Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	162
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	144
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	18
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	73
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	10
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
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	6,921
Hospital beds	167

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	3,380
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	536
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	6	2,844

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	84,085	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	67,905	80.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,610	12.6
Blacks (1999)	580	0.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,655	4.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,335	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,480	13.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,728
Avg median household income (1997)	32,306
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,071
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7