Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,954
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,897
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,057
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,163
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	287
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	29
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	25

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	22
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	12
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	18
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	18
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	9
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	14
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	17
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	14
Hospital Admissions	210,088
Hospital beds	5,859

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	89	338,448
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	40
IPA HMOs (1998)	29	54,116
Other HMOs (1998)	56	284,292

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,653,956	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	620,161	37.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	891,061	53.9
Blacks (1999)	107,474	6.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	7,522	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	27,738	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	910,475	55.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,114
Avg median household income (1997)	32,052
Persons in poverty (1997)	301,536
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3