Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	281
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	256
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	127
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	15
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	13,192
Hospital beds	254

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	60,986
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	19,200
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	25,598
Other HMOs (1998)	6	16,188

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	182,529	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	166,426	91.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,584	3.6
Blacks (1999)	1,088	0.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,924	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,507	3.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,190	3.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,793
Avg median household income (1997)	39,289
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,594
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6