Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,420
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,087
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	333
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	502
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	105
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	81,466
Hospital beds	1,875

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	178,715
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	14,474
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	117,892
Other HMOs (1998)	8	46,349

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	759,651	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	663,337	87.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	22,797	3.0
Blacks (1999)	59,029	7.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,498	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,990	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	27,161	3.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,659
Avg median household income (1997)	41,810
Persons in poverty (1997)	71,848
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4