Nurse Practitioners, 2018
NPs by County - September 2018
| County | 2018 Population | 2018 NP Total | Ratio of 2018 Population to NP | Ratio of NPs to 100,000 Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 61,477 | 28 | 2,195.6 | 45.5 | 79 |
| Andrews | 16,936 | 8 | 2,117.0 | 47.2 | 70 |
| Angelina | 92,754 | 69 | 1,344.3 | 74.4 | 27 |
| Aransas | 25,551 | 6 | 4,258.5 | 23.5 | 178 |
| Archer | 9,706 | 1 | 9,706.0 | 10.3 | 216 |
| Armstrong | 1,988 | 1 | 1,988.0 | 50.3 | 63 |
| Atascosa | 53,655 | 14 | 3,832.5 | 26.1 | 161 |
| Austin | 34,766 | 4 | 8,691.5 | 11.5 | 212 |
| Bailey | 8,150 | 2 | 4,075.0 | 24.5 | 168 |
| Bandera | 24,187 | 5 | 4,837.4 | 20.7 | 185 |
| Bastrop | 94,545 | 27 | 3,501.7 | 28.6 | 151 |
| Baylor | 3,709 | 1 | 3,709.0 | 27.0 | 158 |
| Bee | 33,135 | 14 | 2,366.8 | 42.3 | 91 |
| Bell | 377,611 | 297 | 1,271.4 | 78.7 | 23 |
| Bexar | 1,988,364 | 1,351 | 1,471.8 | 67.9 | 35 |
| Blanco | 12,503 | 5 | 2,500.6 | 40.0 | 106 |
| Borden | 690 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Bosque | 20,038 | 11 | 1,821.6 | 54.9 | 56 |
| Bowie | 94,579 | 120 | 788.2 | 126.9 | 4 |
| Brazoria | 389,066 | 156 | 2,494.0 | 40.1 | 105 |
| Brazos | 229,259 | 93 | 2,465.2 | 40.6 | 100 |
| Brewster | 10,053 | 6 | 1,675.5 | 59.7 | 45 |
| Briscoe | 1,677 | 1 | 1,677.0 | 59.6 | 46 |
| Brooks | 7,577 | 1 | 7,577.0 | 13.2 | 207 |
| Brown | 40,221 | 20 | 2,011.1 | 49.7 | 66 |
| Burleson | 19,257 | 2 | 9,628.5 | 10.4 | 215 |
| Burnet | 50,386 | 21 | 2,399.3 | 41.7 | 97 |
| Caldwell | 46,748 | 6 | 7,791.3 | 12.8 | 209 |
| Calhoun | 24,472 | 9 | 2,719.1 | 36.8 | 118 |
| Callahan | 14,488 | 1 | 14,488.0 | 6.9 | 227 |
| Cameron | 475,631 | 180 | 2,642.4 | 37.8 | 112 |
| Camp | 14,013 | 4 | 3,503.3 | 28.5 | 152 |
| Carson | 6,451 | 3 | 2,150.3 | 46.5 | 74 |
| Cass | 31,760 | 13 | 2,443.1 | 40.9 | 99 |
| Castro | 8,740 | 3 | 2,913.3 | 34.3 | 130 |
| Chambers | 44,844 | 18 | 2,491.3 | 40.1 | 104 |
| Cherokee | 56,215 | 32 | 1,756.7 | 56.9 | 51 |
| Childress | 7,385 | 6 | 1,230.8 | 81.2 | 21 |
| Clay | 11,487 | 1 | 11,487.0 | 8.7 | 222 |
| Cochran | 3,403 | 1 | 3,403.0 | 29.4 | 149 |
| Coke | 3,136 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Coleman | 9,188 | 4 | 2,297.0 | 43.5 | 86 |
| Collin | 1,065,557 | 693 | 1,537.6 | 65.0 | 37 |
| Collingsworth | 3,200 | 1 | 3,200.0 | 31.3 | 145 |
| Colorado | 22,327 | 4 | 5,581.8 | 17.9 | 195 |
| Comal | 141,332 | 68 | 2,078.4 | 48.1 | 68 |
| Comanche | 14,677 | 4 | 3,669.3 | 27.3 | 154 |
| Concho | 4,264 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Cooke | 41,073 | 21 | 1,955.9 | 51.1 | 61 |
| Coryell | 84,483 | 48 | 1,760.1 | 56.8 | 52 |
| Cottle | 1,583 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crane | 5,145 | 1 | 5,145.0 | 19.4 | 190 |
| Crockett | 4,019 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Crosby | 6,986 | 4 | 1,746.5 | 57.3 | 50 |
| Culberson | 2,660 | 2 | 1,330.0 | 75.2 | 26 |
| Dallam | 7,789 | 1 | 7,789.0 | 12.8 | 208 |
| Dallas | 2,581,608 | 2,238 | 1,153.5 | 86.7 | 16 |
| Dawson | 14,610 | 5 | 2,922.0 | 34.2 | 131 |
| Deaf Smith | 21,948 | 12 | 1,829.0 | 54.7 | 57 |
| Delta | 5,677 | 2 | 2,838.5 | 35.2 | 126 |
| Denton | 877,332 | 402 | 2,182.4 | 45.8 | 76 |
| De Witt | 20,770 | 8 | 2,596.3 | 38.5 | 111 |
| Dickens | 2,491 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Dimmit | 10,719 | 1 | 10,719.0 | 9.3 | 218 |
| Donley | 3,844 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Duval | 12,476 | 2 | 6,238.0 | 16.0 | 199 |
| Eastland | 19,629 | 6 | 3,271.5 | 30.6 | 147 |
| Ector | 154,975 | 78 | 1,986.9 | 50.3 | 62 |
| Edwards | 2,153 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Ellis | 189,032 | 79 | 2,392.8 | 41.8 | 94 |
| El Paso | 920,048 | 550 | 1,672.8 | 59.8 | 44 |
| Erath | 40,787 | 15 | 2,719.1 | 36.8 | 119 |
| Falls | 18,995 | 8 | 2,374.4 | 42.1 | 92 |
| Fannin | 36,962 | 10 | 3,696.2 | 27.1 | 157 |
| Fayette | 27,558 | 7 | 3,936.9 | 25.4 | 164 |
| Fisher | 3,918 | 4 | 979.5 | 102.1 | 8 |
| Floyd | 6,621 | 1 | 6,621.0 | 15.1 | 202 |
| Foard | 1,368 | 1 | 1,368.0 | 73.1 | 29 |
| Fort Bend | 819,681 | 461 | 1,778.0 | 56.2 | 54 |
| Franklin | 11,586 | 1 | 11,586.0 | 8.6 | 223 |
| Freestone | 21,559 | 7 | 3,079.9 | 32.5 | 135 |
| Frio | 19,512 | 14 | 1,393.7 | 71.8 | 32 |
| Gaines | 20,800 | 5 | 4,160.0 | 24.0 | 174 |
| Galveston | 325,997 | 271 | 1,202.9 | 83.1 | 18 |
| Garza | 6,879 | 1 | 6,879.0 | 14.5 | 203 |
| Gillespie | 28,827 | 15 | 1,921.8 | 52.0 | 59 |
| Glasscock | 1,328 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Goliad | 8,255 | 2 | 4,127.5 | 24.2 | 172 |
| Gonzales | 21,871 | 5 | 4,374.2 | 22.9 | 179 |
| Gray | 24,399 | 11 | 2,218.1 | 45.1 | 81 |
| Grayson | 130,993 | 79 | 1,658.1 | 60.3 | 42 |
| Gregg | 133,401 | 126 | 1,058.7 | 94.5 | 12 |
| Grimes | 29,959 | 3 | 9,986.3 | 10.0 | 217 |
| Guadalupe | 171,409 | 31 | 5,529.3 | 18.1 | 193 |
| Hale | 38,010 | 14 | 2,715.0 | 36.8 | 116 |
| Hall | 3,328 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Hamilton | 8,738 | 4 | 2,184.5 | 45.8 | 77 |
| Hansford | 6,313 | 2 | 3,156.5 | 31.7 | 140 |
| Hardeman | 4,396 | 2 | 2,198.0 | 45.5 | 80 |
| Hardin | 60,694 | 22 | 2,758.8 | 36.2 | 122 |
| Harris | 4,716,479 | 3,659 | 1,289.0 | 77.6 | 25 |
| Harrison | 70,840 | 22 | 3,220.0 | 31.1 | 146 |
| Hartley | 6,262 | 3 | 2,087.3 | 47.9 | 69 |
| Haskell | 6,026 | 2 | 3,013.0 | 33.2 | 133 |
| Hays | 225,340 | 97 | 2,323.1 | 43.0 | 88 |
| Hemphill | 4,270 | 2 | 2,135.0 | 46.8 | 73 |
| Henderson | 83,089 | 30 | 2,769.6 | 36.1 | 123 |
| Hidalgo | 955,781 | 382 | 2,502.0 | 40.0 | 107 |
| Hill | 38,517 | 7 | 5,502.4 | 18.2 | 192 |
| Hockley | 24,649 | 6 | 4,108.2 | 24.3 | 170 |
| Hood | 59,191 | 23 | 2,573.5 | 38.9 | 110 |
| Hopkins | 37,796 | 16 | 2,362.3 | 42.3 | 90 |
| Houston | 24,894 | 5 | 4,978.8 | 20.1 | 188 |
| Howard | 37,244 | 24 | 1,551.8 | 64.4 | 40 |
| Hudspeth | 3,888 | 1 | 3,888.0 | 25.7 | 162 |
| Hunt | 98,305 | 49 | 2,006.2 | 49.8 | 64 |
| Hutchinson | 22,476 | 5 | 4,495.2 | 22.2 | 182 |
| Irion | 1,705 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Jack | 9,569 | 3 | 3,189.7 | 31.4 | 142 |
| Jackson | 14,291 | 5 | 2,858.2 | 35.0 | 128 |
| Jasper | 36,935 | 19 | 1,943.9 | 51.4 | 60 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,469 | 1 | 2,469.0 | 40.5 | 101 |
| Jefferson | 264,481 | 295 | 896.5 | 111.5 | 7 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,658 | 1 | 5,658.0 | 17.7 | 196 |
| Jim Wells | 43,829 | 20 | 2,191.5 | 45.6 | 78 |
| Johnson | 178,835 | 44 | 4,064.4 | 24.6 | 167 |
| Jones | 21,867 | 8 | 2,733.4 | 36.6 | 120 |
| Karnes | 15,976 | 6 | 2,662.7 | 37.6 | 113 |
| Kaufman | 138,601 | 47 | 2,949.0 | 33.9 | 132 |
| Kendall | 42,562 | 20 | 2,128.1 | 47.0 | 71 |
| Kenedy | 455 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kent | 807 | 1 | 807.0 | 123.9 | 5 |
| Kerr | 55,505 | 40 | 1,387.6 | 72.1 | 31 |
| Kimble | 4,953 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| King | 299 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kinney | 3,778 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Kleberg | 34,778 | 12 | 2,898.2 | 34.5 | 129 |
| Knox | 3,756 | 5 | 751.2 | 133.1 | 2 |
| Lamar | 52,456 | 39 | 1,345.0 | 74.3 | 28 |
| Lamb | 14,494 | 3 | 4,831.3 | 20.7 | 184 |
| Lampasas | 22,609 | 6 | 3,768.2 | 26.5 | 160 |
| La Salle | 7,957 | 2 | 3,978.5 | 25.1 | 166 |
| Lavaca | 19,717 | 7 | 2,816.7 | 35.5 | 125 |
| Lee | 18,614 | 6 | 3,102.3 | 32.2 | 138 |
| Leon | 18,940 | 1 | 18,940.0 | 5.3 | 229 |
| Liberty | 87,600 | 21 | 4,171.4 | 24.0 | 175 |
| Limestone | 25,576 | 8 | 3,197.0 | 31.3 | 144 |
| Lipscomb | 3,685 | 1 | 3,685.0 | 27.1 | 156 |
| Live Oak | 11,793 | 3 | 3,931.0 | 25.4 | 163 |
| Llano | 21,031 | 3 | 7,010.3 | 14.3 | 204 |
| Loving | 80 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Lubbock | 306,336 | 366 | 837.0 | 119.5 | 6 |
| Lynn | 6,177 | 6 | 1,029.5 | 97.1 | 10 |
| McCulloch | 8,872 | 1 | 8,872.0 | 11.3 | 213 |
| McLennan | 250,941 | 163 | 1,539.5 | 65.0 | 38 |
| McMullen | 763 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Madison | 15,245 | 1 | 15,245.0 | 6.6 | 228 |
| Marion | 11,285 | 5 | 2,257.0 | 44.3 | 82 |
| Martin | 5,431 | 2 | 2,715.5 | 36.8 | 117 |
| Mason | 4,179 | 1 | 4,179.0 | 23.9 | 176 |
| Matagorda | 39,147 | 18 | 2,174.8 | 46.0 | 75 |
| Maverick | 61,696 | 14 | 4,406.9 | 22.7 | 181 |
| Medina | 54,632 | 11 | 4,966.5 | 20.1 | 187 |
| Menard | 2,394 | 1 | 2,394.0 | 41.8 | 95 |
| Midland | 154,516 | 87 | 1,776.0 | 56.3 | 53 |
| Milam | 26,371 | 18 | 1,465.1 | 68.3 | 34 |
| Mills | 5,160 | 3 | 1,720.0 | 58.1 | 49 |
| Mitchell | 9,917 | 4 | 2,479.3 | 40.3 | 102 |
| Montague | 21,132 | 5 | 4,226.4 | 23.7 | 177 |
| Montgomery | 613,169 | 361 | 1,698.5 | 58.9 | 47 |
| Moore | 25,030 | 5 | 5,006.0 | 20.0 | 189 |
| Morris | 13,733 | 1 | 13,733.0 | 7.3 | 226 |
| Motley | 1,208 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Nacogdoches | 71,465 | 40 | 1,786.6 | 56.0 | 55 |
| Navarro | 53,811 | 11 | 4,891.9 | 20.4 | 186 |
| Newton | 14,374 | 2 | 7,187.0 | 13.9 | 205 |
| Nolan | 15,985 | 7 | 2,283.6 | 43.8 | 85 |
| Nueces | 369,142 | 313 | 1,179.4 | 84.8 | 17 |
| Ochiltree | 12,190 | 2 | 6,095.0 | 16.4 | 198 |
| Oldham | 2,192 | 2 | 1,096.0 | 91.2 | 14 |
| Orange | 86,836 | 28 | 3,101.3 | 32.2 | 137 |
| Palo Pinto | 30,988 | 10 | 3,098.8 | 32.3 | 136 |
| Panola | 25,541 | 4 | 6,385.3 | 15.7 | 201 |
| Parker | 149,616 | 36 | 4,156.0 | 24.1 | 173 |
| Parmer | 11,909 | 3 | 3,969.7 | 25.2 | 165 |
| Pecos | 16,793 | 7 | 2,399.0 | 41.7 | 96 |
| Polk | 50,600 | 19 | 2,663.2 | 37.5 | 114 |
| Potter | 131,699 | 209 | 630.1 | 158.7 | 1 |
| Presidio | 8,550 | 3 | 2,850.0 | 35.1 | 127 |
| Rains | 12,678 | 1 | 12,678.0 | 7.9 | 225 |
| Randall | 137,390 | 44 | 3,122.5 | 32.0 | 139 |
| Reagan | 3,807 | 2 | 1,903.5 | 52.5 | 58 |
| Real | 3,430 | 1 | 3,430.0 | 29.2 | 150 |
| Red River | 13,388 | 5 | 2,677.6 | 37.3 | 115 |
| Reeves | 14,720 | 4 | 3,680.0 | 27.2 | 155 |
| Refugio | 7,498 | 1 | 7,498.0 | 13.3 | 206 |
| Roberts | 992 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Robertson | 18,964 | 6 | 3,160.7 | 31.6 | 141 |
| Rockwall | 107,563 | 63 | 1,707.3 | 58.6 | 48 |
| Runnels | 10,893 | 1 | 10,893.0 | 9.2 | 219 |
| Rusk | 61,213 | 18 | 3,400.7 | 29.4 | 148 |
| Sabine | 11,909 | 1 | 11,909.0 | 8.4 | 224 |
| San Augustine | 9,264 | 6 | 1,544.0 | 64.8 | 39 |
| San Jacinto | 31,199 | 1 | 31,199.0 | 3.2 | 230 |
| San Patricio | 67,731 | 19 | 3,564.8 | 28.1 | 153 |
| San Saba | 6,394 | 3 | 2,131.3 | 46.9 | 72 |
| Schleicher | 3,835 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Scurry | 18,492 | 2 | 9,246.0 | 10.8 | 214 |
| Shackelford | 3,654 | 3 | 1,218.0 | 82.1 | 19 |
| Shelby | 28,013 | 10 | 2,801.3 | 35.7 | 124 |
| Sherman | 3,341 | 2 | 1,670.5 | 59.9 | 43 |
| Smith | 235,940 | 240 | 983.1 | 101.7 | 9 |
| Somervell | 10,054 | 5 | 2,010.8 | 49.7 | 65 |
| Starr | 67,425 | 8 | 8,428.1 | 11.9 | 210 |
| Stephens | 10,161 | 4 | 2,540.3 | 39.4 | 109 |
| Sterling | 1,207 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Stonewall | 1,506 | 2 | 753.0 | 132.8 | 3 |
| Sutton | 4,552 | 2 | 2,276.0 | 43.9 | 83 |
| Swisher | 8,153 | 2 | 4,076.5 | 24.5 | 169 |
| Tarrant | 2,057,926 | 1,474 | 1,396.2 | 71.6 | 33 |
| Taylor | 137,300 | 127 | 1,081.1 | 92.5 | 13 |
| Terrell | 1,039 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Terry | 13,209 | 3 | 4,403.0 | 22.7 | 180 |
| Throckmorton | 1,647 | 1 | 1,647.0 | 60.7 | 41 |
| Titus | 36,614 | 15 | 2,440.9 | 41.0 | 98 |
| Tom Green | 114,017 | 83 | 1,373.7 | 72.8 | 30 |
| Travis | 1,223,816 | 960 | 1,274.8 | 78.4 | 24 |
| Trinity | 16,236 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Tyler | 22,481 | 6 | 3,746.8 | 26.7 | 159 |
| Upshur | 43,948 | 4 | 10,987.0 | 9.1 | 221 |
| Upton | 3,781 | 3 | 1,260.3 | 79.3 | 22 |
| Uvalde | 28,161 | 12 | 2,346.8 | 42.6 | 89 |
| Val Verde | 52,475 | 23 | 2,281.5 | 43.8 | 84 |
| Van Zandt | 57,106 | 11 | 5,191.5 | 19.3 | 191 |
| Victoria | 91,624 | 81 | 1,131.2 | 88.4 | 15 |
| Walker | 71,717 | 30 | 2,390.6 | 41.8 | 93 |
| Waller | 54,675 | 5 | 10,935.0 | 9.1 | 220 |
| Ward | 11,111 | 2 | 5,555.5 | 18.0 | 194 |
| Washington | 36,917 | 12 | 3,076.4 | 32.5 | 134 |
| Webb | 303,060 | 120 | 2,525.5 | 39.6 | 108 |
| Wharton | 42,884 | 9 | 4,764.9 | 21.0 | 183 |
| Wheeler | 5,800 | 1 | 5,800.0 | 17.2 | 197 |
| Wichita | 132,912 | 108 | 1,230.7 | 81.3 | 20 |
| Wilbarger | 14,614 | 14 | 1,043.9 | 95.8 | 11 |
| Willacy | 25,859 | 3 | 8,619.7 | 11.6 | 211 |
| Williamson | 585,398 | 289 | 2,025.6 | 49.4 | 67 |
| Wilson | 54,265 | 17 | 3,192.1 | 31.3 | 143 |
| Winkler | 8,116 | 0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Wise | 71,081 | 26 | 2,733.9 | 36.6 | 121 |
| Wood | 47,309 | 19 | 2,489.9 | 40.2 | 103 |
| Yoakum | 9,197 | 4 | 2,299.3 | 43.5 | 87 |
| Young | 19,623 | 13 | 1,509.5 | 66.2 | 36 |
| Zapata | 16,440 | 4 | 4,110.0 | 24.3 | 171 |
| Zavala | 12,670 | 2 | 6,335.0 | 15.8 | 200 |
| Texas Total | 29,366,479 | 18,563 | 1,582.0 | 63.2 | - |
| NPs w/o Texas RN license* | - | 1,515 | - | - | - |