Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	626
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	507
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	119
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	236
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	32
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	41,684
Hospital beds	863

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	64,073
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	57,918
Other HMOs (1998)	3	6,155

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	358,211	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	316,875	88.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	22,394	6.3
Blacks (1999)	13,382	3.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	485	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,075	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	25,989	7.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,511
Avg median household income (1997)	40,587
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,020
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4