Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	243
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	227
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	73
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	7
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	26,134
Hospital beds	642

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	8,088
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	20	8,065
Other HMOs (1998)	3	23

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	174,250	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	117,460	67.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,906	1.7
Blacks (1999)	46,745	26.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,961	3.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,178	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,463	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,066
Avg median household income (1997)	31,494
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,155
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5