Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,788
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,366
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	422
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	635
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	124
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	9
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	16

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	10
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	109,781
Hospital beds	3,019

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	49	315,313
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	32	266,759
Other HMOs (1998)	17	48,554

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	795,170	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	675,362	84.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	28,684	3.6
Blacks (1999)	79,476	10.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,260	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,388	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	31,071	3.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,012
Avg median household income (1997)	40,401
Persons in poverty (1997)	85,288
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5