Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,146
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,604
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	542
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	630
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	134
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	11
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	23

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	16
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	10
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	14
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	12
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	9
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	136,440
Hospital beds	3,430

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	169,826
Traditional HMOs (1998)	13	71,972
IPA HMOs (1998)	19	78,621
Other HMOs (1998)	5	19,233

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	847,939	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	643,907	75.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	38,963	4.6
Blacks (1999)	107,692	12.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	38,592	4.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	18,785	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	47,013	5.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,783
Avg median household income (1997)	35,159
Persons in poverty (1997)	127,979
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3