Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,432
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,180
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	252
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	558
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	102
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	8
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	82,507
Hospital beds	1,933

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	60,478
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	37	60,478
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	694,936	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	571,829	82.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,415	1.2
Blacks (1999)	108,119	15.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,095	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,478	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,104	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,507
Avg median household income (1997)	36,949
Persons in poverty (1997)	73,094
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3