Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	547
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	496
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	51
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	221
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	34
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	38,564
Hospital beds	1,351

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	48,237
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	5,511
Other HMOs (1998)	19	42,726

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	306,808	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	284,052	92.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,500	2.8
Blacks (1999)	5,881	1.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,992	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,383	2.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,399	3.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,444
Avg median household income (1997)	38,471
Persons in poverty (1997)	26,441
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2