Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	804
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	584
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	220
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	398
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	57
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	67,136
Hospital beds	1,464

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	149,683
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	366
Other HMOs (1998)	11	149,317

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	526,740	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	412,689	78.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,174	2.3
Blacks (1999)	93,441	17.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,554	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,882	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	13,943	2.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,740
Avg median household income (1997)	41,446
Persons in poverty (1997)	68,637
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5