LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Rapides Parish
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Rapides Parish
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the Louisiana pooled state rate.
95% confidence interval: 14.4–15.4 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
127,5272020–2024Population density
96.32020–2024Median household income
54,9672020–2024± 2,192.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
19.9%2020–2024± 1.4 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
87.1%2020–2024Labor-force participation
58.5%2020–2024± 1.2 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
5.1%2020–2024± 0.8 margin of errorMedian gross rent
9502020–2024± 34.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
54.2%2020–2024± 3.5 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.