Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	247
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	230
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	97
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	20
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	15,933
Hospital beds	387

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	75,203
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	5,935
Other HMOs (1998)	8	69,268

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	184,626	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	140,256	76.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	33,732	18.3
Blacks (1999)	3,682	2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,571	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,385	2.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,022	19.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,836
Avg median household income (1997)	42,524
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,071
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7