Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,377
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,352
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,025
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,106
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	223
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	9
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	30

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	15
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	10
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	12
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	12
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	9
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	12
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Hospital Admissions	189,888
Hospital beds	4,888

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	55	290,788
Traditional HMOs (1998)	6	17,391
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	50,351
Other HMOs (1998)	35	223,046

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,186,125	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	957,465	80.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	13,446	1.1
Blacks (1999)	198,741	16.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,761	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	13,712	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	16,503	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,736
Avg median household income (1997)	40,689
Persons in poverty (1997)	121,524
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3