Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,410
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,837
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	573
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	765
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	215
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	12
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	25

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	13
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	92,771
Hospital beds	1,897

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	29	359,928
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	23	258,781
Other HMOs (1998)	6	101,147

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	968,221	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	835,534	86.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	77,679	8.0
Blacks (1999)	10,324	1.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	12,154	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	32,530	3.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	84,177	8.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,674
Avg median household income (1997)	43,893
Persons in poverty (1997)	90,247
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4