Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	12
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	0
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	9
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)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	1,191
Hospital beds	64

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	1	126
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	126
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	17,649	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	11,409	64.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,002	28.3
Blacks (1999)	999	5.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	143	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	96	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,206	29.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,742
Avg median household income (1997)	32,307
Persons in poverty (1997)	3,011
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8