Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	332
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	308
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	24
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	123
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	22
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	29,000
Hospital beds	949

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	10,415
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	6,826
Other HMOs (1998)	11	3,589

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	248,932	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	215,672	86.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,443	5.0
Blacks (1999)	16,488	6.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,083	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,246	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	13,173	5.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,604
Avg median household income (1997)	35,892
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,404
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3