Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	753
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	581
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	172
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	275
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	33
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	44,286
Hospital beds	1,216

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	86,853
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	33,084
Other HMOs (1998)	8	53,769

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	357,836	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	341,713	95.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,750	1.0
Blacks (1999)	5,466	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	744	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,163	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,266	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,617
Avg median household income (1997)	34,782
Persons in poverty (1997)	46,861
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4