Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,614
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,212
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	402
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	588
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	121
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	6
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	13

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	85,757
Hospital beds	1,748

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	56	171,689
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	32	110,780
Other HMOs (1998)	23	60,664

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	836,712	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	740,649	88.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,500	0.7
Blacks (1999)	78,543	9.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,778	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	10,242	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,489	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,062
Avg median household income (1997)	40,841
Persons in poverty (1997)	78,673
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4