Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	399
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	367
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	168
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	23
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	27,115
Hospital beds	470

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	21,479
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	30
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	6,395
Other HMOs (1998)	10	15,054

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	297,651	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	156,284	52.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	31,770	10.7
Blacks (1999)	1,971	0.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	106,127	35.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,499	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,554	11.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,308
Avg median household income (1997)	29,556
Persons in poverty (1997)	64,025
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9