Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	260
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	240
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	107
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	21
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	25,636
Hospital beds	911

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	66
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	58
Other HMOs (1998)	2	8

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	183,325	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	88,714	48.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,679	0.9
Blacks (1999)	91,436	49.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	441	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,055	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,328	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,165
Avg median household income (1997)	29,687
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,575
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8