Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	287
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	252
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	102
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	20
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	14,413
Hospital beds	429

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	38,916
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	8,984
Other HMOs (1998)	11	29,932

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	197,706	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	184,444	93.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,878	1.5
Blacks (1999)	7,196	3.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	399	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,789	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,226	1.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,401
Avg median household income (1997)	46,421
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,733
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3