Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	5,760
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	3,994
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1,766
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	1,786
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	466
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	39
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	48

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	24
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	20
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	24
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	19
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	14
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	23
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	21
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	18
Hospital Admissions	277,821
Hospital beds	7,385

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	66	746,283
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	39	520,493
Other HMOs (1998)	27	225,790

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,728,927	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,332,076	77.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	19,683	1.1
Blacks (1999)	348,280	20.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,039	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	25,849	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	23,014	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	30,953
Avg median household income (1997)	41,510
Persons in poverty (1997)	199,716
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4