County profile
Lee County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2814 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$244.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
868
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
102
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,029
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$34.4k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
7.2%±2.1%
Poverty rate
39.4%±4.5%
Business applications
93 · 2025
Retail establishments
17
20.9/10k 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 care39%
Retail trade28%
Wholesale trade15%
Transportation7%
Food & accommodation7%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,029
residents · 2025 · -6.4% since 2020
Income per capita $40.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−266
International migration+17
Natural change−304
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$189.1M2019
$173.3M2020
$224.0M2021
$222.8M2022
$233.8M2023
$244.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$75.3k±$13.2k
Median gross rent
$667/mo±$93/mo
Vacancy rate
27.2%±5.1%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 90Ice storm 70Tornado 64
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
12023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.2 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
UP
Nearest port
31.0 km
CONSOLIDATED GRAIN AND BARGE CO., TUNICA
Nearest commercial airport
78.9 km
FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.4k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lee?
Lee's economy produced $244.8M in 2024, growing 4.7% 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.