Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,373
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,912
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	461
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	795
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	176
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	9
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	34

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	13
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	138,793
Hospital beds	3,128

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	73	352,277
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	38	205,946
Other HMOs (1998)	35	146,331

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,106,276	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	770,155	69.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	30,971	2.8
Blacks (1999)	271,086	24.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,362	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	29,702	2.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	39,606	3.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,258
Avg median household income (1997)	36,681
Persons in poverty (1997)	139,833
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3