Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	760
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	602
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	158
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	375
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	75
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	18,113
Hospital beds	456

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	131	211,074
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	101	196,419
Other HMOs (1998)	30	14,655

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	795,873	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	585,873	73.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,322	1.2
Blacks (1999)	182,453	22.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,003	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	15,222	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,207	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,674
Avg median household income (1997)	46,515
Persons in poverty (1997)	68,079
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2