Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	238
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	225
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	80
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	14
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	20,313
Hospital beds	793

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	1,430
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	155
Other HMOs (1998)	18	1,275

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	171,014	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	156,239	91.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	968	0.6
Blacks (1999)	12,339	7.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	274	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,194	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,135	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,270
Avg median household income (1997)	32,108
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,559
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	21
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4