Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	558
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	484
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	74
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	191
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	29
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	32,324
Hospital beds	804

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	41,934
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	41,926
Other HMOs (1998)	2	8

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	262,402	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	198,882	75.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,729	1.4
Blacks (1999)	56,921	21.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,181	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,689	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,339	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,351
Avg median household income (1997)	35,172
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,904
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4