Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,654
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,408
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	246
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	577
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	120
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	12
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	21

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	91,251
Hospital beds	2,345

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	66	108,701
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	39	92,199
Other HMOs (1998)	27	16,502

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	693,188	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	632,925	91.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,207	0.9
Blacks (1999)	44,982	6.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,768	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,306	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,787	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,808
Avg median household income (1997)	33,802
Persons in poverty (1997)	85,360
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4