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Jefferson

United States · GDP 2024
#85 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$65.5B
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
341,042
Employers
16,989
Avg. wage
$69.2k
Population
665,742
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$1.5k
Business applications
12,309 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Vulcan Materials CompanyBasic Materials$7.9B83B+2Encompass Health CorporationHealthcare$5.9B76B+3Diversified Energy Company PLCEnergy$1.8B51D4ProAssurance CorporationFinancial Services$1.1B63C5Medical Properties Trust, Inc.Real Estate$972.0M44D6SouthPoint Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$114.3M26D7Regions Financial CorporationFinancial Services$104.0M66B8Alabama Aircraft Industries, IncIndustrials$53.5M——9Nexity Financial CorporationFinancial Services$28.3M——10Curtiss Motorcycles Company, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.3M——11First US Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$1.1M44D12Kaiser Group Holdings, Inc.Industrials$3.6k——13Triad Guaranty Inc.Financial Services$0——14ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services———

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
Health care32%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation15%
Finance & insurance12%
Admin & support12%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
665,742
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $75.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−17,523
International migration+9,749
Natural change−1,170

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$48.2B
2019
$48.6B
2020
$53.5B
2021
$58.7B
2022
$62.9B
2023
$65.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$240.0k±$5.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$18/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±0.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
2,391 (3.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
97.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 100Lightning 99Cold wave 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
407
2016
425
2017
449
2018
471
2019
488
2020
532
2021
602
2022
637
2023
660
2024
675
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.5 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
19.5 km
COVOL TECHNOLOGIES BIRMINGHAM COAL LOADING WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
13.3 km
BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

37 filings from 8 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KDiversified Energy Company PLC07-06
8-KProAssurance Corporation06-26
8-KProAssurance Corporation06-23
8-KServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.06-15
8-KProAssurance Corporation06-02
8-KMedical Properties Trust, Inc.06-01
8-KEncompass Health Corporation06-01
8-KServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.05-26
8-KDiversified Energy Company PLC05-21
8-KDiversified Energy Company PLC05-19
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$69.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Baltimore (Independent City)$65.6BHudson$65.7BPrince George's$65.2BMonroe$65.1BJackson$65.1BPierce$64.9B
The read

Jefferson's economy produced $65.5B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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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