Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,829
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	984
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	845
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	500
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	128
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	14

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	65,081
Hospital beds	1,640

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	42	61,219
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	37	52,257
Other HMOs (1998)	5	8,962

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	343,843	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	195,506	56.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,609	1.6
Blacks (1999)	134,500	39.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,956	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,272	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,580	1.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,920
Avg median household income (1997)	36,089
Persons in poverty (1997)	45,895
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3