Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,779
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,575
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	204
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	633
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	150
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	10
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	24

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	80,393
Hospital beds	1,817

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	433,917
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	186,897
Other HMOs (1998)	12	247,020

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	979,895	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	868,006	88.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	51,277	5.2
Blacks (1999)	36,502	3.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,219	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	21,891	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	74,618	7.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	32,651
Avg median household income (1997)	46,991
Persons in poverty (1997)	88,721
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3