Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	663
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	575
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	88
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	245
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	45
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Hospital Admissions	54,035
Hospital beds	1,472

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	14,931
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	13,443
Other HMOs (1998)	10	1,488

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	418,678	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	299,193	71.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,394	1.5
Blacks (1999)	107,281	25.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	774	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,036	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,628	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,812
Avg median household income (1997)	31,200
Persons in poverty (1997)	68,695
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6