Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	455
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	384
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	71
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	211
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	21
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
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)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	47,504
Hospital beds	1,085

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	159,306
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	127,139
Other HMOs (1998)	9	32,167

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	390,735	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	370,833	94.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,673	0.7
Blacks (1999)	15,417	3.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	472	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,340	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,903	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,963
Avg median household income (1997)	30,829
Persons in poverty (1997)	59,361
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6