,216 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nacogdoches | 69,514 | 31 | 2,242.4 | 44.6 | 62 |
| Navarro | 52,236 | 9 | 5,804.0 | 17.2 | 188 |
| Newton | 14,409 | 1 | 14,409.0 | 6.9 | 217 |
| Nolan | 15,789 | 3 | 5,263.0 | 19.0 | 181 |
| Nueces | 361,555 | 225 | 1,606.9 | 62.2 | 29 |
| Ochiltree | 11,667 | 2 | 5,833.5 | 17.1 | 190 |
| Oldham | 2,146 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Orange | 85,684 | 24 | 3,570.2 | 28.0 | 135 |
| Palo Pinto | 30,285 | 9 | 3,365.0 | 29.7 | 121 |
| Panola | 25,122 | 5 | 5,024.4 | 19.9 | 179 |
| Parker | 140,735 | 21 | 6,701.7 | 14.9 | 199 |
| Parmer | 11,462 | 5 | 2,292.4 | 43.6 | 65 |
| Pecos | 16,527 | 8 | 2,065.9 | 48.4 | 52 |
| Polk | 49,287 | 12 | 4,107.3 | 24.3 | 155 |
| Potter | 128,970 | 171 | 754.2 | 132.6 | 1 |
| Presidio | 8,397 | 2 | 4,198.5 | 23.8 | 156 |
| Rains | 12,239 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Randall | 132,939 | 40 | 3,323.5 | 30.1 | 117 |
| Reagan | 3,684 | 1 | 3,684.0 | 27.1 | 141 |
| Real | 3,408 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Red River | 13,286 | 3 | 4,428.7 | 22.6 | 160 |
| Reeves | 14,494 | 3 | 4,831.3 | 20.7 | 172 |
| Refugio | 7,479 | 2 | 3,739.5 | 26.7 | 143 |
| Roberts | 980 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,380 | 3 | 6,126.7 | 16.3 | 196 |
| Rockwall | 99,630 | 49 | 2,033.3 | 49.2 | 49 |
| Runnels | 10,792 | 1 | 10,792.0 | 9.3 | 212 |
| Rusk | 59,148 | 15 | 3,943.2 | 25.4 | 148 |
| Sabine | 11,617 | 2 | 5,808.5 | 17.2 | 189 |
| San Augustine | 9,196 | 5 | 1,839.2 | 54.4 | 40 |
| San Jacinto | 29,984 | 2 | 14,992.0 | 6.7 | 218 |
| San Patricio | 67,055 | 19 | 3,529.2 | 28.3 | 131 |
| San Saba | 6,312 | 2 | 3,156.0 | 31.7 | 105 |
| Schleicher | 3,758 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Scurry | 18,083 | 3 | 6,027.7 | 16.6 | 195 |
| Shackelford | 3,587 | 1 | 3,587.0 | 27.9 | 136 |
| Shelby | 27,393 | 8 | 3,424.1 | 29.2 | 124 |
| Sherman | 3,259 | 2 | 1,629.5 | 61.4 | 32 |
| Smith | 229,067 | 172 | 1,331.8 | 75.1 | 16 |
| Somervell | 9,647 | 3 | 3,215.7 | 31.1 | 109 |
| Starr | 65,894 | 6 | 10,982.3 | 9.1 | 214 |
| Stephens | 10,015 | 3 | 3,338.3 | 30.0 | 119 |
| Sterling | 1,198 | 1 | 1,198.0 | 83.5 | 9 |
| Stonewall | 1,512 | 1 | 1,512.0 | 66.1 | 22 |
| Sutton | 4,460 | 1 | 4,460.0 | 22.4 | 161 |
| Swisher | 8,078 | 2 | 4,039.0 | 24.8 | 154 |
| Tarrant | 1,991,639 | 1,057 | 1,884.2 | 53.1 | 41 |
| Taylor | 136,089 | 99 | 1,374.6 | 72.7 | 19 |
| Terrell | 1,028 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,092 | 5 | 2,618.4 | 38.2 | 83 |
| Throckmorton | 1,659 | 1 | 1,659.0 | 60.3 | 33 |
| Titus | 35,469 | 11 | 3,224.5 | 31.0 | 111 |
| Tom Green | 113,022 | 72 | 1,569.8 | 63.7 | 26 |
| Travis | 1,170,977 | 764 | 1,532.7 | 65.2 | 24 |
| Trinity | 15,821 | 1 | 15,821.0 | 6.3 | 219 |
| Tyler | 22,338 | 5 | 4,467.6 | 22.4 | 162 |
| Upshur | 42,803 | 5 | 8,560.6 | 11.7 | 207 |
| Upton | 3,688 | 4 | 922.0 | 108.5 | 3 |
| Uvalde | 27,749 | 12 | 2,312.4 | 43.2 | 67 |
| Val Verde | 51,636 | 13 | 3,972.0 | 25.2 | 151 |
| Van Zandt | 55,976 | 3 | 18,658.7 | 5.4 | 220 |
| Victoria | 90,413 | 76 | 1,189.6 | 84.1 | 8 |
| Walker | 70,694 | 18 | 3,927.4 | 25.5 | 147 |
| Waller | 51,530 | 5 | 10,306.0 | 9.7 | 210 |
| Ward | 11,008 | 3 | 3,669.3 | 27.3 | 140 |
| Washington | 36,116 | 14 | 2,579.7 | 38.8 | 81 |
| Webb | 288,922 | 114 | 2,534.4 | 39.5 | 80 |
| Wharton | 42,519 | 8 | 5,314.9 | 18.8 | 184 |
| Wheeler | 5,683 | 1 | 5,683.0 | 17.6 | 187 |
| Wichita | 132,468 | 87 | 1,522.6 | 65.7 | 23 |
| Wilbarger | 14,359 | 10 | 1,435.9 | 69.6 | 21 |
| Willacy | 24,899 | 3 | 8,299.7 | 12.0 | 205 |
| Williamson | 540,242 | 219 | 2,466.9 | 40.5 | 73 |
| Wilson | 51,296 | 16 | 3,206.0 | 31.2 | 108 |
| Winkler | 7,870 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wise | 67,865 | 21 | 3,231.7 | 30.9 | 113 |
| Wood | 46,000 | 15 | 3,066.7 | 32.6 | 100 |
| Yoakum | 8,854 | 4 | 2,213.5 | 45.2 | 59 |
| Young | 19,353 | 8 | 2,419.1 | 41.3 | 71 |
| Zapata | 15,852 | 4 | 3,963.0 | 25.2 | 150 |
| Zavala | 12,443 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Texas Total | 28,240,245 | 14,191 | 1,990.0 | 50.3 | - |
| NPs w/o Texas RN license* | - | 1,136 | - | - | - |