County profile
Pulaski County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#143 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$41.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
235,849
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
12,185
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$61.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
404,611
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$62.9k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
37.9%±1.1%
Poverty rate
16.7%±0.8%
Business applications
7,128 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,671
41.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Dillard's, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$6.5B76B+2Uniti Group Inc.Real Estate$2.2B45D3Westrock Coffee Company, LLCConsumer Defensive$1.2B48D4Onterris, Inc.Industrials$830.5M52D5Inuvo, Inc.Technology$86.2M54D6DAC Technologies Group International, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$14.7M——7Entergy Arkansas, Inc. 1M BD 4.875%66Utilities———8Bank OZKFinancial Services———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
Health care37%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation14%
Finance & insurance10%
Manufacturing9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
404,611
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $67.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,612
International migration+6,617
Natural change+2,402
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$30.3B2019
$31.1B2020
$33.7B2021
$36.3B2022
$39.4B2023
$41.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$214.7k±$4.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$18/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±0.7%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$408.0M
1,705 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 100Tornado 99Earthquake 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4232016
4332017
4392018
4502019
4632020
5032021
5722022
6132023
6362024
6432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 20211,9282021
1,4752022
1,4042023
1,0092024
1,7052025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.6 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
LRWN
Nearest port
5.5 km
NORTH LITTLE ROCK PORT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
9.2 km
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR8 filings from 4 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$61.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pulaski?
Pulaski's economy produced $41.4B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.