Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	711
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	498
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	213
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	236
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	54
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	8

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	61,590
Hospital beds	2,879

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	98,961
Traditional HMOs (1998)	7	78,377
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	6,961
Other HMOs (1998)	9	13,623

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	338,318	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	210,253	62.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	48,908	14.5
Blacks (1999)	62,894	18.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,214	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	14,049	4.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	56,272	16.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,699
Avg median household income (1997)	31,301
Persons in poverty (1997)	48,471
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3