Texas abortion percentages by county, 1999-2003

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006

Data for Texas counties, cumulative from 1999 to 2003, residents only

county	abortions	live births	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion % ranking
Anderson	3,296	405	123	10.9	112
Andrews	1,015	84	83	7.6	189
Angelina	6,399	540	84	7.8	183
Aransas	1,232	256	208	17.2	27
Archer	488	40	82	7.6	191
Armstrong	113	38	336	25.2	11
Atascosa	3,163	433	137	12.0	83
Austin	1,691	273	161	13.9	48
Bailey	621	632	1,018	50.4	3
Bandera	931	126	135	11.9	86
Bastrop	4,462	895	201	16.7	29
Baylor	218	33	151	13.1	57
Bee	1,936	337	174	14.8	39
Bell	27,074	4,795	177	15.0	36
Bexar	121,322	38,753	319	24.2	14
Blanco	517	78	151	13.1	58
Borden	18	10	556	35.7	5
Bosque	1,026	85	83	7.7	188
Bowie	5,717	224	39	3.8	242
Brazoria	20,542	1,983	97	8.8	160
Brazos	11,122	2,535	228	18.6	24
Brewster	604	86	142	12.5	67
Briscoe	111	39	351	26.0	10
Brooks	664	87	131	11.6	95
Brown	2,499	160	64	6.0	218
Burleson	1,129	166	147	12.8	62
Burnet	2,362	393	166	14.3	46
Caldwell	2,579	358	139	12.2	76
Calhoun	1,642	158	96	8.8	161
Callahan	654	40	61	5.8	223
Cameron	41,941	4,539	108	9.8	134
Camp	910	75	82	7.6	190
Carson	369	22	60	5.6	225
Cass	1,730	45	26	2.5	252
Castro	693	44	63	6.0	219
Chambers	1,620	172	106	9.6	139
Cherokee	3,635	276	76	7.1	203
Childress	433	35	81	7.5	193
Clay	466	58	124	11.1	103
Cochran	265	7	26	2.6	250
Coke	167	46	275	21.6	17
Coleman	539	43	80	7.4	195
Collin	45,814	6,316	138	12.1	80
Collingsworth	171	15	88	8.1	176
Colorado	1,312	121	92	8.4	167
Comal	5,575	872	156	13.5	52
Comanche	827	80	97	8.8	156
Concho	126	10	79	7.4	198
Cooke	2,502	263	105	9.5	145
Coryell	4,842	841	174	14.8	40
Cottle	115	37	322	24.3	12
Crane	276	41	149	12.9	60
Crockett	262	39	149	13.0	59
Crosby	552	92	167	14.3	45
Culberson	223	15	67	6.3	213
Dallam	511	53	104	9.4	147
Dallas	211,183	58,115	275	21.6	18
Dawson	1,035	67	65	6.1	217
De Witt	1,189	120	101	9.2	149
Deaf Smith	1,811	91	50	4.8	236
Delta	312	24	77	7.1	201
Denton	39,087	6,283	161	13.8	49
Dickens	122	22	180	15.3	35
Dimmit	822	82	100	9.1	151
Donley	187	23	123	11.0	110
Duval	970	160	165	14.2	47
Eastland	1,117	93	83	7.7	187
Ector	11,157	1,387	124	11.1	105
Edwards	104	20	192	16.1	30
El Paso	58,507	8,112	139	12.2	79
Ellis	21,369	2,884	135	11.9	88
Erath	2,248	317	141	12.4	71
Falls	1,030	175	170	14.5	43
Fannin	1,779	177	99	9.0	152
Fayette	1,278	113	88	8.1	171
Fisher	180	11	61	5.8	224
Floyd	593	39	66	6.2	216
Foard	78	11	141	12.4	70
Fort Bend	26,894	4,270	159	13.7	51
Franklin	512	75	146	12.8	63
Freestone	1,077	145	135	11.9	90
Frio	1,311	163	124	11.1	104
Gaines	1,346	64	48	4.5	238
Galveston	19,081	3,534	185	15.6	34
Garza	336	45	134	11.8	91
Gillespie	1,124	119	106	9.6	141
Glasscock	79	3	38	3.7	243
Goliad	392	60	153	13.3	54
Gonzales	1,552	213	137	12.1	82
Gray	1,318	88	67	6.3	215
Grayson	7,718	947	123	10.9	114
Gregg	9,106	576	63	5.9	220
Grimes	1,628	220	135	11.9	87
Guadalupe	5,924	866	146	12.8	64
Hale	3,229	221	68	6.4	212
Hall	267	19	71	6.6	209
Hamilton	455	44	97	8.8	158
Hansford	454	16	35	3.4	247
Hardeman	259	21	81	7.5	192
Hardin	3,161	505	160	13.8	50
Harris	319,920	89,190	279	21.8	16
Harrison	4,023	142	35	3.4	246
Hartley	412	15	36	3.5	245
Haskell	321	31	97	8.8	159
Hays	7,597	1,763	232	18.8	23
Hemphill	235	12	51	4.9	235
Henderson	4,829	592	123	10.9	115
Hidalgo	76,435	6,392	84	7.7	185
Hill	2,373	254	107	9.7	136
Hockley	1,778	205	115	10.3	124
Hood	2,360	282	119	10.7	121
Hopkins	2,289	168	73	6.8	207
Houston	1,244	396	318	24.1	15
Howard	2,215	207	93	8.5	165
Hudspeth	233	10	43	4.1	241
Hunt	5,437	761	140	12.3	74
Hutchinson	1,613	102	63	5.9	221
Irion	62	5	81	7.5	194
Jack	491	54	110	9.9	132
Jackson	1,039	180	173	14.8	41
Jasper	2,500	347	139	12.2	77
Jeff Davis	85	23	271	21.3	19
Jefferson	17,160	3,243	189	15.9	32
Jim Hogg	380	47	124	11.0	107
Jim Wells	3,127	538	172	14.7	42
Johnson	9,517	1,158	122	10.8	118
Jones	942	127	135	11.9	89
Karnes	887	102	115	10.3	126
Kaufman	5,644	783	139	12.2	78
Kendall	1,557	180	116	10.4	123
Kenedy	36	6	167	14.3	44
Kent	30	14	467	31.8	8
Kerr	2,535	389	153	13.3	53
Kimble	259	36	139	12.2	75
King	13	7	538	35.0	6
Kinney	189	20	106	9.6	142
Kleberg	2,559	556	217	17.8	26
Knox	256	20	78	7.2	200
La Salle	1,068	263	246	19.8	21
Lamar	2,902	168	58	5.5	227
Lamb	1,161	123	106	9.6	140
Lampasas	1,002	96	96	8.7	162
Lavaca	1,177	90	76	7.1	202
Lee	1,079	129	120	10.7	120
Leon	923	102	111	10.0	130
Liberty	5,284	494	93	8.5	164
Limestone	1,470	225	153	13.3	55
Lipscomb	185	8	43	4.1	240
Live Oak	590	81	137	12.1	81
Llano	735	84	114	10.3	127
Loving	2	6	3,000	75.0	2
Lubbock	19,476	3,397	174	14.9	38
Lynn	464	29	63	5.9	222
Madison	771	108	140	12.3	73
Marion	587	18	31	3.0	248
Martin	351	32	91	8.4	168
Mason	160	21	131	11.6	94
Matagorda	2,767	258	93	8.5	166
Maverick	5,144	268	52	5.0	234
McCulloch	516	43	83	7.7	186
McLennan	16,331	3,118	191	16.0	31
McMullen	19	16	842	45.7	4
Medina	2,755	356	129	11.4	98
Menard	110	14	127	11.3	100
Midland	9,201	1,307	142	12.4	69
Milam	1,771	226	128	11.3	99
Mills	213	23	108	9.7	135
Mitchell	469	46	98	8.9	154
Montague	1,224	82	67	6.3	214
Montgomery	24,008	2,646	110	9.9	131
Moore	2,013	105	52	5.0	233
Morris	768	76	99	9.0	153
Motley	70	13	186	15.7	33
Nacogdoches	4,306	534	124	11.0	106
Navarro	3,420	454	133	11.7	92
Newton	749	92	123	10.9	113
Nolan	1,121	88	79	7.3	199
Nueces	25,607	6,405	250	20.0	20
Ochiltree	791	23	29	2.8	249
Oldham	114	10	88	8.1	175
Orange	5,496	747	136	12.0	84
Palo Pinto	1,815	160	88	8.1	174
Panola	1,468	30	20	2.0	253
Parker	5,581	728	130	11.5	96
Parmer	805	42	52	5.0	232
Pecos	1,064	94	88	8.1	172
Polk	2,486	183	74	6.9	206
Potter	10,923	1,042	95	8.7	163
Presidio	758	20	26	2.6	251
Rains	489	61	125	11.1	102
Randall	6,509	996	153	13.3	56
Reagan	256	22	86	7.9	179
Real	145	21	145	12.7	65
Red River	811	81	100	9.1	150
Reeves	1,033	59	57	5.4	229
Refugio	499	65	130	11.5	97
Roberts	34	3	88	8.1	173
Robertson	1,153	128	111	10.0	129
Rockwall	3,629	446	123	10.9	111
Runnels	745	64	86	7.9	180
Rusk	2,969	159	54	5.1	231
Sabine	522	45	86	7.9	178
San Augustine	543	20	37	3.6	244
San Jacinto	1,267	95	75	7.0	205
San Patricio	5,763	781	136	11.9	85
San Saba	336	42	125	11.1	101
Schleicher	185	18	97	8.9	155
Scurry	1,095	126	115	10.3	125
Shackelford	172	10	58	5.5	226
Shelby	1,956	31	16	1.6	254
Sherman	211	108	512	33.9	7
Smith	13,542	1,670	123	11.0	108
Somervell	450	48	107	9.6	137
Starr	7,325	333	45	4.3	239
Stephens	644	72	112	10.1	128
Sterling	66	8	121	10.8	119
Stonewall	87	18	207	17.1	28
Sutton	306	43	141	12.3	72
Swisher	638	44	69	6.5	210
Tarrant	130,614	28,382	217	17.9	25
Taylor	10,182	904	89	8.2	170
Terrell	32	115	3,594	78.2	1
Terry	1,024	86	84	7.7	184
Throckmorton	73	9	123	11.0	109
Titus	2,546	263	103	9.4	148
Tom Green	7,939	1,135	143	12.5	66
Travis	71,307	22,788	320	24.2	13
Trinity	808	85	105	9.5	144
Tyler	1,123	515	459	31.4	9
Upshur	2,335	113	48	4.6	237
Upton	233	16	69	6.4	211
Uvalde	2,347	286	122	10.9	117
Val Verde	4,569	407	89	8.2	169
Van Zandt	3,050	318	104	9.4	146
Victoria	6,732	736	109	9.9	133
Walker	3,069	744	242	19.5	22
Waller	2,465	431	175	14.9	37
Ward	763	43	56	5.3	230
Washington	1,956	278	142	12.4	68
Webb	29,022	3,406	117	10.5	122
Wharton	3,185	241	76	7.0	204
Wheeler	277	20	72	6.7	208
Wichita	9,427	1,238	131	11.6	93
Wilbarger	1,016	107	105	9.5	143
Willacy	1,965	209	106	9.6	138
Williamson	23,322	3,432	147	12.8	61
Wilson	2,171	265	122	10.9	116
Winkler	517	50	97	8.8	157
Wise	3,392	296	87	8.0	177
Wood	2,132	180	84	7.8	182
Yoakum	624	36	58	5.5	228
Young	1,142	91	80	7.4	196
Zapata	1,302	110	84	7.8	181
Zavala	1,020	81	79	7.4	197
TEXAS TOTAL	1,827,317	376,844	206	17.1

Sources:

Texas Department of Health, 10 March 2004, "Table 34--Induced terminations of pregnancy by age, by county of residence, Texas, 2002," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/CHS/VSTAT/vs02/t34.shtm].
Texas Department of Health, 11 March 2004, "Table 9--Births by public health region, county, and city of residence, Texas, 2002," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/CHS/VSTAT/vs02/09t.shtm].
Texas Department of Health, 12 May 2005, "Table 9--Births by public health region, county, and city of residence, Texas, 2003 (preliminary)," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/CHS/VSTAT/vs03/09t.shtm].
Texas Department of Health, 13 March 2003, "Table 34--Induced terminations of pregnancy by age--Texas, 1999, by county of residence," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://archive.tdh.state.tx.us/legacytdh/BVS/stats99/ANNR_HTM/99t34.HTM].
Texas Department of Health, 14 June 2001, "Table 9A--Births--Texas, 1999, by public health region, county and city of residence," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://archive.tdh.state.tx.us/legacytdh/BVS/stats99/annr_htm/99t09a.HTM].
Texas Department of Health, 3 March 2003, "Table 34--Induced terminations of pregnancy by age--Texas, 2001, by county of residence," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://archive.tdh.state.tx.us/legacytdh/BVS/stats01/ANNR_HTM/01t34.HTM].
Texas Department of Health, 4 April 2005, "Table 34--Induced terminations of pregnancy by age, by county of residence, Texas, 2003 (preliminary)," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/CHS/VSTAT/vs03/t34.shtm].
Texas Department of Health, 5 Feb. 2002, "Table 34--Induced terminations of pregnancy by age--Texas, 2000, by county of residence," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://archive.tdh.state.tx.us/legacytdh/BVS/stats00/ANNR_HTM/00t34.HTM].
Texas Department of Health, 5 Feb. 2002, "Table 9A--Births--Texas, 2000, by public health region, county and city of residence," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://archive.tdh.state.tx.us/legacytdh/BVS/stats00/annr_htm/00t09a.HTM].
Texas Department of Health, 7 Jan. 2003, "Table 9A--Births--Texas, 2001, by public health region, county and city of residence," Texas Department of Health, on line [http://archive.tdh.state.tx.us/legacytdh/BVS/stats01/annr_htm/01t09a.HTM].

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Last modified 16 September 2006.
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