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Desha

United States · GDP 2024
#2115 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$724.0M
GDP growth
-0.4%
Jobs tracked
3,283
Employers
270
Avg. wage
$46.5k
Population
9,984
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.6%
Median HH income
$37.7k±$4.6k
Business applications
128 · 2025

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
Manufacturing36%
Retail trade21%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade9%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,984
residents · 2025 · -11.8% since 2020
Income per capita $52.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,082
International migration+13
Natural change−269

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$543.6M
2019
$568.0M
2020
$655.0M
2021
$680.5M
2022
$727.2M
2023
$724.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$90.9k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$718/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
20.5%±3.6%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
2 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
32.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 84Drought 71Heat wave 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
125
2014
132
2015
136
2016
136
2017
153
2018
153
2019
163
2020
164
2021
150
2022
174
2024

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
77.2 km
I-530
Nearest freight rail
12.4 km
AKMD
Nearest port
15.9 km
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, DESOTO LANDING WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
46.1 km
GREENVILLE MID-DELTA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lewis$724.1MWhite$724.4MBox Butte$724.9MChowan$723.0MStillwater$725.1MMarshall$725.4M
The read

Desha's economy produced $724.0M in 2024, contracting 0.4% year over year — slower than 81% 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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