Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	331
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	302
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	124
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	18
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	22,838
Hospital beds	613

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	19,811
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	2,015
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	17,465
Other HMOs (1998)	3	331

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	200,653	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	175,371	87.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,269	6.1
Blacks (1999)	9,861	4.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	721	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,431	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	13,299	6.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,052
Avg median household income (1997)	40,895
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,888
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3