Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	6,065
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	4,125
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,940
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,236
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	531
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	35
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	47

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	27
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	14
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	18
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	16
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	14
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	13
Hospital Admissions	284,383
Hospital beds	8,861

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	43	1,437,998
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	14,021
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	729,902
Other HMOs (1998)	23	694,075

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,070,071	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,721,720	83.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	59,271	2.9
Blacks (1999)	239,712	11.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	12,296	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	37,072	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	71,246	3.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,548
Avg median household income (1997)	38,526
Persons in poverty (1997)	267,388
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5