Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	587
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	488
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	99
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	226
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	26
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	41,977
Hospital beds	1,632

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	93,424
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	41,070
Other HMOs (1998)	10	52,354

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	364,195	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	336,342	92.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,552	1.8
Blacks (1999)	16,315	4.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,001	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,985	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,862	2.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,231
Avg median household income (1997)	34,620
Persons in poverty (1997)	49,791
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4