County profile
Perry County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#2785 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$260.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,560
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
117
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,425
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.7%
Median HH income
$37.7k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±3.8%
Poverty rate
31.4%±6.4%
Business applications
122 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
31.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
Manufacturing50%
Education18%
Retail trade11%
Health care10%
Other services6%
Food & accommodation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,425
residents · 2025 · -12.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−770
International migration+42
Natural change−329
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$209.8M2019
$214.4M2020
$215.7M2021
$225.6M2022
$251.9M2023
$260.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$86.4k±$8.1k
Median gross rent
$592/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±4.3%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$803/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 69Earthquake 61Drought 61
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
59.9 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
22.7 km
NS
Nearest port
47.0 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.1 km
TUSCALOOSA NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Perry?
Perry's economy produced $260.0M in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 62% of 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.