Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	407
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	369
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	38
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	165
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	22
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	35,296
Hospital beds	1,121

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	47	38,964
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	8,027
Other HMOs (1998)	34	30,937

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	243,140	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	174,255	71.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,634	0.7
Blacks (1999)	66,229	27.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	243	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	779	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,089	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,249
Avg median household income (1997)	29,860
Persons in poverty (1997)	37,453
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6