Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	148
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	136
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	63
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	8
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	13,453
Hospital beds	470

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	15,275
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	9,512
Other HMOs (1998)	8	5,763

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	137,931	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	131,150	95.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,994	1.4
Blacks (1999)	3,844	2.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	342	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	601	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,117	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,321
Avg median household income (1997)	31,672
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,980
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	22
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4