Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	556
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	465
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	91
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	227
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	30
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	40,943
Hospital beds	1,091

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	29	36,253
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	29	36,253
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	346,959	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	266,252	76.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,152	0.9
Blacks (1999)	73,944	21.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	521	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,090	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,641	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,718
Avg median household income (1997)	34,452
Persons in poverty (1997)	41,499
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5