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Otero

United States · GDP 2024
#2089 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$738.8M
GDP growth
+1.5%
Jobs tracked
4,508
Employers
403
Avg. wage
$44.0k
Population
17,683
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$54.0k±$5.9k
Business applications
243 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 trade21%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing14%
Wholesale trade8%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,683
residents · 2025 · -5.2% since 2020
Income per capita $47.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−538
International migration+36
Natural change−486

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$606.7M
2019
$606.6M
2020
$652.3M
2021
$660.9M
2022
$727.8M
2023
$738.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.9k±$10.8k
Median gross rent
$839/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
13.3%±2.7%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
8 (0.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
50.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 92Drought 89Hail 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
380
2016
396
2017
432
2018
483
2019
532
2020
610
2021
727
2022
713
2023
792
2024
796
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Northampton$738.9MPierce$737.8MBenzie$740.7MRed Willow$736.8MMadison$741.5MTipton$735.9M
The read

Otero's economy produced $738.8M in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% of 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.
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