Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	820
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	682
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	138
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	303
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	57
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	16
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	10
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	16
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	10
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	13
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	81,216
Hospital beds	2,404

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	34	113,932
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	999
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	20,042
Other HMOs (1998)	23	92,891

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	568,419	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	523,529	92.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	13,133	2.3
Blacks (1999)	19,417	3.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,558	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	10,782	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	14,740	2.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,993
Avg median household income (1997)	42,176
Persons in poverty (1997)	48,229
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2