Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	6,645
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	4,837
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,808
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,147
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	417
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	29
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	62

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	30
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	23
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	29
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	28
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	17
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	27
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	22
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	20
Hospital Admissions	336,256
Hospital beds	8,302

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	38	1,174,646
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	999,631
Other HMOs (1998)	21	175,015

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,143,505	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,914,294	89.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	15,159	0.7
Blacks (1999)	187,786	8.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,507	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	23,759	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	17,526	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,351
Avg median household income (1997)	37,076
Persons in poverty (1997)	233,303
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4