Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	14
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	0
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	0
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	99
Registered Dieticians (1990)	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	1,448
Total beds (1999)	65
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	3,797
Outpatient visits (1999)	55,706
Emergency Department visits (1999)	9,346

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	212
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	212
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	29,151	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	13,215	45.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	15,243	52.3
Blacks (1999)	480	1.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	95	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	118	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	15,417	52.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,271
Avg median household income (1997)	28,942
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,298
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	26
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10