County profile
Garland County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#738 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
35,325
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,953
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
99,695
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$57.2k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±1.5%
Poverty rate
15.8%±1.5%
Business applications
1,337 · 2025
Retail establishments
464
46.4/10k 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 trade22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing11%
Arts & recreation8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
99,695
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,357
International migration+531
Natural change−3,447
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.6B2019
$3.7B2020
$4.0B2021
$4.3B2022
$4.6B2023
$4.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$194.3k±$11.7k
Median gross rent
$966/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
17.2%±1.5%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$72.0M
326 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 100Strong wind 97Tornado 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1962016
2052017
2132018
2232019
2302020
2582021
3052022
3352023
3432024
3562025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -1% since 20213302021
992022
842023
1112024
3262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.3 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
AKMD
Nearest port
71.9 km
BRUCE OAKLEY MORRILTON GRAIN DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
12.0 km
MEML FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Garland?
Garland's economy produced $4.7B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.