Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	371
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	313
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	58
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	133
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	26
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
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)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	38,076
Hospital beds	1,170

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	15,711
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	3,714
Other HMOs (1998)	12	11,997

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	235,524	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	164,163	69.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,753	1.6
Blacks (1999)	65,026	27.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,169	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,413	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,598	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,298
Avg median household income (1997)	25,637
Persons in poverty (1997)	47,704
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6