Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	715
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	595
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	120
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	314
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	29
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	8

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	58,897
Hospital beds	2,009

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	127,432
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	78,686
Other HMOs (1998)	5	48,746

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	404,972	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	393,744	97.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,182	0.8
Blacks (1999)	5,099	1.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	317	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,630	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,549	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,348
Avg median household income (1997)	32,771
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,452
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6