Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	982
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	815
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	167
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	319
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	68
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	66,318
Hospital beds	1,662

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	55,138
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	27	51,543
Other HMOs (1998)	10	3,595

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	516,294	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	302,182	58.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	15,027	2.9
Blacks (1999)	188,828	36.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,399	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	8,858	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	18,385	3.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,512
Avg median household income (1997)	34,349
Persons in poverty (1997)	85,752
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4