Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	4,860
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	3,981
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	879
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,723
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	461
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	39
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	39

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	17
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	189,804
Hospital beds	4,548

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	989,511
Traditional HMOs (1998)	6	506,594
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	18,252
Other HMOs (1998)	19	464,665

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,070,451	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	996,418	48.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	567,432	27.4
Blacks (1999)	86,035	4.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	15,820	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	404,746	19.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	608,697	29.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	38,069
Avg median household income (1997)	55,392
Persons in poverty (1997)	206,716
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	30
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4