Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	408
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	389
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	149
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	21
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	28,415
Hospital beds	605

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	37,286
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	1,205
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	16	36,081

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	275,560	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	223,993	81.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	32,957	12.0
Blacks (1999)	3,368	1.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,723	2.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,519	3.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,116	12.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,825
Avg median household income (1997)	29,036
Persons in poverty (1997)	56,198
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7