Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	439
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	294
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	145
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	171
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	24
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	2
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)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	35,093
Hospital beds	942

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	33	67,142
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	9,048
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	29,510
Other HMOs (1998)	14	28,584

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	223,145	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	149,223	66.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	16,859	7.6
Blacks (1999)	51,588	23.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,543	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,932	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,017	8.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,610
Avg median household income (1997)	34,559
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,091
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5