Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	464
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	351
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	113
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	186
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	21
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	44,609
Hospital beds	1,118

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	52,385
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	6,916
Other HMOs (1998)	6	45,469

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	302,723	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	241,777	79.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	16,710	5.5
Blacks (1999)	40,357	13.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,541	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,338	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	18,740	6.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,740
Avg median household income (1997)	36,022
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,834
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5