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Cook

United States · GDP 2024
#2363 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$535.8M
GDP growth
-0.5%
Jobs tracked
3,580
Employers
339
Avg. wage
$43.3k
Population
18,232
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$53.7k±$6.4k
Business applications
282 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care15%
Construction10%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,232
residents · 2025 · +5.8% since 2020
Income per capita $42.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+652
International migration+336
Natural change−9

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$401.6M
2019
$393.4M
2020
$457.3M
2021
$515.0M
2022
$538.3M
2023
$535.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.5k±$7.8k
Median gross rent
$956/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
15.8%±3.1%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
278 (15.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
34.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 86Lightning 57Drought 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
155
2016
167
2017
174
2018
181
2019
176
2020
197
2021
254
2022
251
2023
278
2024
297
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Floyd$536.0MThayer$535.5MBeaver$535.0MPatrick$535.0MLowndes$537.8MParke$533.8M
The read

Cook's economy produced $535.8M in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% of 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.
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