Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,197
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	949
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	248
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	408
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	89
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	14

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	14
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	89,750
Hospital beds	2,078

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	126,294
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	35,828
Other HMOs (1998)	11	90,466

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	605,930	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	411,150	67.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,454	1.2
Blacks (1999)	179,111	29.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,460	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,755	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,460	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,736
Avg median household income (1997)	30,915
Persons in poverty (1997)	109,865
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5