Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	544
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	467
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	77
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	162
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	41
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	4
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
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)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	39,073
Hospital beds	951

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	52,881
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	28,615
Other HMOs (1998)	4	24,266

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	284,076	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	229,572	80.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,857	2.1
Blacks (1999)	46,020	16.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	993	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,634	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,367	2.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,094
Avg median household income (1997)	37,655
Persons in poverty (1997)	37,539
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4