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Arkansas

United States · GDP 2024
#1593 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
GDP growth
-5.9%
Jobs tracked
9,072
Employers
473
Avg. wage
$50.3k
Population
15,836
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$53.2k±$4.0k
Business applications
189 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing62%
Retail trade13%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation6%
Wholesale trade4%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,836
residents · 2025 · -7.4% since 2020
Income per capita $62.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−768
International migration+14
Natural change−498

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.3B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$138.1k±$11.9k
Median gross rent
$843/mo±$106/mo
Vacancy rate
22.9%±2.7%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
24 (1.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
63.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$922/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 92Strong wind 82Ice storm 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
232
2016
233
2017
234
2018
240
2019
243
2020
261
2021
284
2022
286
2023
321
2024
311
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lake$1.4BWinneshiek$1.4BOconto$1.4BPeach$1.3BSmyth$1.3BYoung$1.4B
The read

Arkansas's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, contracting 5.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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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