Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	355
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	323
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	124
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	18
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	30,602
Hospital beds	715

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	24,992
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	16,319
Other HMOs (1998)	4	8,673

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	271,219	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	252,658	93.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,670	1.0
Blacks (1999)	12,976	4.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	613	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,302	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,295	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,096
Avg median household income (1997)	37,346
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,087
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4