Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	234
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	197
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	37
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	102
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	14
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	0
Hospital Admissions	19,106
Hospital beds	390

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	64,307
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	1,784
Other HMOs (1998)	10	62,523

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	205,729	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	84,782	41.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	113,029	54.9
Blacks (1999)	3,899	1.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,665	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,354	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	115,024	55.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,430
Avg median household income (1997)	25,244
Persons in poverty (1997)	54,256
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9