Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	210
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	189
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	21
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	90
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	16
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	12,336
Hospital beds	411

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	14,318
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	8,584
Other HMOs (1998)	10	5,734

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	135,325	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	110,522	81.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	18,163	13.4
Blacks (1999)	1,683	1.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,035	2.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,922	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,232	14.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,717
Avg median household income (1997)	32,806
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,505
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7