Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Texas has 8,519 practicing family doctors. Broken out by city, family practice doctor density in Abilene is 68, in Allen is 55, in Amarillo is 99, in Arlington is 174, in Austin is 430, in Bastrop is 11, in Beaumont is 73, in Bedford is 34, in Boerne is 19, in Brownsville is 37, in Brownwood is 19, in Bryan is 102, in Carrollton is 59, in Cedar Park is 36, in Cleburne is 25, in College Station is 62, in Colleyville is 63, in Conroe is 88, in Coppell is 35, in Corpus Christi is 169, in Corsicana is 14, in Crockett is 10, in Dallas is 595, in Decatur is 11, in Deer Park is 11, in Denton is 68, in Dickinson is 11, in El Paso is 177, in Euless is 14, in Fairfield is 11, in Flower Mound is 43, in Fort Worth is 402, in Friendswood is 13, in Frisco is 41, in Garland is 131, in Glen Rose is 6, in Granbury is 20, in Grand Prairie is 57, in Grapevine is 30, in Greenville is 34, in Harlingen is 67, in Henderson is 11, in Hereford is 14, in Houston is 1,065, in Humble is 47, in Huntsville is 22, in Irving is 89, in Jacksonville is 34, in Katy is 47, in Keller is 33, in League City is 26, in Lewisville is 56, in Livingston is 15, in Longview is 45, in Lubbock is 153, in Lufkin is 32, in Magnolia is 11, in Mansfield is 26, in Mcallen is 105, in Mckinney is 34, in Mesquite is 84, in Midland is 34, in Missouri City is 26, in Montgomery is 11, in Mount Pleasant is 19, in Nacogdoches is 26, in Nederland is 20, in New Braunfels is 36, in North Richland Hills is 22, in Orange is 16, in Palestine is 26, in Pasadena is 54, in Pearland is 38, in Pflugerville is 16, in Pittsburg is 21, in Plano is 138, in Port Arthur is 38, in Richardson is 141, in Rockport is 53, in Rockwall is 52, in Rosenberg is 12, in Round Rock is 64, in San Angelo is 45, in San Antonio is 644, in San Marcos is 20, in Seguin is 19, in Smithville is 5, in Southlake is 25, in Spring is 48, in Sugar Land is 122, in Texarkana is 41, in Tomball is 27, in Tyler is 162, in Victoria is 40, in Waco is 145, in Waxahachie is 34, in Weatherford is 23, in Webster is 32, in Wichita Falls is 67, and in Woodway is 10.

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.