Meet those leading rural healthcare initiatives across Texas at a solution-oriented event.
Learn Why Rural Healthcare Matters
There is a growing natural-cause mortality gap between rural and urban areas of the United States.
Texas covers 261,797 square miles, with a 2020 estimated population of 29,527,941 people – 3,035,041 living in rural Texas (USDA-ERS). It ranks second among U.S. states in both area and population.
Understand the Landscape of Rural Health in Texas and Every State in the United States and its Congressional District.
Since 2005, Texas has lost 18 rural hospitals to closure, and 6 hospitals have converted.
Source: UNC, 2023
164 of 174 non-metro counties are in a primary care HPSAs.
Source: HRSA, 2024
Percentage of rural hospitals without OB services.
Source: CHQPR, 2023