Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,455
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	928
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	527
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	445
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	112
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	77,719
Hospital beds	2,290

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	58	72,191
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	34	67,968
Other HMOs (1998)	24	4,223

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	401,409	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	290,358	72.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	14,517	3.6
Blacks (1999)	86,261	21.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,484	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	8,789	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	16,580	4.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,882
Avg median household income (1997)	29,173
Persons in poverty (1997)	73,171
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3