Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,739
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,302
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	437
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	725
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	106
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	6
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	16

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Hospital Admissions	100,160
Hospital beds	2,885

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	397,187
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	366,036
Other HMOs (1998)	19	31,151

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	812,550	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	667,767	82.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,089	0.9
Blacks (1999)	124,211	15.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,767	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,716	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,435	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,349
Avg median household income (1997)	38,936
Persons in poverty (1997)	81,268
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4