Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,289
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,779
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	510
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,043
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	180
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	12
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	15

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	92,897
Hospital beds	1,906

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	31	429,466
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	722
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	221,920
Other HMOs (1998)	18	206,824

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,119,656	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	986,199	88.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	30,601	2.7
Blacks (1999)	43,591	3.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	7,787	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	51,478	4.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,063	3.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	31,368
Avg median household income (1997)	50,640
Persons in poverty (1997)	84,654
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	27
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2