Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	404
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	372
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	142
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	25
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
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)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	33,013
Hospital beds	863

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	7,646
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	7,645
Other HMOs (1998)	1	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	313,536	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	225,698	72.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	15,958	5.1
Blacks (1999)	62,916	20.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,853	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,111	2.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,064	6.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,647
Avg median household income (1997)	31,922
Persons in poverty (1997)	39,903
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4