Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	13
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	3
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	1
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Hospital Admissions	3,082
Hospital beds	102

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	207
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	207
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	29,225	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	17,942	61.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,159	31.3
Blacks (1999)	1,954	6.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	115	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	55	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,485	32.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,262
Avg median household income (1997)	25,923
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,117
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6