Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	510
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	423
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	87
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	189
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	37
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	8

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	48,956
Hospital beds	1,450

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	48,424
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	48,420
Other HMOs (1998)	3	4

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	306,091	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	227,501	74.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	53,994	17.6
Blacks (1999)	14,753	4.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,153	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,690	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	57,667	18.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,723
Avg median household income (1997)	35,437
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,972
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4