Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	438
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	399
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	39
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	171
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	32
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	3
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	28,020
Hospital beds	710

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	49,529
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	13,513
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	1,112
Other HMOs (1998)	10	34,904

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	332,092	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	275,232	82.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	21,837	6.6
Blacks (1999)	30,981	9.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,280	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,762	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	23,403	7.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,884
Avg median household income (1997)	43,730
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,061
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4