Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	744
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	495
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	249
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	259
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	65
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	42,059
Hospital beds	929

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	21,542
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	21,542
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	222,454	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	137,924	62.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,565	1.2
Blacks (1999)	79,828	35.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	406	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,731	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,121	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,279
Avg median household income (1997)	29,944
Persons in poverty (1997)	40,039
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6