Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	235
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	218
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	95
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	15
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

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)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	23,807
Hospital beds	496

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	9,493
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	8,039
Other HMOs (1998)	4	1,454

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	228,974	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	151,622	66.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,560	0.7
Blacks (1999)	72,926	31.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	368	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,498	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,958	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,296
Avg median household income (1997)	31,040
Persons in poverty (1997)	35,968
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4