1. Define the geography before reading the numbers
Kapaa is a census-designated place, and its recorded county relationship is Kauai County. A dashboard can become misleading when a firm treats Kapaa, Kauai County and Hawaii as interchangeable labels. A ranking for a Kapaa service-and-city target answers a different question from a county-level result. A statewide view answers another. The population estimate for Kapaa is useful context for deciding which geographic cuts to discuss, but it cannot be converted into demand or expected case volume.
Recommended approach
At the consultation, write down the geographic definitions for every report you care about. Decide whether a metric should be labeled Kapaa, Kauai County or Hawaii, and ask how those labels will appear beside rankings, calls, leads and matters. Keep households, individuals, population and geographic areas separate. Do not approve a dashboard until its location labels match the decisions your partners actually make.
