County profile
Columbia County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1625 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,677
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
535
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,894
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$55.3k±$6.9k
Bachelor's degree+
21.9%±2.9%
Poverty rate
21.1%±2.8%
Business applications
282 · 2025
Retail establishments
98
44.5/10k 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
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
$910.1M2019
$902.0M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
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
$1.9M
11 units · 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
1902016
2052017
1932018
2082019
2182020
2302021
2592022
2572023
2802024
2852025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021112021
52022
202023
142024
112025
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
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What is the GDP of Columbia?
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.