Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,051
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,851
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	200
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	700
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	122
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	9
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	14

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	55,778
Hospital beds	1,068

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	449,540
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	261,035
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	24,402
Other HMOs (1998)	19	164,103

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	676,738	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	540,241	79.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	82,736	12.2
Blacks (1999)	16,104	2.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,630	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	31,027	4.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	88,313	13.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	38,593
Avg median household income (1997)	49,787
Persons in poverty (1997)	55,684
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	31
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2