Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	792
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	703
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	89
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	282
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	59
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	10
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	57,455
Hospital beds	1,337

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	275,632
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	96,677
Other HMOs (1998)	6	178,955

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	603,282	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	556,738	92.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	19,531	3.2
Blacks (1999)	16,259	2.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,572	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,182	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	22,319	3.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,789
Avg median household income (1997)	39,529
Persons in poverty (1997)	68,084
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4