Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,090
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,254
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	836
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	916
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	227
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	19
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	29

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	16
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	13
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	9
Hospital Admissions	163,766
Hospital beds	3,985

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	72	328,818
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	35	145,424
Other HMOs (1998)	37	183,394

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	826,324	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	646,241	78.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,416	1.3
Blacks (1999)	155,214	18.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,910	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	12,543	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,948	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	30,926
Avg median household income (1997)	42,202
Persons in poverty (1997)	89,246
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3