Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	29
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	27
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	1
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	96
Registered Dieticians (1990)	0

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)	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)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	2,371
Total beds (1999)	89
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	2
Inpatient days (1999)	25,438
Outpatient visits (1999)	38,552
Emergency Department visits (1999)	7,792

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	4	644
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	443
Other HMOs (1998)	2	201

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	21,986	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	17,956	81.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,473	15.8
Blacks (1999)	234	1.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	217	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	106	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,571	16.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,887
Avg median household income (1997)	32,073
Persons in poverty (1997)	2,464
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15