Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	549
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	521
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	28
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	162
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	24
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Hospital Admissions	47,525
Hospital beds	832

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	47,514
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	36,075
Other HMOs (1998)	11	11,439

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	362,086	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	304,492	84.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	13,325	3.7
Blacks (1999)	39,974	11.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,484	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,811	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	14,678	4.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,002
Avg median household income (1997)	27,808
Persons in poverty (1997)	55,922
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4