Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,150
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,030
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	120
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	410
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	96
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	18

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	10
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	11
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	10
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	10
Hospital Admissions	57,932
Hospital beds	1,631

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	192,556
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	47
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	74,594
Other HMOs (1998)	16	117,915

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	591,028	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	566,638	95.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,720	1.8
Blacks (1999)	4,740	0.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,257	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,673	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,861	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	30,337
Avg median household income (1997)	44,491
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,046
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3