Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	45
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	42
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	3
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	22
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	3
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	5,072
Hospital beds	115

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	519
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	409
Other HMOs (1998)	4	110

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	55,193	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	36,461	66.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	394	0.7
Blacks (1999)	18,053	32.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	82	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	203	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	460	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,051
Avg median household income (1997)	30,644
Persons in poverty (1997)	8,447
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6