Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	359
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	294
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	65
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	147
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	16
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

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)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	34,739
Hospital beds	711

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	474
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	402
Other HMOs (1998)	3	72

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	209,089	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	132,996	63.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,506	0.7
Blacks (1999)	72,722	34.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	283	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,582	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,888	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,729
Avg median household income (1997)	28,920
Persons in poverty (1997)	39,455
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5