Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	293
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	265
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	28
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	104
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	15
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
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)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	35,370
Hospital beds	1,115

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	1
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	6	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	177,144	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	133,133	75.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	981	0.6
Blacks (1999)	42,475	24.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	169	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	386	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,231	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,828
Avg median household income (1997)	29,784
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,009
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5