LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Kent County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Kent 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
7342020–2024± 117.0 margin of errorPopulation density
0.82020–2024± 0.1 margin of errorMedian household income
72,8892020–2024± 17,672.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
9.9%2020–2024± 5.8 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
89.9%2020–2024Labor-force participation
45.1%2020–2024± 8.8 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
8.5%2020–2024± 5.7 margin of errorMedian gross rent
6752020–2024± 127.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
23.8%2020–2024± 122.4 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.