Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Texas has 8,521 practicing family doctors. Broken out by city, family practice doctor density in Abilene is 66, in Allen is 26, in Amarillo is 91, in Arlington is 122, in Austin is 410, in Bastrop is 9, in Beaumont is 56, in Bedford is 26, in Boerne is 14, in Brownsville is 30, in Brownwood is 20, in Bryan is 92, in Carrollton is 39, in Cedar Park is 31, in Cleburne is 19, in College Station is 60, in Colleyville is 33, in Conroe is 71, in Coppell is 32, in Corpus Christi is 165, in Corsicana is 13, in Crockett is 6, in Dallas is 499, in Decatur is 10, in Deer Park is 8, in Denton is 59, in Dickinson is 9, in Edinburg is 34, in El Paso is 173, in Euless is 7, in Fairfield is 8, in Flower Mound is 35, in Fort Worth is 351, in Friendswood is 10, in Frisco is 39, in Garland is 128, in Glen Rose is 6, in Granbury is 17, in Grand Prairie is 49, in Grapevine is 25, in Greenville is 22, in Harlingen is 62, in Henderson is 11, in Hereford is 7, in Houston is 981, in Humble is 31, in Huntsville is 21, in Irving is 86, in Jacksonville is 13, in Katy is 41, in Keller is 27, in League City is 26, in Lewisville is 37, in Livingston is 14, in Longview is 35, in Lubbock is 154, in Lufkin is 32, in Magnolia is 11, in Mansfield is 26, in Mcallen is 91, in Mckinney is 34, in Mesquite is 57, in Midland is 25, in Missouri City is 13, in Mount Pleasant is 11, in Nacogdoches is 24, in Nederland is 12, in New Braunfels is 37, in North Richland Hills is 15, in Orange is 13, in Palestine is 23, in Pasadena is 48, in Pearland is 37, in Pflugerville is 15, in Pittsburg is 9, in Plano is 116, in Port Arthur is 28, in Richardson is 54, in Rockport is 52, in Rockwall is 23, in Rosenberg is 9, in Round Rock is 52, in San Angelo is 42, in San Antonio is 623, in San Marcos is 19, in Seguin is 19, in Smithville is 3, in South Houston is 1, in Southlake is 20, in Spring is 28, in Sugar Land is 104, in Texarkana is 34, in Tomball is 26, in Tyler is 139, in Victoria is 36, in Waco is 138, in Waxahachie is 12, in Weatherford is 22, in Webster is 32, and in Wichita Falls is 57.

Texas achieved statehood in 1845, and its capital is Austin. Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center with its world-famous NASA Mission Control. Texas offers a multitude of outdoor activities: you can visit a ranch or a rodeo, or go hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, or canoeing. Popular sites are the Alamo in San Antonio, the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, the Natural Bridge Caverns in San Antonio, or the Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi. Famous Texans include former presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Dwight D. Eisenhower, actors Tommy Lee Jones and Joan Crawford, and musicians Janis Joplin and Buddy Holly.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Texas has a population of 22,859,968. Of this population, 6,219,854 are under the age of 18 and 2,258,423 are at or above the age of 65.