County profile
Cross County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2292 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$587.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,646
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
369
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,186
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$50.9k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
18.4%±3.1%
Poverty rate
19.7%±3.3%
Business applications
188 · 2025
Retail establishments
59
36.2/10k 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
Health care32%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation14%
Wholesale trade12%
Manufacturing11%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,186
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $46.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−623
International migration+368
Natural change−356
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$454.2M2019
$478.7M2020
$541.9M2021
$567.3M2022
$611.6M2023
$587.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$117.5k±$19.8k
Median gross rent
$764/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
14.5%±2.9%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$8.3M
28 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 95Ice storm 87Drought 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1802016
1832017
1842018
1862019
1942020
2202021
2592022
2682023
2982024
2792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 56% since 2021182021
72022
252023
182024
282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.1 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
UP
Nearest port
54.3 km
BUNGE CORP
Nearest commercial airport
77.6 km
FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.8k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cross?
Cross's economy produced $587.8M in 2024, contracting 3.9% year over year — slower than 89% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.