Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	652
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	564
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	88
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	256
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	52
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
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)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	41,114
Hospital beds	1,293

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	44	89,386
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	38	89,363
Other HMOs (1998)	6	23

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	465,427	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	289,283	62.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,860	2.3
Blacks (1999)	151,029	32.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,521	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	12,734	2.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	14,306	3.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,002
Avg median household income (1997)	39,258
Persons in poverty (1997)	61,103
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3