Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	275
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	244
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	31
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	120
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	10
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	26,640
Hospital beds	872

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	24,052
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	2,764
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	18,228
Other HMOs (1998)	13	3,060

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	213,908	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	200,318	93.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,185	1.0
Blacks (1999)	9,338	4.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	309	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,758	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,400	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,471
Avg median household income (1997)	36,135
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,733
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4