Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,661
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,114
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	547
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	890
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	216
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	25
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	31

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	81,888
Hospital beds	1,638

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	344,254
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	199,774
Other HMOs (1998)	3	144,480

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	841,334	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	632,883	75.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	85,062	10.1
Blacks (1999)	92,595	11.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,521	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	29,273	3.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	94,011	11.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	51,866
Avg median household income (1997)	56,872
Persons in poverty (1997)	67,095
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	34
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3