Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	732
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	566
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	166
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	291
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	51
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	69,369
Hospital beds	1,620

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	45	15,876
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	3,055
Other HMOs (1998)	27	12,821

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	362,494	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	352,146	97.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,567	0.4
Blacks (1999)	7,100	2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	438	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,243	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,803	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,044
Avg median household income (1997)	27,944
Persons in poverty (1997)	70,168
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7