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Imperial

United States · GDP 2024
#360 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.9B
GDP growth
-0.2%
Jobs tracked
34,323
Employers
2,677
Avg. wage
$53.0k
Population
181,411
Labor & formation
Unemployment
16.9%
Median HH income
$57.7k±$2.6k
Business applications
1,300 · 2025

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
Retail trade32%
Health care26%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing9%
Wholesale trade9%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
181,411
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−6,872
International migration+4,127
Natural change+4,612

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$8.6B
2019
$9.2B
2020
$9.9B
2021
$11.8B
2022
$12.9B
2023
$12.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$309.6k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
14.5%±1.1%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
242 (1.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
96.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 99Heat wave 94Volcanic 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
352
2016
373
2017
394
2018
407
2019
426
2020
483
2021
551
2022
582
2023
634
2024
680
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.7 km
I-8
Nearest freight rail
13.2 km
UP
Nearest port
165.1 km
San Diego Unified Port, CA
Nearest commercial airport
30.3 km
IMPERIAL COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Butte$12.9BBeaufort$12.9BLea$12.9BCabarrus$13.0BHarrison$12.8BMaui + Kalawao$12.8B
The read

Imperial's economy produced $12.9B in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.
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