Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	644
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	472
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	172
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	203
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	31
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	45,774
Hospital beds	1,187

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	70,729
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	14,940
Other HMOs (1998)	8	55,789

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	337,943	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	326,165	96.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,507	1.0
Blacks (1999)	6,104	1.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	405	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,762	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,328	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,444
Avg median household income (1997)	32,415
Persons in poverty (1997)	35,059
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5