Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	205
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	191
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	84
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	21
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	21,539
Hospital beds	427

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	5,131
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	628
Other HMOs (1998)	13	4,503

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	197,543	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	186,755	94.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	857	0.4
Blacks (1999)	8,447	4.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	747	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	737	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,010	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,339
Avg median household income (1997)	28,855
Persons in poverty (1997)	35,423
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8