Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	4,424
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	3,637
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	787
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,603
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	301
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	14
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	34

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	18
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	14
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	16
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	12
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	14
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	13
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	16
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	14
Hospital Admissions	193,631
Hospital beds	3,586

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	64	861,071
Traditional HMOs (1998)	7	335,359
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	166,919
Other HMOs (1998)	43	358,793

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,893,529	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,644,373	86.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	85,632	4.5
Blacks (1999)	56,503	3.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	18,796	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	88,225	4.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	96,652	5.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	29,208
Avg median household income (1997)	44,053
Persons in poverty (1997)	175,518
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5