Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	318
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	278
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	40
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	118
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	19
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	26,435
Hospital beds	700

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	13,868
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	9,793
Other HMOs (1998)	4	4,075

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	250,062	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	229,005	91.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,942	2.0
Blacks (1999)	11,623	4.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,554	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,938	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,439	3.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,191
Avg median household income (1997)	31,457
Persons in poverty (1997)	39,541
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9