Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	6,703
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	5,379
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,324
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	2,163
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	603
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	32
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	54

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	20
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	11
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	16
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	14
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	13
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	14
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	11
Hospital Admissions	231,078
Hospital beds	6,055

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	122	657,587
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	63	270,545
Other HMOs (1998)	59	387,042

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	2,531,012	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,525,061	60.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	88,724	3.5
Blacks (1999)	822,053	32.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,371	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	89,803	3.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	100,079	4.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	32,442
Avg median household income (1997)	46,123
Persons in poverty (1997)	297,992
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	27
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3