County profile
Pope County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#787 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
23,884
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,601
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
64,976
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$57.3k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
24.7%±1.9%
Poverty rate
16.9%±2.2%
Business applications
660 · 2025
Retail establishments
255
39.4/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Health care20%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support9%
Utilities8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
64,976
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $45.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,263
International migration+336
Natural change−50
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.1B2020
$3.4B2021
$3.7B2022
$4.0B2023
$4.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.1k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$859/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±1.9%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$11.1M
55 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$938/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Tornado 95Heat wave 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2252016
2302017
2382018
2472019
2542020
2762021
3142022
3362023
3512024
3622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 20211022021
552022
602023
532024
552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.4 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
19.9 km
UP
Nearest port
25.0 km
U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DARDANELLE MARINE TERM WHARF & MOORIN
Nearest commercial airport
91.1 km
BOONE COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.4k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pope?
Pope's economy produced $4.2B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.