LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Jim Wells County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Jim Wells 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
38,8502020–2024Population density
44.92020–2024Median household income
51,8962020–2024± 6,825.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
24.7%2020–2024± 3.2 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
75.5%2020–2024Labor-force participation
55.5%2020–2024± 2.3 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
6.1%2020–2024± 1.8 margin of errorMedian gross rent
9382020–2024± 94.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
62.8%2020–2024± 5.7 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.