Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	966
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	844
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	122
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	323
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	44
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	54,368
Hospital beds	1,274

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	31	88,879
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	8,692
Other HMOs (1998)	24	80,187

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	494,332	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	382,532	77.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	63,569	12.9
Blacks (1999)	10,629	2.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	15,128	3.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	22,474	4.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	69,289	14.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	31,292
Avg median household income (1997)	41,651
Persons in poverty (1997)	47,524
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5