Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	301
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	285
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	128
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	25
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	31,026
Hospital beds	1,274

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	36	138,336
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	20	87,060
Other HMOs (1998)	16	51,276

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	303,024	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	275,189	90.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,365	1.4
Blacks (1999)	20,397	6.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	850	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,223	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,788	1.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,972
Avg median household income (1997)	38,858
Persons in poverty (1997)	33,273
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4