Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	138
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	129
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	62
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	12
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	12,744
Hospital beds	459

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	8,890
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	8,890
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	129,369	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	51,821	40.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	528	0.4
Blacks (1999)	76,207	58.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	281	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	532	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	820	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,445
Avg median household income (1997)	26,045
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,488
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	10