LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Sierra County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Sierra County
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the California pooled state rate.
95% confidence interval: 10.1–10.4 deaths per 100,000.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Conditions affecting access and planning
These indicators provide context. They do not prove why suicide deaths occurred.
ACS population estimate
2,7462020–2024± 239.0 margin of errorPopulation density
2.92020–2024± 0.3 margin of errorMedian household income
63,3552020–2024± 21,034.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
4.4%2020–2024± 3.6 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
79.5%2020–2024Labor-force participation
52.7%2020–2024± 9.1 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
12.6%2020–2024± 6.4 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
43.1%2020–2024± 19.3 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.