LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Sitka City and Borough
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
REGIONAL FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Sitka City and 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
8,3682020–2024Population density
2.92020–2024Median household income
101,7272020–2024± 6,460.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
7.5%2020–2024± 1.5 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
90.8%2020–2024Labor-force participation
70.2%2020–2024± 2.1 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
6.8%2020–2024± 2.4 margin of errorMedian gross rent
1,3412020–2024± 99.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
47.0%2020–2024± 8.8 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.