Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	225
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	214
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	86
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	16
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	25,114
Hospital beds	1,276

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	21,601
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	10,951
Other HMOs (1998)	9	10,650

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	238,367	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	156,984	65.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,123	0.9
Blacks (1999)	77,796	32.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	365	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,099	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,567	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,052
Avg median household income (1997)	35,180
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,968
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4