Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	290
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	264
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	26
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	131
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	28
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	34,531
Hospital beds	866

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	1,958
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	1,533
Other HMOs (1998)	3	425

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	264,838	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	241,844	91.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,595	0.6
Blacks (1999)	19,713	7.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	924	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	762	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,745	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,894
Avg median household income (1997)	28,846
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,374
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6