County profile
St. Francis County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1889 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$943.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,813
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
404
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,800
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$42.6k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
14.2%±2.4%
Poverty rate
28.5%±4.0%
Business applications
244 · 2025
Retail establishments
74
33.7/10k 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
Health care30%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade11%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,800
residents · 2025 · -5.3% since 2020
Income per capita $38.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,315
International migration+217
Natural change−118
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$753.7M2019
$775.4M2020
$837.8M2021
$867.9M2022
$919.1M2023
$943.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$90.9k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$779/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
18.7%±3.2%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$296.0k
1 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$923/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 96Earthquake 91Ice storm 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1312016
1142017
1182018
1202019
1322020
1412021
1342022
1772023
1972024
1562025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -89% since 202192021
02022
52023
32024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.4 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
UP
Nearest port
41.9 km
CONSOLIDATED GRAIN AND BARGE CO., TUNICA
Nearest commercial airport
70.3 km
FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Francis?
St. Francis's economy produced $943.1M in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% of 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.