Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,909
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,639
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,270
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,288
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	312
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	18
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	29

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	11
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	12
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	10
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	11
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	10
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	10
Hospital Admissions	118,531
Hospital beds	2,481

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	47	436,219
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	33	224,011
Other HMOs (1998)	14	212,208

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,127,068	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	935,244	83.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	66,292	5.9
Blacks (1999)	100,827	8.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,561	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	22,144	2.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	73,865	6.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	32,365
Avg median household income (1997)	46,650
Persons in poverty (1997)	101,162
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3