Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,140
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	896
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	244
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	394
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	85
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	52,125
Hospital beds	1,132

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	106,835
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	55
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	98,191
Other HMOs (1998)	4	8,589

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	362,844	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	353,055	97.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,657	0.7
Blacks (1999)	2,546	0.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	952	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,634	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,983	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,302
Avg median household income (1997)	39,918
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,344
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2