Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	214
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	205
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	68
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	14
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	21,093
Hospital beds	509

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	3,389
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	1
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	3,387
Other HMOs (1998)	1	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	149,583	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	92,207	61.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	49,702	33.2
Blacks (1999)	5,355	3.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	681	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,638	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	50,937	34.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,393
Avg median household income (1997)	29,765
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,864
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5