Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	48
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	42
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	19
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	211
Registered Dieticians (1990)	19

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
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)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	9,258
Total beds (1999)	317
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	4
Inpatient days (1999)	68,981
Outpatient visits (1999)	310,134
Emergency Department visits (1999)	26,087

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	235
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	234
Other HMOs (1998)	1	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	33,130	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	20,757	62.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,430	31.5
Blacks (1999)	1,364	4.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	304	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	275	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,870	32.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,924
Avg median household income (1997)	29,628
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,047
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12