Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	372
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	350
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	22
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	126
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	15
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	33,709
Hospital beds	745

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	8,625
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	8,625
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	233,484	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	173,607	74.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,441	1.0
Blacks (1999)	54,851	23.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	508	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,077	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,834	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,645
Avg median household income (1997)	31,219
Persons in poverty (1997)	35,439
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5