Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	182
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	169
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	75
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	20
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

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)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	20,279
Hospital beds	434

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	6,062
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	143
Other HMOs (1998)	3	5,919

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	209,588	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	10,152	4.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	197,633	94.3
Blacks (1999)	373	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	430	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,000	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	198,567	94.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	13,835
Avg median household income (1997)	23,213
Persons in poverty (1997)	66,506
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	37
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9