Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	211
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	196
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	15
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	80
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	19
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	13,329
Hospital beds	220

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	92,227
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	20	58,874
Other HMOs (1998)	5	33,353

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	326,047	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	251,140	77.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	17,940	5.5
Blacks (1999)	43,067	13.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,209	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	12,691	3.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,842	6.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	29,003
Avg median household income (1997)	58,675
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,722
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2