Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	44
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	37
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	28
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	2
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	3,011
Hospital beds	153

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	4,678
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	217
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	9	4,461

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	53,398	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	41,650	78.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,120	11.5
Blacks (1999)	3,329	6.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,625	3.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	674	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,411	12.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,382
Avg median household income (1997)	36,184
Persons in poverty (1997)	7,500
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8