Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	289
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	254
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	135
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	9
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	17,352
Hospital beds	387

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	45,185
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	677
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	1,804
Other HMOs (1998)	15	42,704

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	204,985	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	153,898	75.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	46,427	22.6
Blacks (1999)	1,055	0.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,480	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,125	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	47,687	23.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,917
Avg median household income (1997)	34,549
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,020
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3