Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	739
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	624
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	115
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	265
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	29
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	12
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	56,938
Hospital beds	1,841

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	181,507
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	242
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	117,304
Other HMOs (1998)	7	63,961

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	457,929	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	423,131	92.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,410	2.1
Blacks (1999)	21,010	4.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,235	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,143	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,761	2.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,562
Avg median household income (1997)	33,913
Persons in poverty (1997)	61,768
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5