Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	256
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	236
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	114
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	5
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	25,236
Hospital beds	554

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	65,284
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	4,448
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	36,838
Other HMOs (1998)	5	23,998

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	267,259	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	229,131	85.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,333	3.1
Blacks (1999)	26,198	9.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,286	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,311	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,171	3.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,225
Avg median household income (1997)	33,990
Persons in poverty (1997)	37,344
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5