Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,375
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	866
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	509
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	382
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	107
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	42,886
Hospital beds	983

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	41	47,307
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	34	40,205
Other HMOs (1998)	7	7,102

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	291,989	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	215,973	74.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,537	2.9
Blacks (1999)	59,942	20.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,714	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,823	2.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,462	3.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,867
Avg median household income (1997)	36,832
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,597
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2