Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	4,273
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	3,480
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	793
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,603
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	327
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	25
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	39

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	36
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	18
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	24
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	18
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	13
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	18
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	17
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	12
Hospital Admissions	307,910
Hospital beds	6,433

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	35	1,345,421
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	478,920
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	65,330
Other HMOs (1998)	27	801,171

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	3,200,587	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,737,746	54.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,030,893	32.2
Blacks (1999)	227,657	7.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	36,657	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	167,634	5.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,090,360	34.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,307
Avg median household income (1997)	36,633
Persons in poverty (1997)	512,852
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5