Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	166
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	142
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	24
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	66
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	8
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
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)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	17,912
Hospital beds	648

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	5,519
Traditional HMOs (1998)	8	3,326
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	2,193
Other HMOs (1998)	4	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	133,147	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	91,478	68.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,375	7.8
Blacks (1999)	20,733	15.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,534	4.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,027	3.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	12,856	9.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,465
Avg median household income (1997)	29,643
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,380
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4