Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	6,389
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	5,328
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,061
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,096
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	464
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	38
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	65

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	28
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	12
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	15
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	13
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	13
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	10
Hospital Admissions	286,014
Hospital beds	6,651

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	1,285,044
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	444,718
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	58,169
Other HMOs (1998)	17	782,157

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,966,131	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,653,254	55.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	789,463	26.6
Blacks (1999)	187,241	6.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	27,702	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	308,471	10.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	854,088	28.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,152
Avg median household income (1997)	38,640
Persons in poverty (1997)	427,297
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4