Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	788
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	698
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	90
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	269
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	29
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	52,533
Hospital beds	1,366

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	34	94,915
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	70,401
Other HMOs (1998)	19	24,514

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	495,945	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	441,707	89.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,895	2.2
Blacks (1999)	36,895	7.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,533	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,915	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	12,394	2.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,180
Avg median household income (1997)	42,024
Persons in poverty (1997)	39,796
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3