Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	303
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	233
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	70
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	145
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	14
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	22,572
Hospital beds	678

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	14,950
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	3,365
Other HMOs (1998)	14	11,585

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	183,896	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	168,476	91.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,261	1.2
Blacks (1999)	9,287	5.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	396	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,476	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,620	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,372
Avg median household income (1997)	28,557
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,863
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6