Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	6,011
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	4,557
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,454
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,004
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	468
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	33
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	36

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	16
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	11
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	10
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	166,698
Hospital beds	4,330

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	35	845,863
Traditional HMOs (1998)	6	390,210
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	144,213
Other HMOs (1998)	22	311,440

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,448,879	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	644,241	44.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	254,204	17.5
Blacks (1999)	117,984	8.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	7,106	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	425,344	29.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	279,549	19.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	43,946
Avg median household income (1997)	50,122
Persons in poverty (1997)	140,306
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	33
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3