Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	415
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	380
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	153
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	32
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	18,841
Hospital beds	398

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	34,466
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	6,712
Other HMOs (1998)	11	27,754

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	207,805	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	82,517	39.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	109,418	52.7
Blacks (1999)	1,694	0.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	12,093	5.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,083	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	112,546	54.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,107
Avg median household income (1997)	36,750
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,284
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	28
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5