Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,619
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,127
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	492
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	557
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	88
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	12

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	85,430
Hospital beds	2,033

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	131,388
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	131,184
Other HMOs (1998)	9	204

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	618,375	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	545,982	88.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,600	2.0
Blacks (1999)	48,860	7.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	986	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,947	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	15,482	2.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,769
Avg median household income (1997)	41,947
Persons in poverty (1997)	46,402
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3