Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	555
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	513
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	42
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	229
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	27
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	27,874
Hospital beds	653

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	212,627
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	56,301
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	88,271
Other HMOs (1998)	12	68,055

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	418,580	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	353,814	84.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	45,241	10.8
Blacks (1999)	3,952	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,334	1.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,239	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	48,239	11.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,975
Avg median household income (1997)	37,763
Persons in poverty (1997)	49,538
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6