Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	606
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	413
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	193
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	257
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	40
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	29,965
Hospital beds	1,022

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	24,583
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	19,144
Other HMOs (1998)	12	5,439

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	173,423	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	166,137	95.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,462	0.8
Blacks (1999)	4,647	2.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	287	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	890	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,542	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,831
Avg median household income (1997)	30,434
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,993
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4