Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	318
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	289
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	130
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	23
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	18,894
Hospital beds	667

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	59,170
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	268
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	2,023
Other HMOs (1998)	18	56,879

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	200,988	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	186,449	92.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,833	1.4
Blacks (1999)	9,409	4.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	530	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,767	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,101	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,576
Avg median household income (1997)	40,581
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,023
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4