Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,721
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,219
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	502
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	501
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	104
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	13
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	17

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	91,464
Hospital beds	2,327

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	87	221,041
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	28	76,456
Other HMOs (1998)	59	144,585

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	480,769	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	426,840	88.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,722	1.0
Blacks (1999)	42,062	8.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	695	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,450	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,373	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,113
Avg median household income (1997)	35,093
Persons in poverty (1997)	74,749
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3