Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	430
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	373
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	57
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	177
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	14
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

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)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	31,898
Hospital beds	993

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	71,737
Traditional HMOs (1998)	7	23,438
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	15,262
Other HMOs (1998)	8	33,037

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	297,495	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	204,743	68.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	41,609	14.0
Blacks (1999)	47,382	15.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,141	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,620	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	44,271	14.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,847
Avg median household income (1997)	30,168
Persons in poverty (1997)	54,672
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3