Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	278
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	253
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	102
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	15
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	27,063
Hospital beds	646

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	25,139
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	2,597
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	22,201
Other HMOs (1998)	7	341

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	223,310	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	196,381	87.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,185	5.5
Blacks (1999)	12,508	5.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	544	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,692	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	12,958	5.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,473
Avg median household income (1997)	37,612
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,042
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6