Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	949
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	787
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	162
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	299
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	64
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	8

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	53,220
Hospital beds	1,278

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	156,759
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	25,921
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	99,504
Other HMOs (1998)	3	31,334

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	333,861	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	222,211	66.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	22,688	6.8
Blacks (1999)	71,139	21.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	779	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	17,044	5.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	27,768	8.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	37,551
Avg median household income (1997)	49,251
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,417
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	30
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4