Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,493
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	993
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	500
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	462
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	98
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	9
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	75,237
Hospital beds	2,052

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	40	189,842
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	38	189,828
Other HMOs (1998)	2	14

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	468,582	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	373,188	79.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,488	1.6
Blacks (1999)	83,242	17.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,016	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,648	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,233	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,009
Avg median household income (1997)	37,511
Persons in poverty (1997)	49,203
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3