Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	544
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	462
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	82
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	216
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	25
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	33,447
Hospital beds	1,386

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	16,709
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	11,579
Other HMOs (1998)	15	5,130

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	273,096	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	259,623	95.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,680	1.3
Blacks (1999)	812	0.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,201	2.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,780	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,015	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,477
Avg median household income (1997)	36,100
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,775
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3