Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	358
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	342
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	117
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	23
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	54,044
Hospital beds	1,127

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	815
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	815
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	247,301	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	179,219	72.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,652	1.5
Blacks (1999)	61,629	24.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	777	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,024	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,245	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,957
Avg median household income (1997)	30,001
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,235
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5