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Key Points Question Is social vulnerability associated with suicide rates for US adults? Findings In this cohort study including 222 018 suicides in 3141 US counties, high scores on both the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Social Vulnerability Index and the new Social Vulnerability Metric were associated with higher adult suicide rates at the county level. Comparing the lowest 10% and highest 10% in the indices showed a 56% higher suicide rate for the Social Vulnerability Index and 82% higher for the Social Vulnerability Metric. Meaning These results suggest a possible quantitative approach to reduce suicide rates through targeted interventions of social vulnerability.