Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	122
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	111
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	53
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	9
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	11,733
Hospital beds	385

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	648
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	2
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	646
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	118,085	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	78,929	66.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,887	8.4
Blacks (1999)	28,174	23.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	407	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	688	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,986	9.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,426
Avg median household income (1997)	27,847
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,779
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5