Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,166
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,524
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	642
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	889
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	174
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	23

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	85,550
Hospital beds	1,729

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	472,656
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	157,553
Other HMOs (1998)	10	315,103

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	809,435	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	721,738	89.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	42,240	5.2
Blacks (1999)	22,770	2.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,037	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	20,650	2.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	48,425	6.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,329
Avg median household income (1997)	40,300
Persons in poverty (1997)	88,089
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3