Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	824
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	620
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	204
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	288
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	59
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	11

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	54,572
Hospital beds	1,389

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	18,815
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	1,356
Other HMOs (1998)	13	17,459

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	379,377	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	339,940	89.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,315	1.4
Blacks (1999)	29,463	7.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	719	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,940	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,838	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,825
Avg median household income (1997)	39,477
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,099
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5