Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	4,263
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	3,335
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	928
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,590
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	293
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	34
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	29

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	18
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	13
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	16
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	13
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	210,847
Hospital beds	4,661

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	45	686,814
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	348,700
Other HMOs (1998)	28	338,114

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,739,394	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,538,566	88.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	25,635	1.5
Blacks (1999)	96,698	5.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	20,448	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	58,047	3.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	31,109	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	34,756
Avg median household income (1997)	49,691
Persons in poverty (1997)	134,077
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2