Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,148
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,296
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	852
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,043
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	230
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	10
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	33

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	20
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	17
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	14
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	15
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	10
Hospital Admissions	192,766
Hospital beds	4,711

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	41	245,492
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	124,148
Other HMOs (1998)	25	121,344

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,119,261	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	825,465	73.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,578	0.7
Blacks (1999)	279,036	24.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,741	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,441	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,429	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,316
Avg median household income (1997)	36,397
Persons in poverty (1997)	149,018
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3