Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	977
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	596
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	381
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	335
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	80
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	34,651
Hospital beds	1,128

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	76,682
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	63
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	38,810
Other HMOs (1998)	12	37,809

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	258,439	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	252,139	97.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,475	1.0
Blacks (1999)	1,045	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	557	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,223	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,621	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,865
Avg median household income (1997)	37,180
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,038
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3