Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,048
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	986
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	62
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	332
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	61
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	8
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	11

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
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)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	67,975
Hospital beds	1,491

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	76,524
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	30,851
Other HMOs (1998)	12	45,673

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	570,618	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	478,905	83.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	23,550	4.1
Blacks (1999)	54,797	9.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,417	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	10,949	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	26,566	4.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,997
Avg median household income (1997)	36,273
Persons in poverty (1997)	63,662
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5