LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Lancaster County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Lancaster 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
10,9362020–2024Population density
82.02020–2024Median household income
69,7132020–2024± 6,479.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
10.3%2020–2024± 3.2 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
78.5%2020–2024Labor-force participation
46.8%2020–2024± 2.8 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
9.5%2020–2024± 4.7 margin of errorMedian gross rent
1,0332020–2024± 52.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
37.8%2020–2024± 11.4 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.