Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	4,983
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	4,269
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	714
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,594
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	350
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	35
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	74

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	32
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	14
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	23
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	15
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	13
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	20
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	15
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	15
Hospital Admissions	325,106
Hospital beds	8,613

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	72	911,321
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	40	551,670
Other HMOs (1998)	32	359,651

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,278,169	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,771,621	77.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	213,590	9.4
Blacks (1999)	243,540	10.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	8,635	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	40,783	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	228,360	10.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,204
Avg median household income (1997)	33,172
Persons in poverty (1997)	306,093
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3