Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	180
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	162
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	18
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	71
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	13
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	16,650
Hospital beds	418

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	19,883
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	9,902
Other HMOs (1998)	15	9,981

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	137,026	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	115,672	84.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,307	1.0
Blacks (1999)	19,218	14.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	288	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	541	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,434	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,746
Avg median household income (1997)	34,252
Persons in poverty (1997)	16,149
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4