Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	643
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	582
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	61
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	228
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	51
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	8

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	42,119
Hospital beds	918

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	53	126,820
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	1,648
IPA HMOs (1998)	19	13,576
Other HMOs (1998)	30	111,596

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	543,274	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	422,902	77.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	78,596	14.5
Blacks (1999)	29,513	5.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,250	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,013	2.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	82,163	15.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,308
Avg median household income (1997)	52,492
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,902
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4