Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	200
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	161
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	39
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	81
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	12
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	20,578
Hospital beds	558

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	1,195
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	1,192
Other HMOs (1998)	2	3

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	161,308	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	85,358	52.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	66,410	41.2
Blacks (1999)	7,282	4.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,000	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,258	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	67,735	42.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,917
Avg median household income (1997)	30,442
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,516
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	11