Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	216
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	204
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	99
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	17
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Hospital Admissions	14,211
Hospital beds	217

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	25,167
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	740
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	17	24,427

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	156,874	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	100,628	64.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	30,923	19.7
Blacks (1999)	4,216	2.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,678	2.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	17,429	11.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	33,731	21.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,651
Avg median household income (1997)	30,743
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,836
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	13