Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,203
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	910
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	293
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	495
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	67
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	8
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	8

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	15
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	13
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	10
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	80,056
Hospital beds	2,443

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	31	118,265
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	60,989
Other HMOs (1998)	24	57,276

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	626,379	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	525,547	83.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	33,127	5.3
Blacks (1999)	46,235	7.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,944	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	14,526	2.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	37,205	5.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,525
Avg median household income (1997)	40,545
Persons in poverty (1997)	67,525
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3