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Columbia

United States · GDP 2024
#1625 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
GDP growth
+1.9%
Jobs tracked
6,677
Employers
535
Avg. wage
$49.7k
Population
21,894
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$55.3k±$6.9k
Business applications
282 · 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
Manufacturing25%
Health care23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade9%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,894
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $49.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−576
International migration+65
Natural change−326

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$910.1M
2019
$902.0M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.2B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$152.1k±$20.2k
Median gross rent
$649/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
23.8%±2.8%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
11 (0.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
42.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$903/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 98Hail 84Strong wind 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
190
2016
205
2017
193
2018
208
2019
218
2020
230
2021
259
2022
257
2023
280
2024
285
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
60.2 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
LNW
Nearest port
56.7 km
LITTLE BAY QUACHITA RIVER MILE 322
Nearest commercial airport
38.6 km
SOUTH ARKANSAS RGNL AT GOODWIN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Teller$1.3BCarroll + Galax$1.3BChaffee$1.3BMeade$1.3BCarroll$1.3BSaline$1.3B
The read

Columbia's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% of 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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