Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	239
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	229
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	100
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	17
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	27,279
Hospital beds	837

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	3,247
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	10
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	2,305
Other HMOs (1998)	4	888

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	169,208	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	94,811	56.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	59,240	35.0
Blacks (1999)	13,290	7.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	531	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,336	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	61,145	36.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,994
Avg median household income (1997)	32,360
Persons in poverty (1997)	28,537
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4