LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Vernon Parish
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Vernon 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
47,1172020–2024Population density
35.52020–2024Median household income
57,2702020–2024± 2,603.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
19.0%2020–2024± 1.9 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
88.0%2020–2024Labor-force participation
60.2%2020–2024± 1.4 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
5.7%2020–2024± 0.9 margin of errorMedian gross rent
1,0682020–2024± 22.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
42.2%2020–2024± 4.0 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.