County profile
Del Norte County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#1771 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,461
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
431
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,410
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$67.1k±$6.6k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±2.8%
Poverty rate
12.9%±2.4%
Business applications
160 · 2025
Retail establishments
60
22.3/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation20%
Arts & recreation9%
Construction4%
Manufacturing4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,410
residents · 2025 · -4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $50.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−647
International migration−12
Natural change−623
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$813.9M2019
$849.3M2020
$919.6M2021
$973.3M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$342.0k±$17.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
15.2%±2.8%
Affordability
6.7× wages
Residential permits
$20.6M
113 units · 4.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
94.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Tsunami 98Earthquake 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3842016
4122017
4432018
4682019
5022020
5832021
6862022
6922023
7452024
7512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 197% since 2021382021
462022
282023
2422024
1132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
92.2 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
90.0 km
CORP
Nearest port
106.7 km
HUMBOLDT BAY HARBOR CRUISE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
28.5 km
JACK MC NAMARA FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Del Norte?
Del Norte's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster 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.