Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	584
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	515
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	69
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	216
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	48
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	32,348
Hospital beds	833

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	159,359
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	19	107,184
Other HMOs (1998)	8	52,175

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	476,737	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	422,749	88.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	32,798	6.9
Blacks (1999)	7,592	1.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,453	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	10,145	2.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,732	7.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,742
Avg median household income (1997)	45,972
Persons in poverty (1997)	39,517
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4