Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,204
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,097
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	107
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	456
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	88
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	11

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	80,092
Hospital beds	2,082

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	145,708
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	33	145,689
Other HMOs (1998)	4	19

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	747,929	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	580,477	77.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,858	1.3
Blacks (1999)	144,938	19.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,411	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,245	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,292	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,946
Avg median household income (1997)	37,430
Persons in poverty (1997)	79,103
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3