Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	299
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	270
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	117
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	23
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	33,319
Hospital beds	1,018

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	6,687
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	1,869
Other HMOs (1998)	2	4,818

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	175,053	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	162,462	92.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,017	0.6
Blacks (1999)	10,551	6.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	204	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	819	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,212	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,924
Avg median household income (1997)	25,488
Persons in poverty (1997)	38,552
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9