County profile
Pueblo County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#494 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
50,735
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,250
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
169,277
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$64.0k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
25.6%±1.1%
Poverty rate
14.6%±1.0%
Business applications
2,932 · 2025
Retail establishments
474
27.9/10k 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 care34%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing13%
Construction9%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
169,277
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $51.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,757
International migration+886
Natural change−2,661
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.7B2019
$6.6B2020
$7.4B2021
$7.8B2022
$8.6B2023
$8.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$291.3k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±0.7%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$39.4M
226 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 99Winter weather 99Hail 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4432016
4822017
5342018
5792019
6202020
7302021
8662022
8512023
8752024
8612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -70% since 20217422021
4972022
2972023
2692024
2262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.5 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
6.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
794.5 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
13.0 km
PUEBLO MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Pueblo?
Pueblo's economy produced $8.8B in 2024, growing 2.4% year over year — slower than 68% 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.