Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	464
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	445
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	163
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	34
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	6
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	29,666
Hospital beds	720

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	12,861
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	264
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	7	12,597

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	297,949	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	284,378	95.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,421	0.8
Blacks (1999)	1,471	0.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,286	1.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,393	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,969	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,278
Avg median household income (1997)	43,404
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,648
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3