Places/AR/Clark County, AR
County profile

Clark County, AR

United States · GDP 2024
#1792 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,973
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
540
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,938
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$52.0k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
26.2%±3.0%
Poverty rate
21.6%±3.1%
Business applications
227 · 2025
Retail establishments
85
40.6/10k pop

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
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation20%
Health care19%
Education10%
Agriculture5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
20,938
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $46.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration194
International migration8
Natural change269

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$828.3M
2019
$846.6M
2020
$958.3M
2021
$968.0M
2022
$1.0B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.0k±$11.4k
Median gross rent
$793/mo±$99/mo
Vacancy rate
19.0%±2.3%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$1.7M
6 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 92Ice storm 90Earthquake 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
199
2016
210
2017
211
2018
215
2019
224
2020
236
2021
276
2022
318
2023
320
2024
334
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-86% since 2021
44
2021
4
2022
5
2023
12
2024
6
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.4 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
8.0 km
UP
Nearest port
62.3 km
LITTLE BAY QUACHITA RIVER MILE 322
Nearest commercial airport
48.0 km
MEML FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Clark?

Clark's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 5.5% year over yearfaster than most 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.