Places/AR/White County, AR
County profile

White County, AR

United States · GDP 2024
#914 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
23,543
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,637
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
80,085
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$55.2k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.4%±1.5%
Poverty rate
17.5%±1.5%
Business applications
836 · 2025
Retail establishments
304
38.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care24%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing15%
Transportation13%
Education11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
80,085
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $48.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+3,800
International migration+214
Natural change843

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.3B
2019
$2.3B
2020
$2.7B
2021
$3.0B
2022
$3.1B
2023
$3.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.6k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$850/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±1.7%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$50.0M
254 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 98Earthquake 96Tornado 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
232
2016
233
2017
243
2018
241
2019
250
2020
273
2021
311
2022
341
2023
366
2024
371
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
59% since 2021
160
2021
671
2022
210
2023
205
2024
254
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.5 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
UP
Nearest port
33.5 km
Bunge Corp., Augusta North Port Grain Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
73.0 km
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of White?

White's economy produced $3.3B in 2024, growing 6.8% year over yearfaster than most 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.