Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Texas has 6,321 practicing internal medicine doctors. Broken out by city, internal medicine doctor density in Abilene is 39, in Allen is 30, in Amarillo is 74, in Angleton is 9, in Arlington is 144, in Austin is 356, in Bastrop is 7, in Bay City is 9, in Beaumont is 44, in Bedford is 39, in Bellaire is 19, in Bellville is 3, in Brenham is 5, in Brownsville is 42, in Bryan is 24, in Buda is 2, in Burleson is 19, in Carrollton is 61, in Cleburne is 21, in Cleveland is 14, in College Station is 28, in Conroe is 41, in Corpus Christi is 86, in Corsicana is 7, in Dallas is 833, in Decatur is 6, in Denison is 16, in Denton is 58, in Desoto is 5, in Edinburg is 27, in El Paso is 191, in Euless is 19, in Flower Mound is 25, in Fort Worth is 253, in Friendswood is 11, in Frisco is 47, in Galveston is 190, in Garland is 54, in Granbury is 13, in Grand Prairie is 4, in Grapevine is 27, in Greenville is 17, in Harlingen is 71, in Houston is 1,241, in Humble is 34, in Huntsville is 20, in Irving is 92, in Jacksonville is 17, in Katy is 42, in Kerrville is 34, in Killeen is 17, in Lake Jackson is 14, in Lewisville is 24, in Live Oak is 21, in Longview is 48, in Lubbock is 83, in Lufkin is 23, in Marble Falls is 6, in Mcallen is 57, in Mckinney is 28, in Mesquite is 46, in Midland is 41, in Mineral Wells is 4, in Missouri City is 13, in Mount Pleasant is 12, in Nacogdoches is 14, in Nederland is 7, in New Braunfels is 16, in North Richland Hills is 14, in Odessa is 79, in Paris is 15, in Pasadena is 49, in Pearland is 25, in Plano is 151, in Port Arthur is 16, in Richardson is 88, in Richmond is 8, in Round Rock is 44, in Rowlett is 9, in San Angelo is 34, in San Antonio is 580, in San Marcos is 17, in Sherman is 22, in Spring is 15, in Stephenville is 9, in Sugar Land is 96, in Temple is 127, in Terrell is 10, in Texarkana is 36, in Texas City is 28, in Tomball is 21, in Tyler is 102, in Victoria is 27, in Waco is 35, in Waxahachie is 20, in Weatherford is 13, in Webster is 40, in Weslaco is 19, in Wharton is 12, and in Wichita Falls is 22.

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.