Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	998
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	814
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	184
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	407
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	96
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	57,967
Hospital beds	1,652

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	322,627
Traditional HMOs (1998)	6	225,488
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	5,391
Other HMOs (1998)	20	91,748

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	562,090	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	343,549	61.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	82,349	14.7
Blacks (1999)	56,219	10.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,485	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	73,488	13.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	95,262	16.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,445
Avg median household income (1997)	43,948
Persons in poverty (1997)	63,097
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5