County profile
Arapahoe County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#82 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$66.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
321,810
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
20,137
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$83.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
673,820
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$101.1k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
46.5%±0.7%
Poverty rate
8.6%±0.5%
Business applications
17,176 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,832
27.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Arrow Electronics, Inc.Technology$30.9B74B2EchoStar CorporationCommunication Services$15.0B52D3QVC Group Inc.Consumer Cyclical$9.2B43D4Formula One GroupCommunication Services$4.5B78B+5Century Communities, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$4.1B64C6Innospec Inc.Basic Materials$1.8B75B+7Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.2B53D8GCI Liberty, Inc.Communication Services$1.0B47D9Liberty Broadband CorporationCommunication Services$1.0B55C10CPI Card Group Inc.Financial Services$543.5M61C11York Space Systems, Inc.Industrials$386.2M——12Liberty Live GroupCommunication Services$382.0M46D13Vitesse Energy, Inc.Energy$274.0M53D14National CineMedia, Inc.Communication Services$243.2M66B15GrowGeneration Corp.Consumer Cyclical$161.7M31D16Gevo, Inc.Basic Materials$160.6M65B17DHI Group, Inc.Industrials$127.8M47D18Arq, Inc.Industrials$120.3M49D19InBankshares, CorpFinancial Services$83.8M36D20Aytu BioPharma, Inc.Healthcare$66.4M53D21National Bank Holdings CorporationFinancial Services$47.1M53D22Ur-Energy Inc.Energy$27.2M47D23Symbolic Logic, Inc.Technology$26.4M——24Pure Cycle CorporationUtilities$26.1M63C25XTI Aerospace, Inc.Industrials$22.5M36DHQ-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 care27%
Retail trade17%
Professional services15%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction13%
Admin & support13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
673,820
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $84.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−31,420
International migration+34,854
Natural change+14,829
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$50.8B2019
$51.9B2020
$55.3B2021
$60.3B2022
$63.9B2023
$66.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$561.2k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
4.5%±0.4%
Affordability
6.7× wages
Residential permits
$808.0M
3,599 units · 5.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 100Lightning 98Tornado 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
7862016
8632017
9372018
9762019
10032020
11402021
13282022
13402023
13652024
13632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -35% since 20215,5192021
4,3252022
5,4792023
3,8562024
3,5992025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.3 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.1 km
UP
Nearest port
726.8 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
37.0 km
DENVER INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR84 filings from 30 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$83.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Arapahoe?
Arapahoe's economy produced $66.7B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.