County profile
Crittenden County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1151 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,122
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
844
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,210
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$55.4k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
17.0%±1.7%
Poverty rate
21.0%±2.2%
Business applications
716 · 2025
Retail establishments
139
29.7/10k 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
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation18%
Transportation17%
Health care17%
Arts & recreation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,210
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,002
International migration+206
Natural change−24
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.8B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.2k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$911/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
14.9%±2.0%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$20.2M
96 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 96Ice storm 93Heat wave 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2762016
2862017
2902018
3002019
3122020
3432021
3962022
4262023
4122024
4642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 2021722021
782022
562023
692024
962025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
UP
Nearest port
15.8 km
PREMCOR A VALERO CO., WEST MEMPHIS TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.4 km
FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Crittenden?
Crittenden's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.