Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	775
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	614
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	161
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	304
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	56
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	54,721
Hospital beds	1,313

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	45	20,391
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	27	19,427
Other HMOs (1998)	18	964

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	390,900	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	226,262	57.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,687	1.5
Blacks (1999)	153,905	39.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	848	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,198	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,820	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,419
Avg median household income (1997)	34,766
Persons in poverty (1997)	68,059
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5