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Hale

United States · GDP 2024
#2571 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$385.5M
GDP growth
+6.7%
Jobs tracked
1,904
Employers
183
Avg. wage
$46.7k
Population
15,194
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$39.3k±$7.0k
Business applications
212 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing29%
Health care26%
Retail trade16%
Construction13%
Food & accommodation11%
Agriculture5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,194
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+510
International migration+2
Natural change−92

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$279.0M
2019
$297.9M
2020
$307.9M
2021
$326.1M
2022
$361.4M
2023
$385.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.6k±$20.5k
Median gross rent
$715/mo±$105/mo
Vacancy rate
25.7%±3.8%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
8 (0.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
39.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Hurricane 69Tornado 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
132
2016
134
2017
147
2018
134
2019
146
2020
150
2021
163
2022
203
2023
216
2024
223
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.3 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
16.7 km
NS
Nearest port
32.1 km
CEMEX CEMENT DEMOPOLIS DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
51.1 km
TUSCALOOSA NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Wilkin$385.5MValley$385.3MHamilton$385.9MPepin$384.6MRansom$387.0MNuckolls$383.7M
The read

Hale's economy produced $385.5M in 2024, growing 6.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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