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Pickens

United States · GDP 2024
#2319 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$568.8M
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
2,546
Employers
243
Avg. wage
$48.8k
Population
18,221
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$46.3k±$2.5k
Business applications
210 · 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care21%
Construction17%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation7%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,221
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−290
International migration+77
Natural change−529

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$462.9M
2019
$466.8M
2020
$518.4M
2021
$523.6M
2022
$545.1M
2023
$568.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$123.9k±$17.1k
Median gross rent
$648/mo±$87/mo
Vacancy rate
22.5%±3.3%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
4 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
44.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 80Earthquake 79Tornado 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
128
2016
132
2017
134
2018
131
2019
141
2020
149
2021
193
2022
189
2023
197
2024
218
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.6 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
12.1 km
ABS
Nearest port
18.1 km
PARKER TOWING CO PICKENS COUNTY PORT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
44.9 km
TUSCALOOSA NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Todd$568.8MAdair$570.2MLee$566.6MStone$565.2MLake$564.7MLake$564.0M
The read

Pickens's economy produced $568.8M in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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