Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,037
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,239
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	798
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	996
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	243
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	13
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	32

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	11
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	11
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	111,060
Hospital beds	2,490

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	49	381,820
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	34	216,965
Other HMOs (1998)	15	164,855

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,067,580	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	849,329	79.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	86,763	8.1
Blacks (1999)	101,824	9.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,506	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	27,158	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	100,091	9.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	32,871
Avg median household income (1997)	46,672
Persons in poverty (1997)	103,260
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3