County profile
Richmond County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#299 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$16.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
89,717
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,279
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
206,559
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$55.6k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.5%±1.1%
Poverty rate
20.0%±1.3%
Business applications
3,677 · 2025
Retail establishments
759
36.7/10k 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 care38%
Food & accommodation16%
Retail trade15%
Admin & support12%
Manufacturing12%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
206,559
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $47.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,137
International migration+1,511
Natural change+1,543
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$12.9B2019
$13.0B2020
$14.1B2021
$15.2B2022
$16.0B2023
$16.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.5k±$5.3k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
17.7%±1.2%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$95.9M
534 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Tornado 95Lightning 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3322016
3552017
3732018
3972019
4232020
4812021
5552022
6142023
6382024
6512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -22% since 20216892021
7712022
4872023
5582024
5342025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.4 km
I-520
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
NS
Nearest port
159.2 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
10.5 km
AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Richmond?
Richmond's economy produced $16.8B in 2024, growing 4.8% 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.