Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	306
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	287
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	93
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	18
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	3

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
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)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	39,522
Hospital beds	955

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	12,894
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	827
Other HMOs (1998)	5	12,067

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	155,612	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	109,935	70.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,264	0.8
Blacks (1999)	43,170	27.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	297	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	946	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,429	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,944
Avg median household income (1997)	27,871
Persons in poverty (1997)	26,883
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4