Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	129
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	115
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	40
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	590
Registered Dieticians (1990)	42

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)	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)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	10,548
Total beds (1999)	276
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	44,464
Outpatient visits (1999)	199,854
Emergency Department visits (1999)	50,000

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	4	17,861
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	4	17,861

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	115,516	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	67,383	58.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	42,984	37.2
Blacks (1999)	3,307	2.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	847	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	995	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	44,700	38.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,240
Avg median household income (1997)	29,231
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,253
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13