Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,803
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,083
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	720
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	870
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	211
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	13
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	34

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	12
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	163,697
Hospital beds	4,180

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	49	306,968
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	3,081
IPA HMOs (1998)	25	136,076
Other HMOs (1998)	21	167,811

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,161,599	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	637,424	54.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	11,342	1.0
Blacks (1999)	497,685	42.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,216	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	12,932	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	14,692	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,908
Avg median household income (1997)	34,433
Persons in poverty (1997)	179,188
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4