Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	9
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	0
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	0
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	81
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)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
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)	1,082
Total beds (1999)	63
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	3,829
Outpatient visits (1999)	60,990
Emergency Department visits (1999)	8,895

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	2	148
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	148
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	20,595	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	10,764	52.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,000	43.7
Blacks (1999)	701	3.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	69	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	61	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,080	44.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,046
Avg median household income (1997)	31,505
Persons in poverty (1997)	4,244
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	21
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10