Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	127
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	115
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	56
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	13
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	12,317
Hospital beds	478

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	1,147
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	882
Other HMOs (1998)	6	265

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	115,938	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	113,107	97.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	444	0.4
Blacks (1999)	1,715	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	248	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	424	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	514	0.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,338
Avg median household income (1997)	27,617
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,865
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	8
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	10