Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	272
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	260
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	91
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	20
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	32,011
Hospital beds	902

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	4	715
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	587
Other HMOs (1998)	1	128

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	191,054	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	169,120	88.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,138	0.6
Blacks (1999)	19,962	10.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	367	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	467	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,244	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,573
Avg median household income (1997)	30,686
Persons in poverty (1997)	27,478
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7