Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	397
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	359
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	38
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	176
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	47
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	32,243
Hospital beds	738

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	34	88,253
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	9,340
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	55,611
Other HMOs (1998)	13	23,302

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	484,174	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	398,359	82.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	42,325	8.7
Blacks (1999)	24,041	5.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,051	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	16,398	3.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	44,938	9.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,844
Avg median household income (1997)	49,358
Persons in poverty (1997)	33,151
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	29
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2