LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Nelson County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Nelson 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
14,7322020–2024Population density
31.32020–2024Median household income
72,5892020–2024± 13,010.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
12.5%2020–2024± 2.6 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
84.9%2020–2024Labor-force participation
54.3%2020–2024± 3.2 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
3.3%2020–2024± 1.6 margin of errorMedian gross rent
9462020–2024± 40.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
40.1%2020–2024± 13.3 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.