Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	338
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	309
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	122
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	12
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	30,133
Hospital beds	809

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	8,786
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	8,760
Other HMOs (1998)	6	26

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	257,880	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	200,873	77.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,024	2.3
Blacks (1999)	43,679	16.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,669	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,635	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,232	2.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,760
Avg median household income (1997)	29,318
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,968
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6