Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	604
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	544
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	60
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	237
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	43
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	60,208
Hospital beds	1,498

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	32,841
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	24,569
Other HMOs (1998)	8	8,272

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	363,000	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	215,228	59.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,080	0.8
Blacks (1999)	141,720	39.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	693	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,279	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,882	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,924
Avg median household income (1997)	31,708
Persons in poverty (1997)	66,714
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5