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Community health centers in Texas

Texas has 543 community health center clinics in 220 cities, run by 77 health centers that served 1,940,279 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

The median clinic in Texas is open 45 hours a week.
Half of Texas health centers have 32% or more uninsured patients (U.S. median: 14%).
Most clinics in one city: Houston with 49.

How Texas health centers compare

Median across Texas health centers	Texas	U.S.
Uninsured patients	32%	14%
Patients at or below the poverty line	65%	65%
Medicaid or CHIP patients	23%	42%
Adults with blood pressure under control	67%	68%
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	48%	54%
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	40%	44%

Largest health centers in Texas

Health center	Based in	Patients	Uninsured	Clinics
Legacy Community Health Services, Inc.	Houston	192,777	37%	25
Travis County Healthcare District/Central Texas Comm Health Center	Austin	148,234	55%	31
Barrio Comprehensive Family Health Care Center, Inc.	San Antonio	141,525	14%	32
El Centro del Barrio, Inc.	San Antonio	110,790	22%	23
Lone Star Circle of Care	Georgetown	97,770	31%	21
Heart of Texas Community Health Center, Inc.	Waco	76,946	23%	11
Stephen F Austin Community Health Center, Inc.	Alvin	48,727	35%	24
Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc.	College Sta	44,291	20%	12
East Texas Border Health Clinic	Marshall	41,868	10%	9
United Medical Centers	Eagle Pass	37,412	25%	9
Longview Wellness Center	Longview	35,815	31%	14
Regence Health Network, Inc.	Plainview	35,057	32%	5

Cities with the most clinics

All Texas cities with a community health center

All community health centers based in Texas

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