Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,598
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,042
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	556
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	504
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	113
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	10
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	11

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	84,280
Hospital beds	2,575

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	56	55,890
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	43	55,003
Other HMOs (1998)	13	887

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	533,110	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	321,208	60.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,035	1.9
Blacks (1999)	189,667	35.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,243	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	10,957	2.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,979	2.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,107
Avg median household income (1997)	35,033
Persons in poverty (1997)	90,592
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6