County profile
La Paz County, AZ
United States · GDP 2024
#1985 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$848.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,056
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
352
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,711
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.5%
Median HH income
$49.5k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
13.5%±2.4%
Poverty rate
17.5%±2.8%
Business applications
194 · 2025
Retail establishments
86
51.6/10k 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
Retail trade38%
Food & accommodation37%
Health care12%
Manufacturing6%
Wholesale trade4%
Real estate3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,711
residents · 2025 · +0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $57.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+872
International migration+392
Natural change−1,164
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$717.1M2019
$726.0M2020
$848.8M2021
$866.1M2022
$837.7M2023
$848.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.8k±$31.0k
Median gross rent
$802/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
34.5%±2.6%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$10.1M
62 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 90Drought 80Earthquake 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2592016
2692017
2792018
2982019
3182020
3672021
4342022
4592023
4442024
4912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 77% since 2021352021
382022
432023
922024
622025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.7 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
15.1 km
ARZC
Nearest port
308.8 km
San Diego Unified Port, CA
Nearest commercial airport
132.5 km
YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.6k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of La Paz?
La Paz's economy produced $848.5M in 2024, growing 1.3% year over year — slower than 75% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.