Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	243
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	200
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	43
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	109
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	13
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	24,726
Hospital beds	721

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	2,427
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	52
Other HMOs (1998)	19	2,375

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	200,772	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	168,379	83.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,222	1.6
Blacks (1999)	26,973	13.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	508	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,690	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,112	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,173
Avg median household income (1997)	28,504
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,372
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5