Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	4,027
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,963
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,064
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,461
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	386
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	25
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	24

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	18
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	13
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	17
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	14
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	15
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	15
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	12
Hospital Admissions	170,257
Hospital beds	3,643

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	95	294,892
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	42	151,503
Other HMOs (1998)	53	143,389

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,598,364	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,347,919	84.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,335	0.6
Blacks (1999)	219,559	13.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,528	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	19,023	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,304	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,437
Avg median household income (1997)	41,117
Persons in poverty (1997)	154,647
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4