County profile
Monroe County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2775 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$264.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,245
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
170
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,244
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$43.2k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
12.7%±3.4%
Poverty rate
20.6%±4.6%
Business applications
103 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
47.1/10k 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
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation22%
Health care20%
Wholesale trade15%
Manufacturing8%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,244
residents · 2025 · -7.8% since 2020
Income per capita $45.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−238
International migration+24
Natural change−304
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$193.1M2019
$214.9M2020
$234.2M2021
$246.1M2022
$284.9M2023
$264.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$88.7k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$614/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
27.1%±4.2%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 89Ice storm 73Tornado 64
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202142021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.8 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
9.1 km
UP
Nearest port
33.9 km
BUNGE CORP ST CHARLES GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
93.6 km
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.0k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Monroe?
Monroe's economy produced $264.5M in 2024, contracting 7.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.