LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Dickens County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Dickens County
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the Texas pooled state rate.
95% confidence interval: 13.7–14.1 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
1,7472020–2024± 156.0 margin of errorPopulation density
1.92020–2024± 0.2 margin of errorMedian household income
49,3352020–2024± 5,467.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
18.0%2020–2024± 5.1 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
86.2%2020–2024Labor-force participation
54.9%2020–2024± 5.9 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
9.2%2020–2024± 5.0 margin of errorMedian gross rent
7582020–2024± 79.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
63.5%2020–2024± 22.9 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.