Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	210
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	193
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	100
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	20
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
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)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
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	25,806
Hospital beds	630

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	10,652
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	10,652
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	236,344	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	110,847	46.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,537	0.7
Blacks (1999)	70,319	29.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	52,872	22.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	769	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,769	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,459
Avg median household income (1997)	26,284
Persons in poverty (1997)	49,432
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7