Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,244
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,344
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	900
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,097
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	246
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	19
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	19

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	9
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	10
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	9
Hospital Admissions	171,204
Hospital beds	3,527

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	64	390,029
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	42	271,315
Other HMOs (1998)	22	118,714

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,254,678	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,015,229	80.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	11,446	0.9
Blacks (1999)	194,936	15.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,897	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	30,170	2.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	14,533	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,871
Avg median household income (1997)	40,696
Persons in poverty (1997)	129,473
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3