Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	859
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	731
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	128
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	337
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	47
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	11

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	53,792
Hospital beds	927

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	146,899
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	21	123,599
Other HMOs (1998)	7	23,300

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	655,152	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	604,486	92.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	11,714	1.8
Blacks (1999)	30,683	4.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,142	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,127	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	13,888	2.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,549
Avg median household income (1997)	46,041
Persons in poverty (1997)	41,802
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3