Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	373
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	327
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	46
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	161
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	13
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	28,964
Hospital beds	589

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	31	22,371
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	21	12,758
Other HMOs (1998)	10	9,613

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	261,570	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	221,117	84.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,382	1.7
Blacks (1999)	33,757	12.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	665	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,649	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,825	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,203
Avg median household income (1997)	33,655
Persons in poverty (1997)	36,180
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5