County profile
Colusa County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#1275 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-10.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,552
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
417
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,836
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
11.1%
Median HH income
$75.7k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
16.4%±3.3%
Poverty rate
11.4%±3.0%
Business applications
143 · 2025
Retail establishments
66
30.0/10k 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
Food & accommodation25%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade18%
Health care17%
Wholesale trade14%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,836
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $61.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−536
International migration+144
Natural change+352
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$393.4k±$24.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±2.2%
Affordability
6.8× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
17 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 100Earthquake 91Wildfire 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2922016
3212017
3482018
3752019
3872020
4312021
4942022
4832023
5162024
5252025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -54% since 2021372021
612022
132023
532024
172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.8 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
CFNR
Nearest port
89.6 km
UNOCAL CORP WEST SACRAMENTO TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
76.0 km
CHICO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.4k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Colusa?
Colusa's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, contracting 10.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.