Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	685
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	612
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	73
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	276
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	49
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	8

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	51,792
Hospital beds	1,217

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	37,006
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	25,972
Other HMOs (1998)	6	11,034

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	424,726	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	334,915	78.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,147	1.4
Blacks (1999)	74,866	17.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,463	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,335	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,034	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,260
Avg median household income (1997)	39,736
Persons in poverty (1997)	50,525
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4