Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,183
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,036
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	147
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	429
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	85
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	8
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	14

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	15
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	91,281
Hospital beds	2,543

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	97,622
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	27	86,671
Other HMOs (1998)	5	10,951

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	661,956	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	508,887	76.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	16,487	2.5
Blacks (1999)	110,289	16.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	7,769	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	18,524	2.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	20,595	3.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,882
Avg median household income (1997)	32,965
Persons in poverty (1997)	98,367
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4