Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	9,043
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	6,840
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2,203
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,852
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	695
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	62
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	74

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	41
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	25
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	38
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	32
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	15
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	36
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	22
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	22
Hospital Admissions	435,675
Hospital beds	10,761

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	116	900,712
Traditional HMOs (1998)	11	171,875
IPA HMOs (1998)	49	525,168
Other HMOs (1998)	44	138,155

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	4,057,366	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	2,081,985	51.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	967,467	23.8
Blacks (1999)	764,988	18.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	14,729	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	228,197	5.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,035,543	25.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	30,648
Avg median household income (1997)	40,708
Persons in poverty (1997)	569,332
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5