Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	362
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	293
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	69
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	152
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	18
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	32,557
Hospital beds	1,142

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	57,627
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	55,095
Other HMOs (1998)	13	2,532

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	197,337	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	190,841	96.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	774	0.4
Blacks (1999)	4,751	2.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	208	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	763	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	870	0.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,544
Avg median household income (1997)	29,041
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,399
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6