Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,229
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,287
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	942
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,116
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	282
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	17
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	42

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	11
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	12
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	123,195
Hospital beds	2,545

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	43	413,250
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	33	261,638
Other HMOs (1998)	10	151,612

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,153,844	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	997,302	86.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	62,290	5.4
Blacks (1999)	60,269	5.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,388	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	27,595	2.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	77,403	6.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,420
Avg median household income (1997)	39,814
Persons in poverty (1997)	122,033
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4