Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	238
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	199
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	39
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	72
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	17
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Hospital Admissions	19,588
Hospital beds	428

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	5,913
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	4,019
Other HMOs (1998)	2	1,894

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	153,305	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	117,517	76.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,875	1.2
Blacks (1999)	31,662	20.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	405	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,846	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,062	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,565
Avg median household income (1997)	33,653
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,930
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4