Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	729
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	598
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	131
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	288
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	32
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	11
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	60,341
Hospital beds	1,410

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	146,857
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	138,037
Other HMOs (1998)	12	8,820

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	413,430	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	402,787	97.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,425	0.6
Blacks (1999)	6,356	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	362	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,500	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,638	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,946
Avg median household income (1997)	29,588
Persons in poverty (1997)	53,817
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5