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County profile

Alexander

United States · GDP 2024
#2756 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$273.5M
GDP growth
+46.8%
Jobs tracked
960
Employers
75
Avg. wage
$43.7k
Population
4,570
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$47.0k±$5.4k
Business applications
67 · 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
Manufacturing40%
Transportation31%
Health care11%
Retail trade9%
Food & accommodation5%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,570
residents · 2025 · -11.6% since 2020
Income per capita $54.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−352
International migration+0
Natural change−252

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$169.1M
2019
$159.8M
2020
$163.4M
2021
$169.8M
2022
$186.3M
2023
$273.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$59.8k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$656/mo±$155/mo
Vacancy rate
35.2%±3.9%
Affordability
1.4× wages
Residential permits
0 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
44.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$992/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 90Drought 71Ice storm 68

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.5 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
10.7 km
UP
Nearest port
0.1 km
Alexandria-Cairo Port, IL
Nearest commercial airport
21.0 km
CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):1,009,336 short tons/yr · Alexandria-Cairo Port, IL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.7k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Divide$273.4MKnott$273.8MDade$274.1MMontgomery$272.6MSummers$271.2MDewey$270.6M
The read

Alexander's economy produced $273.5M in 2024, growing 46.8% year over year — faster than 100% 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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