Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	283
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	266
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	120
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	14
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	14,017
Hospital beds	356

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	88,782
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	8,526
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	67,475
Other HMOs (1998)	2	12,781

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	333,667	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	307,887	92.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	16,148	4.8
Blacks (1999)	3,034	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,470	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,128	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	16,807	5.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,051
Avg median household income (1997)	49,028
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,220
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3