Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	329
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	294
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	114
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	19
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
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	16,541
Hospital beds	401

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	37,620
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	25,601
Other HMOs (1998)	10	12,019

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	189,900	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	153,525	80.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,256	3.3
Blacks (1999)	27,788	14.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	502	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,829	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,015	3.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	29,129
Avg median household income (1997)	36,372
Persons in poverty (1997)	26,228
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3