Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	550
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	495
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	55
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	269
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	68
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	68,327
Hospital beds	1,281

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	13,711
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	9
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	4,278
Other HMOs (1998)	3	9,424

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	591,484	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	60,430	10.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	525,802	88.9
Blacks (1999)	1,656	0.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,330	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,266	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	528,654	89.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	12,325
Avg median household income (1997)	19,474
Persons in poverty (1997)	223,172
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	43
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	15