Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	812
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	677
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	135
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	327
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	63
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	53,592
Hospital beds	1,561

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	194,067
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	71,492
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	2,077
Other HMOs (1998)	9	120,498

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	642,495	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	346,156	53.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	212,791	33.1
Blacks (1999)	42,337	6.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	11,270	1.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	29,941	4.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	230,961	35.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,643
Avg median household income (1997)	32,359
Persons in poverty (1997)	128,669
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	11