Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	27,978
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	22,797
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5,181
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	9,673
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	2,206
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	170
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	297

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	128
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	62
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	75
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	63
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	38
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	61
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	49
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	46
Hospital Admissions	1258222
Hospital beds	30,245

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	41	5,438,577
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	1,619,006
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	216,469
Other HMOs (1998)	32	3,603,102

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	12,090,937	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	4,642,269	38.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,656,433	38.5
Blacks (1999)	1,094,808	9.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	72,398	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,625,029	13.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,943,114	40.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,090
Avg median household income (1997)	39,442
Persons in poverty (1997)	2186275
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5