Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	905
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	815
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	90
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	404
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	55
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	62,828
Hospital beds	1,612

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	39	246,553
Traditional HMOs (1998)	8	16,666
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	3,323
Other HMOs (1998)	29	226,564

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	706,905	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	422,790	59.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	202,218	28.6
Blacks (1999)	19,836	2.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	9,423	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	52,638	7.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	211,930	30.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,091
Avg median household income (1997)	33,736
Persons in poverty (1997)	138,584
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	11