County profile
Prairie County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2765 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$267.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,076
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
136
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,923
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$51.6k±$6.3k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±3.2%
Poverty rate
11.8%±3.0%
Business applications
91 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
41.4/10k 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
Retail trade37%
Health care21%
Wholesale trade20%
Food & accommodation8%
Other services7%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,923
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−21
International migration+19
Natural change−315
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$171.5M2019
$206.8M2020
$236.3M2021
$242.8M2022
$294.6M2023
$267.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$96.4k±$12.9k
Median gross rent
$625/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
20.3%±3.7%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
4 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 87Ice storm 81Tornado 65
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -33% since 202162021
52022
22023
52024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.2 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
26.1 km
UP
Nearest port
17.4 km
BUNGE CORP DES ARC GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
62.4 km
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Prairie?
Prairie's economy produced $267.4M in 2024, contracting 9.2% 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.