Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,885
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,321
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	564
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	527
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	140
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	18

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	10
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	11
Hospital Admissions	87,626
Hospital beds	2,154

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	30	72,316
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	30	72,316
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	609,570	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	388,019	63.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	11,040	1.8
Blacks (1999)	198,989	32.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,973	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,549	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	13,076	2.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,151
Avg median household income (1997)	34,721
Persons in poverty (1997)	97,399
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4