Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,586
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,019
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	567
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	811
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	203
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	19
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	25

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	14
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	10
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	13
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	149,314
Hospital beds	3,174

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	67	238,017
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	27	66,087
Other HMOs (1998)	40	171,930

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	900,830	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	754,232	83.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,788	0.8
Blacks (1999)	130,666	14.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,250	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,894	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,045	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,802
Avg median household income (1997)	39,107
Persons in poverty (1997)	105,839
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4