Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	38
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	37
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	1
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Hospital Admissions	5,175
Hospital beds	149

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	982
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	107
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	194
Other HMOs (1998)	5	681

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	40,442	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	28,925	71.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,860	14.5
Blacks (1999)	5,497	13.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	84	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	76	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,213	15.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,367
Avg median household income (1997)	29,242
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,152
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3