Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	7,008
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	5,717
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,291
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,520
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	452
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	35
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	49

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	25
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	13
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	20
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	16
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	15
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	18
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	18
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	14
Hospital Admissions	235,309
Hospital beds	4,956

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	44	718,504
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	83,680
Other HMOs (1998)	32	634,824

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,685,572	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	2,196,309	81.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	101,949	3.8
Blacks (1999)	116,749	4.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	36,355	1.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	234,210	8.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	119,967	4.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	35,109
Avg median household income (1997)	49,383
Persons in poverty (1997)	211,255
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	28
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4