Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	360
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	313
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	47
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	149
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	14
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	25,203
Hospital beds	644

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	52,801
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	19,092
Other HMOs (1998)	11	33,709

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	172,167	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	94,181	54.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	71,726	41.7
Blacks (1999)	3,359	2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,614	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,287	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	73,725	42.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,756
Avg median household income (1997)	28,120
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,983
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5