Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,954
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,537
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	417
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	653
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	151
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	13
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	24

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	23
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	18
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	23
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	18
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	14
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	21
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	23
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	12
Hospital Admissions	145,688
Hospital beds	4,182

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	128	377,024
Traditional HMOs (1998)	7	42,101
IPA HMOs (1998)	74	173,501
Other HMOs (1998)	47	161,422

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,130,503	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	900,479	79.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	33,975	3.0
Blacks (1999)	176,111	15.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,222	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	14,716	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	38,337	3.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,613
Avg median household income (1997)	40,021
Persons in poverty (1997)	114,876
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3