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Ouachita

United States · GDP 2024
#1966 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$862.9M
GDP growth
+2.1%
Jobs tracked
7,973
Employers
465
Avg. wage
$46.6k
Population
21,731
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$49.3k±$2.4k
Business applications
244 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing52%
Health care17%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation8%
Transportation4%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,731
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $53.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−357
International migration+19
Natural change−548

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$648.0M
2019
$662.0M
2020
$728.9M
2021
$809.4M
2022
$844.9M
2023
$862.9M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$102.1k±$13.2k
Median gross rent
$764/mo±$98/mo
Vacancy rate
27.3%±2.8%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
51.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 92Strong wind 82Earthquake 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
158
2016
163
2017
164
2018
176
2019
179
2020
195
2021
226
2022
252
2023
238
2024
264
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
51.1 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
5.1 km
UP
Nearest port
7.3 km
LITTLE BAY QUACHITA RIVER MILE 322
Nearest commercial airport
41.9 km
SOUTH ARKANSAS RGNL AT GOODWIN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Sunflower$862.7MLawrence$864.5MCottonwood$865.1MClaiborne$860.8MHarris$865.5MPolk$860.2M
The read

Ouachita's economy produced $862.9M in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% of 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.
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