Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	5,962
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	5,043
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	919
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,004
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	405
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	26
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	80

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	37
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	18
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	28
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	20
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	18
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	19
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	15
Hospital Admissions	355,808
Hospital beds	7,467

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	42	985,035
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	124,376
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	442,437
Other HMOs (1998)	20	418,222

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	3,330,202	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	2,385,670	71.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	624,970	18.8
Blacks (1999)	130,174	3.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	115,108	3.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	74,280	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	673,867	20.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,050
Avg median household income (1997)	38,725
Persons in poverty (1997)	436,908
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3