Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	924
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	790
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	134
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	316
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	61
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	39,474
Hospital beds	1,279

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	30	227,292
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	135,682
Other HMOs (1998)	15	91,610

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	470,376	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	444,191	94.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,786	1.4
Blacks (1999)	12,414	2.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	945	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,040	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,331	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,026
Avg median household income (1997)	41,743
Persons in poverty (1997)	45,563
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4