Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	387
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	359
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	28
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	128
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	20
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	27,386
Hospital beds	830

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	5	11,318
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	11,318
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	174,031	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	152,961	87.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,551	2.6
Blacks (1999)	749	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	14,862	8.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	908	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,170	3.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,418
Avg median household income (1997)	33,882
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,470
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5