Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	548
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	452
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	96
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	179
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	30
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	44,526
Hospital beds	891

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	88,635
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	772
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	63,508
Other HMOs (1998)	6	24,355

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	337,635	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	249,076	73.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	21,990	6.5
Blacks (1999)	55,376	16.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,215	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,978	3.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	27,066	8.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	30,739
Avg median household income (1997)	37,569
Persons in poverty (1997)	36,179
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8