Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	981
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	472
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	509
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	310
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	72
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

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)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	37,448
Hospital beds	956

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	25,213
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	5,779
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	9,708
Other HMOs (1998)	6	9,644

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	248,469	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	152,152	61.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	42,607	17.1
Blacks (1999)	46,407	18.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,034	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,269	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	45,602	18.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,303
Avg median household income (1997)	39,119
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,958
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7