Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	519
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	496
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	23
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	215
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	42
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

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)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	40,257
Hospital beds	1,100

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	47	61,541
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	37	34,764
Other HMOs (1998)	10	26,777

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	399,595	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	334,206	83.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,633	1.2
Blacks (1999)	56,789	14.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	945	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,022	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,150	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,990
Avg median household income (1997)	34,897
Persons in poverty (1997)	48,953
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4