Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	798
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	597
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	201
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	297
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	62
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

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)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	49,309
Hospital beds	1,302

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	192,340
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	116,326
Other HMOs (1998)	14	76,014

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	523,135	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	449,882	86.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	21,738	4.2
Blacks (1999)	35,359	6.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,350	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	12,806	2.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	24,112	4.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,650
Avg median household income (1997)	42,682
Persons in poverty (1997)	54,777
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3