Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,193
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,015
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	178
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	461
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	87
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	10
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	11

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	65,683
Hospital beds	1,807

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	54	216,829
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	38	137,695
Other HMOs (1998)	16	79,134

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	668,695	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	423,917	63.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,126	1.5
Blacks (1999)	225,536	33.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,235	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,881	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,686	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,598
Avg median household income (1997)	34,974
Persons in poverty (1997)	101,764
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4