Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Texas has 6,752 practicing internal medicine doctors. Broken out by city, internal medicine doctor density in Abilene is 39, in Allen is 22, in Amarillo is 79, in Angleton is 3, in Arlington is 99, in Austin is 371, in Bastrop is 4, in Bay City is 7, in Beaumont is 41, in Bedford is 25, in Bellaire is 21, in Bellville is 2, in Brenham is 5, in Brownsville is 39, in Bryan is 24, in Burleson is 23, in Carrollton is 23, in Cleburne is 10, in Cleveland is 14, in College Station is 26, in Conroe is 33, in Corpus Christi is 87, in Corsicana is 5, in Dallas is 811, in Decatur is 4, in Denison is 15, in Denton is 33, in Desoto is 6, in Edinburg is 24, in El Paso is 210, in Euless is 13, in Flower Mound is 13, in Fort Worth is 225, in Friendswood is 7, in Frisco is 41, in Galveston is 209, in Garland is 50, in Granbury is 10, in Grand Prairie is 3, in Grapevine is 22, in Greenville is 15, in Harlingen is 71, in Houston is 1,277, in Humble is 25, in Huntsville is 16, in Irving is 70, in Jacksonville is 12, in Katy is 33, in Kerrville is 32, in Killeen is 13, in Lake Jackson is 9, in Lewisville is 19, in Live Oak is 17, in Longview is 49, in Lubbock is 84, in Lufkin is 24, in Marble Falls is 3, in Marshall is 12, in Mcallen is 48, in Mckinney is 21, in Mesquite is 40, in Midland is 38, in Mineral Wells is 3, in Missouri City is 5, in Mount Pleasant is 5, in Nacogdoches is 16, in Nederland is 5, in New Braunfels is 16, in North Richland Hills is 4, in Odessa is 89, in Paris is 16, in Pasadena is 41, in Pearland is 22, in Plano is 132, in Port Arthur is 14, in Richardson is 51, in Richmond is 10, in Round Rock is 46, in Rowlett is 9, in San Angelo is 35, in San Antonio is 571, in San Marcos is 15, in Sherman is 21, in Spring is 11, in Stephenville is 7, in Sugar Land is 78, in Temple is 161, in Terrell is 9, in Texarkana is 37, in Texas City is 23, in Tomball is 21, in Tyler is 93, in Victoria is 27, in Waco is 33, in Waxahachie is 11, in Weatherford is 10, in Webster is 32, in Weslaco is 17, in Wharton is 9, and in Wichita Falls is 28.

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.