Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	725
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	624
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	101
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	270
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	44
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
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)	5
Hospital Admissions	42,153
Hospital beds	1,055

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	68,296
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	14,366
Other HMOs (1998)	15	53,930

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	394,374	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	340,893	86.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	17,872	4.5
Blacks (1999)	29,293	7.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,032	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,284	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	18,858	4.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,499
Avg median household income (1997)	41,835
Persons in poverty (1997)	36,669
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4