LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Starr County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Starr 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
66,0672020–2024Population density
54.02020–2024Median household income
37,6392020–2024± 4,431.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
33.5%2020–2024± 3.2 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
78.6%2020–2024Labor-force participation
56.8%2020–2024± 1.8 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
10.4%2020–2024± 2.1 margin of errorMedian gross rent
7262020–2024± 32.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
55.8%2020–2024± 5.9 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.