Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	249
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	233
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	106
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	18
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
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)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	26,934
Hospital beds	615

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	12,026
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	12,023
Other HMOs (1998)	3	3

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	224,094	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	118,097	52.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,709	0.8
Blacks (1999)	101,059	45.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,370	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	859	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,383	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,758
Avg median household income (1997)	29,205
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,464
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6