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County profile

Cook

United States · GDP 2024
#4 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$546.4B
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
2,492,328
Employers
134,513
Avg. wage
$83.9k
Population
5,194,625
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$83.5k±$630
Business applications
99,217 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Allstate CorporationFinancial Services$67.7B84B+2United Airlines Holdings, Inc.Industrials$59.1B75B+3US Foods Holding Corp.Consumer Defensive$39.4B67B4Mondelez International, Inc.Consumer Defensive$38.5B81B+5Medline Inc.Healthcare$28.4B53D6McDonald's CorporationConsumer Cyclical$26.9B81B+7Jones Lang LaSalle IncorporatedReal Estate$26.1B70B8Archer-Daniels-Midland CompanyConsumer Defensive$25.0B77B+9Exelon CorporationUtilities$24.3B65B10GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.Healthcare$20.6B69B11Illinois Tool Works Inc.Industrials$16.0B86A12Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Financial Services$13.9B76B+13LKQ CorporationConsumer Cyclical$13.7B74B14Motorola Solutions, Inc.Technology$11.7B83B+15Conagra Brands, Inc.Consumer Defensive$11.6B69B16Old Republic International CorporationFinancial Services$9.1B80B+17Ingredion IncorporatedConsumer Defensive$7.2B74B18Hyatt Hotels CorporationConsumer Cyclical$7.1B59C19CF Industries Holdings, Inc.Basic Materials$7.1B80B+20CME Group Inc.Financial Services$6.5B79B+21Ventas, Inc.Real Estate$5.8B69B22Northern Trust CorporationFinancial Services$5.0B73B23Kemper CorporationFinancial Services$4.8B69B24Cboe Global Markets, Inc.Financial Services$4.7B80B+25RB Global, Inc.Industrials$4.6B63C

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%
Professional services18%
Food & accommodation16%
Retail trade14%
Finance & insurance14%
Manufacturing12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,194,625
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $80.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−306,394
International migration+198,992
Natural change+38,691

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$431.9B
2019
$410.4B
2020
$448.6B
2021
$490.4B
2022
$522.4B
2023
$546.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$324.5k±$1.5k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$7/mo
Vacancy rate
7.7%±0.2%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
4,969 (1.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
100.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 100Winter weather 100Tornado 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
543
2016
561
2017
575
2018
590
2019
595
2020
638
2021
710
2022
751
2023
799
2024
843
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.6 km
I-290
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
CN
Nearest port
4.4 km
KINDER MORGAN ARGO HARLEM, IL TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
8.0 km
CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):8,950,972 short tons/yr · Illinois International Port, IL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

421 filings from 100 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KKinetic Seas Incorporated07-10
8-KENvue Medical, Inc.07-10
8-KMedline Inc.07-09
8-KCapstone Holding Corp.07-09
8-KLifeway Foods, Inc.07-07
8-KProfessional Diversity Network, Inc.07-06
8-KCosmos Health Inc.07-06
8-KCapstone Holding Corp.07-06
8-KIngredion Incorporated07-06
8-KBoost Run Inc. Class A Common Stock07-06
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$83.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Harris$592.8BKing$477.2BSanta Clara$438.5BMaricopa$419.3BDallas$389.4BOrange$351.8B
The read

Cook's economy produced $546.4B in 2024, growing 4.6% 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.
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