Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	13
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	3
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	0
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	85
Registered Dieticians (1990)	5

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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	3,082
Total beds (1999)	102
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	17,054
Outpatient visits (1999)	90,625
Emergency Department visits (1999)	12,787

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	207
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	207
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	29,225	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	17,942	61.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,159	31.3
Blacks (1999)	1,954	6.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	115	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	55	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,485	32.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,262
Avg median household income (1997)	25,923
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,117
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12