LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
REGIONAL FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Fairbanks North Star Borough
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the official Alaska public-health-region rate.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Conditions affecting access and planning
These indicators provide context. They do not prove why suicide deaths occurred.
ACS population estimate
95,4602020–2024Population density
13.02020–2024Median household income
88,2672020–2024± 4,639.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
6.1%2020–2024± 1.0 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
91.5%2020–2024Labor-force participation
68.5%2020–2024± 1.7 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
5.3%2020–2024± 1.1 margin of errorMedian gross rent
1,4592020–2024± 45.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
45.9%2020–2024± 3.9 margin of errorREAD CAREFULLY
Local numbers need restraint
Local mortality uses 2019–2023 pooled data when a rate is publishable.
Wide confidence intervals can make small numerical differences meaningless.
When local mortality is unavailable, the profile clearly uses a regional or state rate.