Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	769
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	676
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	93
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	340
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	72
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	6
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	56,533
Hospital beds	1,177

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	29	328,564
Traditional HMOs (1998)	7	143,120
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	2,492
Other HMOs (1998)	21	182,952

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	637,387	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	346,537	54.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	157,917	24.8
Blacks (1999)	34,381	5.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	7,694	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	90,858	14.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	171,953	27.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,768
Avg median household income (1997)	35,687
Persons in poverty (1997)	110,419
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8