Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	133
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	128
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	51
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	5
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	15,325
Hospital beds	373

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	198
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	4
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	194
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	97,464	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	72,819	74.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,521	4.6
Blacks (1999)	19,296	19.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	249	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	579	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,016	5.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,934
Avg median household income (1997)	26,207
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,710
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5