Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,298
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	896
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	402
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	412
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	95
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	5
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	14

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	15
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Hospital Admissions	74,010
Hospital beds	1,963

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	40	73,307
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	20	38,276
Other HMOs (1998)	20	35,031

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	473,318	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	286,354	60.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,933	1.5
Blacks (1999)	174,878	36.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,016	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,137	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,460	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,894
Avg median household income (1997)	29,461
Persons in poverty (1997)	90,703
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5