Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	823
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	761
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	62
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	229
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	44
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	49,297
Hospital beds	1,004

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	143,775
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	25
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	48,311
Other HMOs (1998)	16	95,439

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	536,534	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	425,043	79.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	49,470	9.2
Blacks (1999)	39,621	7.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,810	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	17,590	3.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	56,640	10.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,102
Avg median household income (1997)	41,871
Persons in poverty (1997)	49,625
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3