Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	166
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	159
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	67
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	6
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

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)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	22,750
Hospital beds	529

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	1,987
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	280
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	1,694
Other HMOs (1998)	3	13

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	197,808	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	138,412	70.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	19,231	9.7
Blacks (1999)	37,053	18.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,668	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,444	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	21,607	10.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,507
Avg median household income (1997)	29,309
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,184
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5