Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,121
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,705
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	416
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	753
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	235
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	27

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	81,684
Hospital beds	1,696

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	53	193,536
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	49	193,520
Other HMOs (1998)	4	16

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	992,515	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	640,227	64.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	26,112	2.6
Blacks (1999)	281,259	28.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,885	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	41,032	4.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	34,533	3.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,326
Avg median household income (1997)	39,965
Persons in poverty (1997)	128,211
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3