Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,459
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,297
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	162
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	500
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	78
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	8
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	11

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	56,242
Hospital beds	1,372

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	180,015
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	311
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	2,077
Other HMOs (1998)	16	177,627

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	628,024	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	407,686	64.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	161,341	25.7
Blacks (1999)	18,693	3.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	7,614	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	32,690	5.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	173,260	27.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,230
Avg median household income (1997)	39,615
Persons in poverty (1997)	84,317
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4