LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Sterling County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Sterling 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
1,4682020–2024± 172.0 margin of errorPopulation density
1.62020–2024± 0.2 margin of errorMedian household income
64,9542020–2024± 18,855.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
4.3%2020–2024± 2.9 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
91.0%2020–2024Labor-force participation
55.9%2020–2024± 6.3 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
2.1%2020–2024± 2.1 margin of errorMedian gross rent
9522020–2024± 73.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
71.4%2020–2024± 75.2 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.