Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	116
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	109
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	46
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	9
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)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Hospital Admissions	10,011
Hospital beds	307

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	16,948
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	10,037
Other HMOs (1998)	12	6,911

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	126,291	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	120,602	95.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	722	0.6
Blacks (1999)	4,352	3.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	279	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	336	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	767	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,516
Avg median household income (1997)	29,522
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,386
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4