Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	360
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	333
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	27
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	169
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	22
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)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	23,271
Hospital beds	611

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	87,976
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	5,236
Other HMOs (1998)	9	82,740

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	252,806	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	164,846	65.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	66,539	26.3
Blacks (1999)	3,855	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	12,679	5.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,887	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	73,819	29.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,658
Avg median household income (1997)	31,019
Persons in poverty (1997)	44,166
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9