County profile
Colquitt County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1226 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,351
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
951
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
47,438
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$49.3k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
15.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
22.9%±2.7%
Business applications
736 · 2025
Retail establishments
197
41.9/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Health care26%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction6%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
47,438
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $44.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−273
International migration+1,710
Natural change+98
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.8B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.4k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$818/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±1.8%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$27.4M
111 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Tornado 85Lightning 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2042016
2002017
2202018
2202019
2282020
2472021
2882022
3332023
3352024
3762025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -22% since 20211422021
1102022
1142023
972024
1112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.4 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
GFRR
Nearest port
121.6 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
55.8 km
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Colquitt?
Colquitt's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.