Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	6,226
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	4,935
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,291
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,863
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	421
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	39
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	46

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	33
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	24
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	29
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	26
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	12
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	24
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	24
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	16
Hospital Admissions	310,105
Hospital beds	7,834

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	111	463,789
Traditional HMOs (1998)	11	70,030
IPA HMOs (1998)	50	282,474
Other HMOs (1998)	50	111,285

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,845,134	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,751,014	61.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	477,293	16.8
Blacks (1999)	487,817	17.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	17,826	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	111,184	3.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	517,136	18.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	33,190
Avg median household income (1997)	44,588
Persons in poverty (1997)	336,451
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	27
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3