Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	745
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	557
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	188
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	260
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	62
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	6
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	36,824
Hospital beds	817

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	55,064
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	28,231
Other HMOs (1998)	4	26,833

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	291,315	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	255,130	87.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,253	1.8
Blacks (1999)	24,438	8.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,302	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,192	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,052	2.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,141
Avg median household income (1997)	40,518
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,069
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3