Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	159
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	139
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	68
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	13
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
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)	2
Hospital Admissions	18,295
Hospital beds	674

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	8,873
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	188
Other HMOs (1998)	5	8,685

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	133,916	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	111,692	83.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,583	2.7
Blacks (1999)	17,302	12.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	237	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,102	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,946	2.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,192
Avg median household income (1997)	36,702
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,920
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5