County profile
Muscogee County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#342 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
78,975
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,510
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
202,171
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$58.1k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
30.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
19.0%±1.6%
Business applications
3,269 · 2025
Retail establishments
798
39.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Aflac IncorporatedFinancial Services$17.2B76B+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 care26%
Finance & insurance19%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing10%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
202,171
residents · 2025 · -2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $55.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−8,842
International migration+2,175
Natural change+1,753
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$11.4B2019
$11.3B2020
$11.9B2021
$12.2B2022
$13.3B2023
$13.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$193.9k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
11.5%±0.8%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$75.0M
260 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Heat wave 91Earthquake 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2782016
2822017
2872018
3022019
3152020
3492021
3832022
4242023
4402024
4622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -61% since 20216752021
1,0542022
2662023
2912024
2602025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.7 km
I-185
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
NS
Nearest port
187.4 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
6.0 km
COLUMBUS
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.9k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Muscogee?
Muscogee's economy produced $13.8B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.