Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,098
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,450
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	648
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,115
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	289
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	21
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	29

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	59,227
Hospital beds	1,194

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	51	392,326
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	39	245,661
Other HMOs (1998)	12	146,665

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,394,239	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	974,488	69.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	134,346	9.6
Blacks (1999)	137,851	9.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,340	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	143,214	10.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	144,559	10.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	43,669
Avg median household income (1997)	67,237
Persons in poverty (1997)	81,224
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	47
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2