Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	251
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	219
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	107
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	16
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	18,409
Hospital beds	474

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	18,902
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	10	18,902

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	196,768	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	188,234	95.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,691	1.4
Blacks (1999)	1,779	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,799	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,265	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,946	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,205
Avg median household income (1997)	37,611
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,727
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4