LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Amherst County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Amherst County
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the Virginia pooled state rate.
95% confidence interval: 12.9–13.6 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
31,4852020–2024Population density
66.42020–2024Median household income
68,7242020–2024± 3,768.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
10.8%2020–2024± 1.8 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
84.5%2020–2024Labor-force participation
59.0%2020–2024± 1.7 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
4.7%2020–2024± 1.4 margin of errorMedian gross rent
8712020–2024± 71.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
41.9%2020–2024± 7.3 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.