County profile
Lawrence County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2335 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$559.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,289
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
284
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,273
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$44.9k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
14.5%±2.1%
Poverty rate
20.1%±2.6%
Business applications
167 · 2025
Retail establishments
56
34.6/10k 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
Health care27%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation15%
Education15%
Manufacturing13%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,273
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $43.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+504
International migration+27
Natural change−458
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$448.6M2019
$472.5M2020
$499.9M2021
$552.5M2022
$587.2M2023
$559.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$98.9k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$697/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
13.5%±2.1%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$3.5M
16 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 94Earthquake 92Drought 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1442016
1452017
1522018
1582019
1552020
1732021
1942022
2082023
2272024
2162025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -77% since 2021712021
642022
892023
752024
162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.9 km
I-555
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
51.0 km
BUNGE CORP NEWPORT
Nearest commercial airport
135.0 km
MILLINGTON/MEMPHIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lawrence?
Lawrence's economy produced $559.4M in 2024, contracting 4.7% year over year — slower than 90% 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.