County profile
Jackson County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1859 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$988.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,609
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
310
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,741
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$44.2k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.7%±2.4%
Poverty rate
21.7%±3.3%
Business applications
121 · 2025
Retail establishments
65
39.1/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Health care24%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade6%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,741
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $50.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+445
International migration+35
Natural change−480
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$671.4M2019
$674.8M2020
$857.6M2021
$910.4M2022
$1.1B2023
$988.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$98.3k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$668/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
14.4%±3.0%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$2.1M
7 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 97Earthquake 92Tornado 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1372016
1432017
1442018
1522019
1502020
1542021
1732022
1892023
1822024
2112025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 202182021
22022
92023
72024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.0 km
I-555
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
UP
Nearest port
7.0 km
BUNGE CORP NEWPORT
Nearest commercial airport
124.7 km
MILLINGTON/MEMPHIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.9k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $988.0M in 2024, contracting 6.4% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.