Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,639
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,169
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	470
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	476
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	115
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	9
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	16

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
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)	6
Hospital Admissions	71,308
Hospital beds	1,646

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	213,168
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	146,541
Other HMOs (1998)	11	66,627

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	479,416	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	425,406	88.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,010	1.7
Blacks (1999)	34,051	7.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	983	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	10,966	2.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,679	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,334
Avg median household income (1997)	39,840
Persons in poverty (1997)	52,595
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3