Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	795
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	644
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	151
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	276
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	48
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

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)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	13,726
Hospital beds	356

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	52,623
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	1,978
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	12,593
Other HMOs (1998)	12	38,052

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	303,084	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	283,630	93.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,883	1.0
Blacks (1999)	12,480	4.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	619	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,472	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,179	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	32,348
Avg median household income (1997)	54,195
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,601
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2