Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	226
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	212
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	91
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	6
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	16,503
Hospital beds	411

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	41,495
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	16,502
Other HMOs (1998)	14	24,993

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	173,575	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	166,346	95.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,664	2.1
Blacks (1999)	421	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,289	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	855	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,105	2.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,535
Avg median household income (1997)	33,644
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,835
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9