County profile
Yuma County, AZ
United States · GDP 2024
#399 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$11.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
50,443
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,376
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
224,449
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
16.5%
Median HH income
$62.9k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.8%±1.0%
Poverty rate
15.6%±1.5%
Business applications
2,306 · 2025
Retail establishments
460
20.8/10k 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
Health care24%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation19%
Admin & support13%
Manufacturing12%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
224,449
residents · 2025 · +9.2% since 2020
Income per capita $47.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,031
International migration+10,315
Natural change+4,256
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.0B2019
$8.0B2020
$8.8B2021
$10.0B2022
$10.7B2023
$11.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$217.8k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$993/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
16.7%±0.9%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$200.5M
1,155 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
92.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 98Heat wave 97Drought 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3132016
3262017
3392018
3562019
3782020
4462021
5382022
5642023
5882024
5972025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -11% since 20211,2912021
8522022
8732023
1,4012024
1,1552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.5 km
I-8
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
299.5 km
San Diego Unified Port, CA
Nearest commercial airport
66.6 km
YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.9k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Yuma?
Yuma's economy produced $11.4B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most 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.