Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,050
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	841
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	209
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	396
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	81
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	7
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	14

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	78,717
Hospital beds	1,699

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	66,447
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	57,750
Other HMOs (1998)	18	8,697

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	599,394	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	518,617	86.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,690	1.4
Blacks (1999)	67,719	11.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	980	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,388	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,077	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,194
Avg median household income (1997)	33,337
Persons in poverty (1997)	77,727
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5