Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	293
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	258
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	129
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	12
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	26,068
Hospital beds	599

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	33	23,068
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	10,493
Other HMOs (1998)	22	12,575

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	203,200	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	191,399	94.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,753	0.9
Blacks (1999)	7,713	3.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	559	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,776	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,070	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,691
Avg median household income (1997)	32,260
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,647
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4