Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,009
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	875
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	134
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	377
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	35
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	15
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	58,461
Hospital beds	1,766

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	42	207,871
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	27,613
Other HMOs (1998)	35	180,258

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	493,659	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	444,756	90.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	19,423	3.9
Blacks (1999)	7,268	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	11,089	2.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,123	2.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	21,014	4.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,556
Avg median household income (1997)	35,080
Persons in poverty (1997)	62,301
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6