Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	150
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	134
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	67
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	10
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	19,450
Hospital beds	521

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	14,310
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	12,842
Other HMOs (1998)	9	1,468

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	170,930	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	166,550	97.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	820	0.5
Blacks (1999)	2,800	1.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	242	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	518	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	858	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,780
Avg median household income (1997)	32,222
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,919
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6