Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	299
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	280
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	129
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	21
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	30,260
Hospital beds	684

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	19,235
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	8,792
Other HMOs (1998)	7	10,443

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	240,832	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	193,045	80.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,454	1.4
Blacks (1999)	42,139	17.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	510	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,684	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,920	1.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,978
Avg median household income (1997)	31,589
Persons in poverty (1997)	36,789
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5