County profile
Putnam County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#893 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,231
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,331
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
77,734
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$47.9k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
14.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
23.4%±2.1%
Business applications
1,140 · 2025
Retail establishments
212
27.5/10k 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 trade26%
Health care21%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
77,734
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $44.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,779
International migration+693
Natural change−2,182
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.4B2020
$2.5B2021
$2.8B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.3k±$5.6k
Median gross rent
$906/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
15.4%±1.7%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$34.2M
127 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 93Wildfire 91Lightning 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1832016
2062017
2262018
2452019
2652020
3052021
3762022
4172023
4332024
4432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 20211092021
1072022
1982023
1102024
1272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.4 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
5.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
10.0 km
GA PACIFIC
Nearest commercial airport
51.9 km
GAINESVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.9k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Putnam?
Putnam's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% 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.