Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	107
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	99
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	8
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	48
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	7
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
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)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	5,727
Hospital beds	134

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	28,086
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	3
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	5,499
Other HMOs (1998)	11	21,191

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	125,575	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	70,708	56.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	46,249	36.8
Blacks (1999)	7,050	5.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	527	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,041	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	47,489	37.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,369
Avg median household income (1997)	34,901
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,231
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3