Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	4,134
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,687
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,447
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,106
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	301
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	21
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	44

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	21
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	13
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	9
Hospital Admissions	177,150
Hospital beds	4,722

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	81	273,323
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	67	165,681
Other HMOs (1998)	14	107,642

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,112,534	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	595,628	53.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	54,226	4.9
Blacks (1999)	432,116	38.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,505	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	27,059	2.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	62,017	5.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,100
Avg median household income (1997)	31,895
Persons in poverty (1997)	215,985
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5