Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	270
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	255
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	15
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	97
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	15
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	27,174
Hospital beds	817

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	14,300
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	3
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	14,297
Other HMOs (1998)	1	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	193,224	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	145,992	75.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	31,909	16.5
Blacks (1999)	11,585	6.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	948	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,790	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	33,810	17.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,222
Avg median household income (1997)	29,339
Persons in poverty (1997)	33,226
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4