Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	807
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	592
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	215
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	268
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	58
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

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)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	73,150
Hospital beds	2,171

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	53,099
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	27,982
Other HMOs (1998)	2	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	313,777	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	185,932	59.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	98,886	31.5
Blacks (1999)	23,489	7.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,252	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,218	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	101,768	32.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,174
Avg median household income (1997)	30,675
Persons in poverty (1997)	62,734
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4