County profile
Telfair County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2523 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$414.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,399
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
178
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,195
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$50.9k±$10.4k
Bachelor's degree+
10.1%±2.3%
Poverty rate
24.1%±5.4%
Business applications
148 · 2025
Retail establishments
47
42.3/10k 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
Retail trade28%
Health care22%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,195
residents · 2025 · -10.1% since 2020
Income per capita $35.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,163
International migration+54
Natural change−219
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$315.4M2019
$278.7M2020
$309.0M2021
$350.4M2022
$397.6M2023
$414.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$113.3k±$25.7k
Median gross rent
$712/mo±$102/mo
Vacancy rate
28.8%±4.1%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 81Heat wave 57Drought 55
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202122021
32022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
60.4 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
12.9 km
HOG
Nearest port
153.7 km
GEORGIA POWER CO MCMANUS ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OIL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
107.9 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.7k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Telfair?
Telfair's economy produced $414.9M in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.