Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	208
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	190
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	18
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	72
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	16
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	14,952
Hospital beds	486

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	1,035
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	1
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	1,034
Other HMOs (1998)	1	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	144,298	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	86,384	59.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	44,518	30.9
Blacks (1999)	11,080	7.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	666	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,650	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	45,877	31.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,033
Avg median household income (1997)	36,675
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,677
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7