Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,447
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,126
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	321
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	494
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	135
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	6
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)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	62,866
Hospital beds	1,288

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	231,315
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	71,086
Other HMOs (1998)	11	160,229

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	589,171	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	471,625	80.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	54,902	9.3
Blacks (1999)	48,344	8.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,237	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	13,063	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	63,455	10.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,130
Avg median household income (1997)	38,165
Persons in poverty (1997)	85,335
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4