Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,093
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,282
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	811
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	540
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	69
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	12
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	24

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	63,440
Hospital beds	1,721

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	54,630
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	49,093
Other HMOs (1998)	10	5,537

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	304,873	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	290,651	95.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,906	1.3
Blacks (1999)	1,778	0.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	730	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,808	2.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,262	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,766
Avg median household income (1997)	41,865
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,762
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2