Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	649
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	559
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	90
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	227
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	65
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	43,009
Hospital beds	1,215

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	29	146,840
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	22,338
IPA HMOs (1998)	20	106,247
Other HMOs (1998)	6	18,255

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	444,887	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	367,970	82.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	33,917	7.6
Blacks (1999)	34,331	7.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,360	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,309	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	37,938	8.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,485
Avg median household income (1997)	43,751
Persons in poverty (1997)	51,066
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4