Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	898
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	555
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	343
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	240
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	50
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	5

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Hospital Admissions	39,092
Hospital beds	1,251

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	46,785
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	21	28,472
Other HMOs (1998)	16	18,313

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	210,523	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	185,048	87.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,246	1.1
Blacks (1999)	17,319	8.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	665	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,245	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,593	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,044
Avg median household income (1997)	34,793
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,329
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	27
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2