Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	145
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	134
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	47
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	10
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Hospital Admissions	17,283
Hospital beds	314

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	13,711
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	984
Other HMOs (1998)	6	12,727

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	150,481	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	75,311	50.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	62,862	41.8
Blacks (1999)	4,963	3.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,624	3.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,721	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	66,435	44.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,606
Avg median household income (1997)	26,862
Persons in poverty (1997)	36,713
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	28