Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	135
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	125
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	47
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	7
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
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)	1
Hospital Admissions	17,616
Hospital beds	344

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	48,813
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	16,680
Other HMOs (1998)	6	32,133

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	134,222	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	120,865	90.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,292	6.2
Blacks (1999)	544	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,245	2.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,276	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,969	6.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,039
Avg median household income (1997)	28,250
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,184
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5