Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	202
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	190
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	78
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	10
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

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)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	17,306
Hospital beds	439

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	82,406
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	75,089
Other HMOs (1998)	9	7,317

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	183,534	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	164,790	89.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,322	0.7
Blacks (1999)	15,939	8.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	395	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,088	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,558	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,801
Avg median household income (1997)	37,125
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,928
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4