County profile
Pickens County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1463 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,790
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
809
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,167
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$78.9k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
26.7%±2.6%
Poverty rate
12.0%±2.0%
Business applications
601 · 2025
Retail establishments
113
30.9/10k 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
Health care27%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing14%
Construction10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,167
residents · 2025 · +11.4% since 2020
Income per capita $66.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,321
International migration+106
Natural change−682
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$332.7k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±2.4%
Affordability
6.2× wages
Residential permits
$117.4M
277 units · 7.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 74Lightning 70Tornado 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1872016
2042017
2202018
2312019
2392020
2782021
3502022
3682023
3862024
3882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -19% since 20213412021
4192022
3952023
2592024
2772025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.8 km
I-575
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
GNRR
Nearest port
96.3 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
92.0 km
HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.8k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pickens?
Pickens's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 10.9% year over year — faster than 93% of 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.