County profile
Desha County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2115 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$724.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,283
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
270
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,984
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.1%
Median HH income
$37.7k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
12.6%±2.5%
Poverty rate
28.3%±4.8%
Business applications
128 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
46.6/10k 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
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
$543.6M2019
$568.0M2020
$655.0M2021
$680.5M2022
$727.2M2023
$724.0M2024
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
$506.4k
2 units · 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
1252014
1322015
1362016
1362017
1532018
1532019
1632020
1642021
1502022
1742024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 100% since 202112021
32022
42023
22024
22025
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
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What is the GDP of Desha?
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.