Nurse Practitioners, 2021

County	2021 Total Population	2021 NP Total	Ratio of 2021 Population to NP	Ratio of NPs to 100,000 Population	Rank
Anderson	58,162	37	1,572	63.6	102
Andrews	23,290	13	1,792	55.8	133
Angelina	90,739	94	965	103.6	39
Aransas	28,232	16	1,765	56.7	130
Archer	8,303	14	593	168.6	3
Armstrong	1,946	1	1,946	51.4	144
Atascosa	52,646	22	2,393	41.8	175
Austin	30,609	14	2,186	45.7	165
Bailey	7,749	4	1,937	51.6	143
Bandera	21,318	16	1,332	75.1	73
Bastrop	87,351	37	2,361	42.4	174
Baylor	3,620	0	-	-	-
Bee	34,694	20	1,735	57.6	127
Bell	357,856	409	875	114.3	26
Bexar	2,133,664	2,000	1,066	93.8	48
Blanco	11,609	5	2,322	43.1	172
Borden	692	0	-	-	-
Bosque	17,729	4	4,432	22.6	214
Bowie	92,534	178	520	192.4	2
Brazoria	382,793	427	896	111.5	29
Brazos	233,503	136	1,717	58.2	124
Brewster	9,100	5	1,820	54.9	136
Briscoe	1,563	1	1,563	64	99
Brooks	7,160	2	3,580	27.9	204
Brown	38,962	30	1,299	77	69
Burleson	17,782	4	4,446	22.5	215
Burnet	48,769	35	1,393	71.8	81
Caldwell	44,960	15	2,997	33.4	195
Calhoun	22,948	14	1,639	61	111
Callahan	13,465	10	1,347	74.3	76
Cameron	429,514	300	1,432	69.8	83
Camp	13,411	8	1,676	59.7	115
Carson	5,787	5	1,157	86.4	55
Cass	30,269	20	1,513	66.1	95
Castro	7,024	2	3,512	28.5	203
Chambers	43,243	34	1,272	78.6	68
Cherokee	52,263	51	1,025	97.6	43
Childress	7,053	8	882	113.4	27
Clay	9,693	6	1,616	61.9	107
Cochran	3,371	2	1,686	59.3	117
Coke	3,205	0	-	-	-
Coleman	8,443	4	2,111	47.4	160
Collin	1,069,017	1,271	841	118.9	22
Collingsworth	3,227	2	1,614	62	106
Colorado	21,318	7	3,045	32.8	196
Comal	152,183	179	850	117.6	24
Comanche	12,980	5	2,596	38.5	186
Concho	4,149	1	4,149	24.1	208
Cooke	39,847	42	949	105.4	36
Coryell	78,703	20	3,935	25.4	206
Cottle	1,507	0	-	-	-
Crane	6,434	0	-	-	-
Crockett	4,071	0	-	-	-
Crosby	6,509	1	6,509	15.4	227
Culberson	2,229	3	743	134.6	11
Dallam	7,301	1	7,301	13.7	228
Dallas	2,771,223	2,925	947	105.5	35
Dawson	13,567	6	2,261	44.2	168
De Witt	21,907	4	5,477	18.3	223
Deaf Smith	18,043	11	1,640	61	112
Delta	5,370	2	2,685	37.2	188
Denton	925,643	783	1,182	84.6	59
Dickens	2,149	2	1,075	93.1	49
Dimmit	11,974	7	1,711	58.5	122
Donley	3,386	2	1,693	59.1	119
Duval	11,771	4	2,943	34	194
Eastland	18,149	11	1,650	60.6	114
Ector	190,713	91	2,096	47.7	159
Edwards	1,979	0	-	-	-
El Paso	883,160	844	1,046	95.6	45
Ellis	180,752	168	1,076	92.9	50
Erath	41,950	17	2,468	40.5	180
Falls	16,493	7	2,356	42.4	173
Fannin	34,671	19	1,825	54.8	137
Fayette	26,272	8	3,284	30.5	199
Fisher	3,980	6	663	150.8	5
Floyd	5,743	0	-	-	-
Foard	1,238	0	-	-	-
Fort Bend	871,351	1,177	740	135.1	10
Franklin	10,954	8	1,369	73	78
Freestone	19,865	10	1,987	50.3	150
Frio	20,327	11	1,848	54.1	138
Gaines	22,628	5	4,526	22.1	216
Galveston	362,099	379	955	104.7	37
Garza	6,820	0	-	-	-
Gillespie	26,361	19	1,387	72.1	80
Glasscock	1,380	0	-	-	-
Goliad	7,768	5	1,554	64.4	98
Gonzales	21,488	8	2,686	37.2	189
Gray	24,456	13	1,881	53.2	140
Grayson	132,740	112	1,185	84.4	60
Gregg	126,034	163	773	129.3	15
Grimes	29,128	10	2,913	34.3	192
Guadalupe	174,869	122	1,433	69.8	84
Hale	32,901	13	2,531	39.5	184
Hall	3,303	0	-	-	-
Hamilton	8,210	5	1,642	60.9	113
Hansford	5,855	3	1,952	51.2	147
Hardeman	3,854	5	771	129.7	14
Hardin	56,626	60	944	106	34
Harris	5,071,573	4,630	1,095	91.3	51
Harrison	68,492	47	1,457	68.6	86
Hartley	6,082	3	2,027	49.3	152
Haskell	6,237	7	891	112.2	28
Hays	244,221	149	1,639	61	110
Hemphill	4,761	6	794	126	18
Henderson	81,369	48	1,695	59	120
Hidalgo	879,547	577	1,524	65.6	97
Hill	35,678	24	1,487	67.3	90
Hockley	24,799	8	3,100	32.3	197
Hood	59,402	39	1,523	65.7	96
Hopkins	37,194	22	1,691	59.1	118
Houston	22,531	9	2,503	39.9	182
Howard	41,941	35	1,198	83.5	62
Hudspeth	3,403	0	-	-	-
Hunt	96,303	68	1,416	70.6	82
Hutchinson	21,424	11	1,948	51.3	145
Irion	1,509	0	-	-	-
Jack	8,830	4	2,208	45.3	166
Jackson	16,099	9	1,789	55.9	132
Jasper	35,456	28	1,266	79	67
Jeff Davis	2,092	1	2,092	47.8	157
Jefferson	259,249	320	810	123.4	19
Jim Hogg	5,053	0	-	-	-
Jim Wells	43,074	19	2,267	44.1	169
Johnson	173,888	129	1,348	74.2	77
Jones	19,702	15	1,313	76.1	70
Karnes	15,466	9	1,718	58.2	126
Kaufman	127,644	125	1,021	97.9	42
Kendall	47,967	57	842	118.8	23
Kenedy	483	0	-	-	-
Kent	798	0	-	-	-
Kerr	52,544	73	720	138.9	9
Kimble	4,309	2	2,155	46.4	162
King	313	0	-	-	-
Kinney	3,458	1	3,458	28.9	202
Kleberg	30,910	18	1,717	58.2	125
Knox	3,960	5	792	126.3	17
La Salle	8,479	2	4,240	23.6	210
Lamar	50,009	66	758	132	12
Lamb	12,672	7	1,810	55.2	134
Lampasas	21,193	16	1,325	75.5	72
Lavaca	20,958	14	1,497	66.8	91
Lee	17,691	9	1,966	50.9	149
Leon	17,805	7	2,544	39.3	185
Liberty	86,326	35	2,466	40.5	179
Limestone	23,559	19	1,240	80.6	64
Lipscomb	3,694	0	-	-	-
Live Oak	12,081	3	4,027	24.8	207
Llano	19,481	17	1,146	87.3	53
Loving	93	0	-	-	-
Lubbock	321,818	484	665	150.4	6
Lynn	5,562	8	695	143.8	8
Madison	14,636	3	4,879	20.5	220
Marion	10,255	6	1,709	58.5	121
Martin	6,195	3	2,065	48.4	155
Mason	3,900	2	1,950	51.3	146
Matagorda	37,055	25	1,482	67.5	89
Maverick	60,484	12	5,040	19.8	222
McCulloch	8,700	0	-	-	-
McLennan	254,824	222	1,148	87.1	54
McMullen	787	0	-	-	-
Medina	51,121	38	1,345	74.3	75
Menard	2,185	1	2,185	45.8	164
Midland	193,981	140	1,386	72.2	79
Milam	24,634	12	2,053	48.7	154
Mills	4,863	3	1,621	61.7	108
Mitchell	9,895	4	2,474	40.4	181
Montague	19,154	8	2,394	41.8	176
Montgomery	632,702	662	956	104.6	38
Moore	21,543	5	4,309	23.2	211
Morris	12,393	1	12,393	8.1	229
Motley	1,165	1	1,165	85.8	56
Nacogdoches	64,181	69	930	107.5	33
Navarro	47,962	21	2,284	43.8	171
Newton	13,654	6	2,276	43.9	170
Nolan	15,689	10	1,569	63.7	101
Nueces	388,438	421	923	108.4	32
Ochiltree	11,431	6	1,905	52.5	142
Oldham	2,210	1	2,210	45.2	167
Orange	86,539	53	1,633	61.2	109
Palo Pinto	27,815	21	1,325	75.5	71
Panola	24,647	14	1,761	56.8	129
Parker	137,707	117	1,177	85	58
Parmer	9,097	5	1,819	55	135
Pecos	16,598	3	5,533	18.1	224
Polk	49,480	31	1,596	62.7	105
Potter	122,765	192	639	156.4	4
Presidio	5,758	1	5,758	17.4	225
Rains	11,425	6	1,904	52.5	141
Randall	140,273	154	911	109.8	31
Reagan	4,326	2	2,163	46.2	163
Real	3,415	1	3,415	29.3	201
Red River	12,565	10	1,257	79.6	65
Reeves	15,931	8	1,991	50.2	151
Refugio	7,589	3	2,530	39.5	183
Roberts	991	0	-	-	-
Robertson	16,924	6	2,821	35.5	191
Rockwall	104,969	128	820	121.9	20
Runnels	11,072	3	3,691	27.1	205
Rusk	52,713	30	1,757	56.9	128
Sabine	9,840	4	2,460	40.7	178
San Augustine	8,365	2	4,183	23.9	209
San Jacinto	29,085	5	5,817	17.2	226
San Patricio	72,040	42	1,715	58.3	123
San Saba	5,856	3	1,952	51.2	148
Schleicher	3,325	1	3,325	30.1	200
Scurry	18,541	1	18,541	5.4	230
Shackelford	3,414	4	854	117.2	25
Shelby	25,537	19	1,344	74.4	74
Sherman	3,299	0	-	-	-
Smith	237,577	354	671	149	7
Somervell	9,388	12	782	127.8	16
Starr	65,010	13	5,001	20	221
Stephens	9,570	6	1,595	62.7	104
Sterling	1,257	1	1,257	79.6	66
Stonewall	1,524	4	381	262.5	1
Sutton	4,406	3	1,469	68.1	87
Swisher	7,365	3	2,455	40.7	177
Tarrant	2,178,720	2,111	1,032	96.9	44
Taylor	140,207	182	770	129.8	13
Terrell	1,057	1	1,057	94.6	46
Terry	13,096	3	4,365	22.9	212
Throckmorton	1,513	1	1,513	66.1	94
Titus	32,989	27	1,222	81.8	63
Tom Green	124,765	118	1,057	94.6	47
Travis	1,317,306	1,331	990	101	40
Trinity	14,183	3	4,728	21.2	218
Tyler	21,313	8	2,664	37.5	187
Upshur	41,899	20	2,095	47.7	158
Upton	4,056	2	2,028	49.3	153
Uvalde	28,166	15	1,878	53.3	139
Val Verde	48,180	27	1,784	56	131
Van Zandt	55,778	27	2,066	48.4	156
Victoria	98,869	110	899	111.3	30
Walker	74,751	27	2,769	36.1	190
Waller	51,529	24	2,147	46.6	161
Ward	13,986	3	4,662	21.5	217
Washington	35,306	12	2,942	34	193
Webb	278,650	166	1,679	59.6	116
Wharton	41,999	28	1,500	66.7	92
Wheeler	5,813	4	1,453	68.8	85
Wichita	133,234	161	828	120.8	21
Wilbarger	12,973	13	998	100.2	41
Willacy	22,115	5	4,423	22.6	213
Williamson	609,818	552	1,105	90.5	52
Wilson	52,777	35	1,508	66.3	93
Winkler	9,569	6	1,595	62.7	103
Wise	66,500	56	1,188	84.2	61
Wood	45,611	31	1,471	68	88
Yoakum	9,404	6	1,567	63.8	100
Young	18,730	16	1,171	85.4	57
Zapata	14,418	3	4,806	20.8	219
Zavala	12,780	4	3,195	31.3	198
Texas Total	30,168,926	27,850	1,083	92.3	-