Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	355
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	300
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	55
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	153
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	21
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Hospital Admissions	23,979
Hospital beds	755

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	57,138
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	88
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	53,829
Other HMOs (1998)	3	3,221

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	204,819	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	201,663	98.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,066	0.5
Blacks (1999)	463	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	619	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,008	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,163	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,172
Avg median household income (1997)	32,657
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,159
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5