Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	5,040
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	4,334
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	706
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,931
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	535
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	38
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	51

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	19
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	214,203
Hospital beds	4,681

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	30	1,246,962
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	761,778
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	9,883
Other HMOs (1998)	20	475,301

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,348,723	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,217,312	51.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	354,538	15.1
Blacks (1999)	359,042	15.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	18,169	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	399,662	17.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	403,651	17.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	33,670
Avg median household income (1997)	49,767
Persons in poverty (1997)	244,916
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	30
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3