Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	699
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	643
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	56
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	246
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	51
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	52,969
Hospital beds	1,221

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	82,540
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	21	59,769
Other HMOs (1998)	7	22,771

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	413,824	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	297,583	71.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,328	1.8
Blacks (1999)	101,762	24.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,879	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,272	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,221	2.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,470
Avg median household income (1997)	34,151
Persons in poverty (1997)	52,153
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5