Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,177
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,950
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	227
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	966
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	182
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	24
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	42

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	18
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	10
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	10
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	191,069
Hospital beds	4,500

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	46	268,626
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	29	170,825
Other HMOs (1998)	17	97,801

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,381,773	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,030,106	74.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	124,736	9.0
Blacks (1999)	202,325	14.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,872	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	20,734	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	141,389	10.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	37,093
Avg median household income (1997)	36,232
Persons in poverty (1997)	162,978
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6