Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	26
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	21
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	1
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	141
Registered Dieticians (1990)	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	2,457
Total beds (1999)	84
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	12,733
Outpatient visits (1999)	136,150
Emergency Department visits (1999)	8,574

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	1	1,614
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	1	1,614

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	20,055	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	14,605	72.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,335	16.6
Blacks (1999)	1,749	8.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	183	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	183	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,615	18.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,594
Avg median household income (1997)	26,384
Persons in poverty (1997)	3,895
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12