Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	16,184
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	9,223
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6,961
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	4,750
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	1,167
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	73
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	136

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	25
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	20
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	21
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	19
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	16
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	20
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	20
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	19
Hospital Admissions	581,036
Hospital beds	14,660

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	30	832,489
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	192,554
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	532,799
Other HMOs (1998)	13	107,136

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,745,943	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	862,096	31.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	734,477	26.7
Blacks (1999)	920,255	33.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	15,869	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	213,246	7.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,056,737	38.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	49,428
Avg median household income (1997)	32,052
Persons in poverty (1997)	674,546
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	29
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7