Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	253
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	243
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	103
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	15
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

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)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	21,895
Hospital beds	753

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	38	67,604
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	32,579
Other HMOs (1998)	23	35,025

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	241,252	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	215,050	89.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,841	1.2
Blacks (1999)	18,798	7.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	512	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,051	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,284	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,732
Avg median household income (1997)	39,441
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,587
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3