County profile
Ouachita County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1966 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$862.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,973
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
465
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,731
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$49.3k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
16.3%±2.1%
Poverty rate
18.9%±2.7%
Business applications
244 · 2025
Retail establishments
84
38.4/10k 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
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
$648.0M2019
$662.0M2020
$728.9M2021
$809.4M2022
$844.9M2023
$862.9M2024
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
$175.0k
1 units · 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
1582016
1632017
1642018
1762019
1792020
1952021
2262022
2522023
2382024
2642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 202122021
72022
72023
02024
12025
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
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What is the GDP of Ouachita?
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.