County profile
DeSoto County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#1562 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,281
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
566
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,078
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$54.4k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
10.8%±1.7%
Poverty rate
24.1%±3.3%
Business applications
560 · 2025
Retail establishments
79
21.4/10k 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
Transportation25%
Retail trade22%
Health care21%
Manufacturing11%
Construction10%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,078
residents · 2025 · +8.8% since 2020
Income per capita $35.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,209
International migration+987
Natural change−271
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$985.3M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$174.1k±$12.1k
Median gross rent
$932/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
19.2%±2.2%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$41.3M
159 units · 4.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 96Lightning 96Wildfire 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2022016
2012017
2282018
2482019
2562020
2992021
3982022
3872023
4002024
4382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 25% since 20211272021
2522022
1532023
712024
1592025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
SGLR
Nearest port
38.2 km
PUNTA GORDA MUNI PIER
Nearest commercial airport
34.8 km
PUNTA GORDA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of DeSoto?
DeSoto's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 1.0% year over year — slower than 76% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.