Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	504
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	446
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	58
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	194
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	23
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	6
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	28,023
Hospital beds	1,066

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	49,681
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	2,410
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	3,553
Other HMOs (1998)	17	43,718

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	230,106	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	222,142	96.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,429	0.6
Blacks (1999)	999	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	891	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,645	2.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,835	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,219
Avg median household income (1997)	35,457
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,741
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3