Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	382
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	333
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	49
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	164
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	52
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	43,903
Hospital beds	832

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	2,072
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	2,064
Other HMOs (1998)	2	8

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	348,781	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	47,893	13.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	297,380	85.3
Blacks (1999)	1,418	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	713	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,377	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	298,959	85.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	13,665
Avg median household income (1997)	21,525
Persons in poverty (1997)	122,558
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	37
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	10