Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	252
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	216
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	36
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	109
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	30
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Hospital Admissions	23,419
Hospital beds	582

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	34	149,561
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	19	98,534
Other HMOs (1998)	15	51,027

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	343,616	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	325,238	94.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,772	1.4
Blacks (1999)	9,828	2.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	812	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,966	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,109	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,497
Avg median household income (1997)	51,790
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,633
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2