Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,108
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,000
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	108
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	390
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	107
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	13

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	51,431
Hospital beds	1,231

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	67	226,385
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	34	94,418
Other HMOs (1998)	33	131,967

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	917,013	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	778,645	84.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	29,247	3.2
Blacks (1999)	85,713	9.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,484	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	20,924	2.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	31,327	3.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	30,212
Avg median household income (1997)	51,403
Persons in poverty (1997)	62,318
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3