Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	37
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	34
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	3
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	22
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	5
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	5,726
Hospital beds	486

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	0	0
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	43,249	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	24,009	55.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,032	2.4
Blacks (1999)	17,979	41.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	117	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	112	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,264	2.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,799
Avg median household income (1997)	25,943
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,776
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5