Nurse Practitioners, 2017
| County | 2017 Population | 2017 NP Total | Ratio of 2017 Population to NP | Ratio of NPs to 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 61,127 | 25 | 2,445.1 | 40.9 | 88 |
| Andrews | 16,667 | 8 | 2,083.4 | 48.0 | 68 |
| Angelina | 92,034 | 57 | 1,614.6 | 61.9 | 39 |
| Aransas | 25,311 | 2 | 12,655.5 | 7.9 | 218 |
| Archer | 9,641 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Armstrong | 1,987 | 1 | 1,987.0 | 50.3 | 62 |
| Atascosa | 52,520 | 16 | 3,282.5 | 30.5 | 139 |
| Austin | 33,876 | 5 | 6,775.2 | 14.8 | 200 |
| Bailey | 8,029 | 2 | 4,014.5 | 24.9 | 163 |
| Bandera | 23,725 | 5 | 4,745.0 | 21.1 | 175 |
| Bastrop | 91,637 | 27 | 3,394.0 | 29.5 | 144 |
| Baylor | 3,709 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bee | 33,009 | 15 | 2,200.6 | 45.4 | 74 |
| Bell | 369,159 | 272 | 1,357.2 | 73.7 | 25 |
| Bexar | 1,953,028 | 1,227 | 1,591.7 | 62.8 | 37 |
| Blanco | 12,244 | 5 | 2,448.8 | 40.8 | 89 |
| Borden | 686 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 19,808 | 9 | 2,200.9 | 45.4 | 75 |
| Bowie | 94,325 | 103 | 915.8 | 109.2 | 7 |
| Brazoria | 378,766 | 125 | 3,030.1 | 33.0 | 122 |
| Brazos | 224,255 | 85 | 2,638.3 | 37.9 | 101 |
| Brewster | 9,971 | 6 | 1,661.8 | 60.2 | 43 |
| Briscoe | 1,679 | 1 | 1,679.0 | 59.6 | 44 |
| Brooks | 7,567 | 2 | 3,783.5 | 26.4 | 158 |
| Brown | 39,995 | 14 | 2,856.8 | 35.0 | 114 |
| Burleson | 18,980 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Burnet | 49,390 | 19 | 2,599.5 | 38.5 | 98 |
| Caldwell | 45,569 | 5 | 9,113.8 | 11.0 | 206 |
| Calhoun | 24,071 | 7 | 3,438.7 | 29.1 | 146 |
| Callahan | 14,351 | 3 | 4,783.7 | 20.9 | 177 |
| Cameron | 466,790 | 168 | 2,778.5 | 36.0 | 107 |
| Camp | 13,809 | 4 | 3,452.3 | 29.0 | 149 |
| Carson | 6,418 | 4 | 1,604.5 | 62.3 | 38 |
| Cass | 31,624 | 11 | 2,874.9 | 34.8 | 115 |
| Castro | 8,662 | 3 | 2,887.3 | 34.6 | 116 |
| Chambers | 43,513 | 15 | 2,900.9 | 34.5 | 117 |
| Cherokee | 55,487 | 28 | 1,981.7 | 50.5 | 60 |
| Childress | 7,341 | 7 | 1,048.7 | 95.4 | 10 |
| Clay | 11,389 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cochran | 3,374 | 2 | 1,687.0 | 59.3 | 45 |
| Coke | 3,158 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coleman | 9,147 | 4 | 2,286.8 | 43.7 | 80 |
| Collin | 1,025,618 | 595 | 1,723.7 | 58.0 | 49 |
| Collingsworth | 3,183 | 1 | 3,183.0 | 31.4 | 138 |
| Colorado | 22,151 | 5 | 4,430.2 | 22.6 | 171 |
| Comal | 136,927 | 63 | 2,173.4 | 46.0 | 71 |
| Comanche | 14,577 | 6 | 2,429.5 | 41.2 | 87 |
| Concho | 4,256 | 1 | 4,256.0 | 23.5 | 167 |
| Cooke | 40,726 | 21 | 1,939.3 | 51.6 | 59 |
| Coryell | 83,448 | 41 | 2,035.3 | 49.1 | 63 |
| Cottle | 1,583 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crane | 5,054 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crockett | 3,986 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crosby | 6,860 | 4 | 1,715.0 | 58.3 | 48 |
| Culberson | 2,628 | 1 | 2,628.0 | 38.1 | 100 |
| Dallam | 7,660 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dallas | 2,552,920 | 2,078 | 1,228.5 | 81.4 | 20 |
| Dawson | 14,536 | 3 | 4,845.3 | 20.6 | 178 |
| Deaf Smith | 21,621 | 12 | 1,801.8 | 55.5 | 54 |
| Delta | 5,623 | 1 | 5,623.0 | 17.8 | 188 |
| Denton | 846,738 | 345 | 2,454.3 | 40.7 | 90 |
| De Witt | 20,673 | 8 | 2,584.1 | 38.7 | 96 |
| Dickens | 2,496 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dimmit | 10,645 | 2 | 5,322.5 | 18.8 | 183 |
| Donley | 3,827 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Duval | 12,398 | 4 | 3,099.5 | 32.3 | 126 |
| Eastland | 19,512 | 5 | 3,902.4 | 25.6 | 160 |
| Ector | 152,715 | 77 | 1,983.3 | 50.4 | 61 |
| Edwards | 2,144 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ellis | 183,618 | 67 | 2,740.6 | 36.5 | 106 |
| El Paso | 904,586 | 514 | 1,759.9 | 56.8 | 52 |
| Erath | 40,353 | 13 | 3,104.1 | 32.2 | 128 |
| Falls | 18,879 | 6 | 3,146.5 | 31.8 | 133 |
| Fannin | 36,571 | 9 | 4,063.4 | 24.6 | 166 |
| Fayette | 27,147 | 5 | 5,429.4 | 18.4 | 185 |
| Fisher | 3,931 | 4 | 982.8 | 101.8 | 8 |
| Floyd | 6,596 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Foard | 1,364 | 1 | 1,364.0 | 73.3 | 26 |
| Fort Bend | 786,948 | 382 | 2,060.1 | 48.5 | 65 |
| Franklin | 11,470 | 1 | 11,470.0 | 8.7 | 215 |
| Freestone | 21,356 | 5 | 4,271.2 | 23.4 | 168 |
| Frio | 19,230 | 13 | 1,479.2 | 67.6 | 33 |
| Gaines | 20,376 | 4 | 5,094.0 | 19.6 | 181 |
| Galveston | 321,627 | 246 | 1,307.4 | 76.5 | 22 |
| Garza | 6,836 | 1 | 6,836.0 | 14.6 | 201 |
| Gillespie | 28,288 | 11 | 2,571.6 | 38.9 | 94 |
| Glasscock | 1,316 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 8,122 | 1 | 8,122.0 | 12.3 | 204 |
| Gonzales | 21,615 | 7 | 3,087.9 | 32.4 | 125 |
| Gray | 24,127 | 9 | 2,680.8 | 37.3 | 105 |
| Grayson | 129,680 | 69 | 1,879.4 | 53.2 | 58 |
| Gregg | 131,827 | 118 | 1,117.2 | 89.5 | 14 |
| Grimes | 29,525 | 3 | 9,841.7 | 10.2 | 210 |
| Guadalupe | 166,027 | 29 | 5,725.1 | 17.5 | 189 |
| Hale | 37,816 | 16 | 2,363.5 | 42.3 | 84 |
| Hall | 3,334 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hamilton | 8,710 | 3 | 2,903.3 | 34.4 | 118 |
| Hansford | 6,224 | 2 | 3,112.0 | 32.1 | 130 |
| Hardeman | 4,365 | 3 | 1,455.0 | 68.7 | 32 |
| Hardin | 59,964 | 26 | 2,306.3 | 43.4 | 81 |
| Harris | 4,633,511 | 3,325 | 1,393.5 | 71.8 | 28 |
| Harrison | 70,179 | 19 | 3,693.6 | 27.1 | 153 |
| Hartley | 6,225 | 1 | 6,225.0 | 16.1 | 197 |
| Haskell | 5,996 | 1 | 5,996.0 | 16.7 | 193 |
| Hays | 215,576 | 86 | 2,506.7 | 39.9 | 93 |
| Hemphill | 4,228 | 3 | 1,409.3 | 71.0 | 30 |
| Henderson | 82,521 | 34 | 2,427.1 | 41.2 | 86 |
| Hidalgo | 931,010 | 329 | 2,829.8 | 35.3 | 112 |
| Hill | 38,112 | 8 | 4,764.0 | 21.0 | 176 |
| Hockley | 24,467 | 4 | 6,116.8 | 16.3 | 195 |
| Hood | 58,168 | 22 | 2,644.0 | 37.8 | 102 |
| Hopkins | 37,465 | 14 | 2,676.1 | 37.4 | 104 |
| Houston | 24,770 | 5 | 4,954.0 | 20.2 | 180 |
| Howard | 37,000 | 24 | 1,541.7 | 64.9 | 35 |
| Hudspeth | 3,835 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hunt | 96,586 | 43 | 2,246.2 | 44.5 | 77 |
| Hutchinson | 22,448 | 6 | 3,741.3 | 26.7 | 155 |
| Irion | 1,697 | 1 | 1,697.0 | 58.9 | 46 |
| Jack | 9,502 | 3 | 3,167.3 | 31.6 | 134 |
| Jackson | 14,277 | 5 | 2,855.4 | 35.0 | 113 |
| Jasper | 36,798 | 17 | 2,164.6 | 46.2 | 70 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,460 | 1 | 2,460.0 | 40.7 | 91 |
| Jefferson | 262,687 | 260 | 1,010.3 | 99.0 | 9 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,626 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jim Wells | 43,490 | 14 | 3,106.4 | 32.2 | 129 |
| Johnson | 175,030 | 45 | 3,889.6 | 25.7 | 159 |
| Jones | 21,647 | 12 | 1,803.9 | 55.4 | 55 |
| Karnes | 15,853 | 5 | 3,170.6 | 31.5 | 135 |
| Kaufman | 133,652 | 42 | 3,182.2 | 31.4 | 137 |
| Kendall | 41,370 | 19 | 2,177.4 | 45.9 | 72 |
| Kenedy | 450 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kent | 808 | 1 | 808.0 | 123.8 | 5 |
| Kerr | 54,742 | 37 | 1,479.5 | 67.6 | 34 |
| Kimble | 4,917 | 1 | 4,917.0 | 20.3 | 179 |
| King | 296 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kinney | 3,765 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kleberg | 34,388 | 10 | 3,438.8 | 29.1 | 147 |
| Knox | 3,757 | 5 | 751.4 | 133.1 | 3 |
| Lamar | 52,162 | 37 | 1,409.8 | 70.9 | 31 |
| Lamb | 14,431 | 2 | 7,215.5 | 13.9 | 203 |
| Lampasas | 22,231 | 4 | 5,557.8 | 18.0 | 187 |
| La Salle | 7,837 | 2 | 3,918.5 | 25.5 | 162 |
| Lavaca | 19,649 | 7 | 2,807.0 | 35.6 | 108 |
| Lee | 18,373 | 5 | 3,674.6 | 27.2 | 152 |
| Leon | 18,670 | 1 | 18,670.0 | 5.4 | 222 |
| Liberty | 86,047 | 22 | 3,911.2 | 25.6 | 161 |
| Limestone | 25,304 | 9 | 2,811.6 | 35.6 | 110 |
| Lipscomb | 3,639 | 1 | 3,639.0 | 27.5 | 150 |
| Live Oak | 11,769 | 2 | 5,884.5 | 17.0 | 191 |
| Llano | 20,829 | 2 | 10,414.5 | 9.6 | 212 |
| Loving | 81 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 302,568 | 355 | 852.3 | 117.3 | 6 |
| Lynn | 6,140 | 5 | 1,228.0 | 81.4 | 19 |
| McCulloch | 8,798 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| McLennan | 248,752 | 152 | 1,636.5 | 61.1 | 40 |
| McMullen | 759 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 15,040 | 1 | 15,040.0 | 6.6 | 220 |
| Marion | 11,220 | 5 | 2,244.0 | 44.6 | 76 |
| Martin | 5,347 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Mason | 4,155 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Matagorda | 38,879 | 15 | 2,591.9 | 38.6 | 97 |
| Maverick | 60,789 | 10 | 6,078.9 | 16.5 | 194 |
| Medina | 53,517 | 8 | 6,689.6 | 14.9 | 199 |
| Menard | 2,380 | 1 | 2,380.0 | 42.0 | 85 |
| Midland | 152,189 | 88 | 1,729.4 | 57.8 | 51 |
| Milam | 26,178 | 14 | 1,869.9 | 53.5 | 56 |
| Mills | 5,121 | 3 | 1,707.0 | 58.6 | 47 |
| Mitchell | 9,853 | 3 | 3,284.3 | 30.4 | 140 |
| Montague | 20,950 | 4 | 5,237.5 | 19.1 | 182 |
| Montgomery | 590,851 | 289 | 2,044.5 | 48.9 | 64 |
| Moore | 24,636 | 4 | 6,159.0 | 16.2 | 196 |
| Morris | 13,625 | 1 | 13,625.0 | 7.3 | 219 |
| Motley | 1,212 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nacogdoches | 70,491 | 34 | 2,073.3 | 48.2 | 66 |
| Navarro | 53,020 | 12 | 4,418.3 | 22.6 | 170 |
| Newton | 14,388 | 2 | 7,194.0 | 13.9 | 202 |
| Nolan | 15,883 | 5 | 3,176.6 | 31.5 | 136 |
| Nueces | 365,275 | 274 | 1,333.1 | 75.0 | 24 |
| Ochiltree | 11,930 | 2 | 5,965.0 | 16.8 | 192 |
| Oldham | 2,165 | 2 | 1,082.5 | 92.4 | 12 |
| Orange | 86,261 | 25 | 3,450.4 | 29.0 | 148 |
| Palo Pinto | 30,638 | 10 | 3,063.8 | 32.6 | 123 |
| Panola | 25,325 | 4 | 6,331.3 | 15.8 | 198 |
| Parker | 145,104 | 33 | 4,397.1 | 22.7 | 169 |
| Parmer | 11,687 | 5 | 2,337.4 | 42.8 | 83 |
| Pecos | 16,661 | 8 | 2,082.6 | 48.0 | 67 |
| Polk | 49,954 | 16 | 3,122.1 | 32.0 | 131 |
| Potter | 130,334 | 199 | 654.9 | 152.7 | 2 |
| Presidio | 8,485 | 3 | 2,828.3 | 35.4 | 111 |
| Rains | 12,461 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Randall | 135,116 | 43 | 3,142.2 | 31.8 | 132 |
| Reagan | 3,747 | 2 | 1,873.5 | 53.4 | 57 |
| Real | 3,418 | 1 | 3,418.0 | 29.3 | 145 |
| Red River | 13,345 | 5 | 2,669.0 | 37.5 | 103 |
| Reeves | 14,605 | 4 | 3,651.3 | 27.4 | 151 |
| Refugio | 7,488 | 2 | 3,744.0 | 26.7 | 156 |
| Roberts | 988 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,666 | 5 | 3,733.2 | 26.8 | 154 |
| Rockwall | 103,544 | 60 | 1,725.7 | 57.9 | 50 |
| Runnels | 10,846 | 2 | 5,423.0 | 18.4 | 184 |
| Rusk | 60,164 | 16 | 3,760.3 | 26.6 | 157 |
| Sabine | 11,763 | 1 | 11,763.0 | 8.5 | 216 |
| San Augustine | 9,238 | 7 | 1,319.7 | 75.8 | 23 |
| San Jacinto | 30,578 | 3 | 10,192.7 | 9.8 | 211 |
| San Patricio | 67,385 | 23 | 2,929.8 | 34.1 | 120 |
| San Saba | 6,351 | 3 | 2,117.0 | 47.2 | 69 |
| Schleicher | 3,792 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Scurry | 18,274 | 2 | 9,137.0 | 10.9 | 207 |
| Shackelford | 3,621 | 3 | 1,207.0 | 82.9 | 17 |
| Shelby | 27,694 | 9 | 3,077.1 | 32.5 | 124 |
| Sherman | 3,311 | 2 | 1,655.5 | 60.4 | 42 |
| Smith | 232,478 | 221 | 1,051.9 | 95.1 | 11 |
| Somervell | 9,844 | 4 | 2,461.0 | 40.6 | 92 |
| Starr | 66,659 | 7 | 9,522.7 | 10.5 | 209 |
| Stephens | 10,094 | 3 | 3,364.7 | 29.7 | 142 |
| Sterling | 1,201 | 1 | 1,201.0 | 83.3 | 16 |
| Stonewall | 1,506 | 2 | 753.0 | 132.8 | 4 |
| Sutton | 4,505 | 1 | 4,505.0 | 22.2 | 173 |
| Swisher | 8,107 | 2 | 4,053.5 | 24.7 | 165 |
| Tarrant | 2,023,985 | 1,278 | 1,583.7 | 63.1 | 36 |
| Taylor | 136,730 | 120 | 1,139.4 | 87.8 | 15 |
| Terrell | 1,033 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,150 | 4 | 3,287.5 | 30.4 | 141 |
| Throckmorton | 1,655 | 1 | 1,655.0 | 60.4 | 41 |
| Titus | 36,032 | 16 | 2,252.0 | 44.4 | 78 |
| Tom Green | 113,525 | 81 | 1,401.5 | 71.3 | 29 |
| Travis | 1,197,053 | 866 | 1,382.3 | 72.3 | 27 |
| Trinity | 16,035 | 1 | 16,035.0 | 6.2 | 221 |
| Tyler | 22,401 | 5 | 4,480.2 | 22.3 | 172 |
| Upshur | 43,368 | 4 | 10,842.0 | 9.2 | 214 |
| Upton | 3,730 | 6 | 621.7 | 160.9 | 1 |
| Uvalde | 27,942 | 12 | 2,328.5 | 42.9 | 82 |
| Val Verde | 52,041 | 20 | 2,602.1 | 38.4 | 99 |
| Van Zandt | 56,528 | 6 | 9,421.3 | 10.6 | 208 |
| Victoria | 91,033 | 82 | 1,110.2 | 90.1 | 13 |
| Walker | 71,206 | 21 | 3,390.8 | 29.5 | 143 |
| Waller | 53,094 | 5 | 10,618.8 | 9.4 | 213 |
| Ward | 11,063 | 2 | 5,531.5 | 18.1 | 186 |
| Washington | 36,520 | 13 | 2,809.2 | 35.6 | 109 |
| Webb | 295,933 | 115 | 2,573.3 | 38.9 | 95 |
| Wharton | 42,702 | 9 | 4,744.7 | 21.1 | 174 |
| Wheeler | 5,740 | 1 | 5,740.0 | 17.4 | 190 |
| Wichita | 132,676 | 104 | 1,275.7 | 78.4 | 21 |
| Wilbarger | 14,495 | 12 | 1,207.9 | 82.8 | 18 |
| Willacy | 25,386 | 3 | 8,462.0 | 11.8 | 205 |
| Williamson | 562,337 | 258 | 2,179.6 | 45.9 | 73 |
| Wilson | 52,760 | 17 | 3,103.5 | 32.2 | 127 |
| Winkler | 7,990 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wise | 69,449 | 23 | 3,019.5 | 33.1 | 121 |
| Wood | 46,650 | 16 | 2,915.6 | 34.3 | 119 |
| Yoakum | 9,026 | 4 | 2,256.5 | 44.3 | 79 |
| Young | 19,483 | 11 | 1,771.2 | 56.5 | 53 |
| Zapata | 16,138 | 4 | 4,034.5 | 24.8 | 164 |
| Zavala | 12,560 | 1 | 12,560.0 | 8.0 | 217 |
| Texas Total | 28,797,290 | 16,776 | 1,716.6 | 58.3 | - |
| NPs w/o Texas RN license* | - | 1,347 | - | - | - |