Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	247
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	213
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	34
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	123
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	9
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	16,032
Hospital beds	458

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	9,604
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	25	9,604
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	178,347	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	119,204	66.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	915	0.5
Blacks (1999)	57,448	32.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	153	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	627	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,112	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,792
Avg median household income (1997)	30,996
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,437
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6