County profile
Las Animas County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2209 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$652.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,318
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
377
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,391
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$52.1k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.3%±2.2%
Poverty rate
18.7%±3.1%
Business applications
267 · 2025
Retail establishments
62
42.7/10k 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
Retail trade33%
Health care26%
Food & accommodation23%
Mining & energy8%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,391
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $47.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+290
International migration+107
Natural change−508
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$548.6M2019
$516.6M2020
$607.3M2021
$714.0M2022
$657.7M2023
$652.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$237.6k±$13.4k
Median gross rent
$891/mo±$106/mo
Vacancy rate
20.3%±2.8%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$7.5M
30 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 92Winter weather 80Avalanche 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2242016
2262017
2492018
2672019
2762020
3082021
3562022
4102023
4192024
3912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 2021412021
442022
382023
372024
302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.2 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
19.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
748.6 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
115.5 km
PUEBLO MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Las Animas?
Las Animas's economy produced $652.6M in 2024, contracting 0.8% year over year — slower than 82% 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.