Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	275
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	265
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	101
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	12
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	29,134
Hospital beds	660

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	302
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	7
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	295
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	218,493	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	164,348	75.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,778	4.0
Blacks (1999)	43,276	19.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,075	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,016	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,789	4.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,986
Avg median household income (1997)	31,684
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,980
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7