Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	7,016
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	5,061
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,955
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,571
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	717
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	45
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	90

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	20
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	14
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	14
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	13
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	11
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	14
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	12
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	9
Hospital Admissions	273,876
Hospital beds	6,733

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	62	675,451
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	73,937
IPA HMOs (1998)	42	473,823
Other HMOs (1998)	16	127,691

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,252,153	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,302,279	57.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	276,551	12.3
Blacks (1999)	513,438	22.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,554	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	154,331	6.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	321,530	14.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	36,210
Avg median household income (1997)	50,668
Persons in poverty (1997)	234,813
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	27
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4