Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	387
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	356
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	31
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	163
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	37
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	29,743
Hospital beds	634

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	51,627
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	8,433
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	831
Other HMOs (1998)	6	42,363

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	358,470	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	163,905	45.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	161,085	44.9
Blacks (1999)	5,992	1.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,081	1.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	21,407	6.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	169,064	47.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,893
Avg median household income (1997)	27,622
Persons in poverty (1997)	98,816
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	23
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	16