Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,743
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	3,092
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	651
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,337
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	283
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	26
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	32

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	14
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	169,919
Hospital beds	3,206

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	48	1,056,139
Traditional HMOs (1998)	8	473,320
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	10,219
Other HMOs (1998)	34	572,600

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,741,002	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,164,282	66.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	244,649	14.1
Blacks (1999)	126,393	7.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	23,722	1.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	181,956	10.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	272,418	15.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,122
Avg median household income (1997)	41,307
Persons in poverty (1997)	255,997
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4