Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	254
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	240
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	112
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	17
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
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)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	22,101
Hospital beds	725

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	32,540
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	22,909
Other HMOs (1998)	15	9,631

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	206,283	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	196,088	95.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,731	0.8
Blacks (1999)	6,296	3.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	713	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,455	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,865	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,026
Avg median household income (1997)	30,464
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,920
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	21
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5