Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,948
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,377
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	571
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	651
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	162
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	9
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	82,654
Hospital beds	2,086

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	133,984
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	49,229
Other HMOs (1998)	7	84,755

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	661,793	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	589,944	89.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,976	1.5
Blacks (1999)	45,950	6.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,414	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,509	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	12,584	1.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,462
Avg median household income (1997)	37,590
Persons in poverty (1997)	84,832
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4