County profile
Fulton County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1739 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,400
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
596
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,901
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$60.6k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
18.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
13.2%±1.6%
Business applications
243 · 2025
Retail establishments
98
29.9/10k 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 care38%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing9%
Finance & insurance7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,901
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+438
International migration+22
Natural change−1,115
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$974.0M2019
$863.3M2020
$956.3M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$107.2k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$785/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
13.0%±1.8%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$6.0M
18 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
59.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 88Landslide 81Earthquake 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1882016
1892017
1882018
1992019
1942020
2072021
2252022
2412023
2462024
2672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -47% since 2021342021
152022
262023
132024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.2 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
KJRY
Nearest port
21.4 km
SCH TERMINAL CO., HAVANA COAL TRANSFER PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
48.4 km
GENERAL DOWNING - PEORIA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fulton?
Fulton's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 64% 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.