Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	8,207
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	5,678
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2,529
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,629
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	665
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	33
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	76

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	20
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	16
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	17
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	16
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	14
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	16
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	15
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	12
Hospital Admissions	334,728
Hospital beds	6,394

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	76	871,779
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	55	492,455
Other HMOs (1998)	21	379,324

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,306,406	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,521,311	66.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	36,542	1.6
Blacks (1999)	680,547	29.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,893	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	61,113	2.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	44,676	1.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	29,841
Avg median household income (1997)	46,023
Persons in poverty (1997)	253,360
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4