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Howard

United States · GDP 2024
#2108 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$727.4M
GDP growth
+3.7%
Jobs tracked
3,350
Employers
270
Avg. wage
$47.4k
Population
9,415
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$67.4k±$7.9k
Business applications
84 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing47%
Health care22%
Retail trade16%
Wholesale trade5%
Other services5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,415
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $66.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−137
International migration+54
Natural change+8

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$456.3M
2019
$457.2M
2020
$585.1M
2021
$688.5M
2022
$701.7M
2023
$727.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.8k±$14.9k
Median gross rent
$713/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
12.7%±4.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
6 (0.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
15.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 78Hail 60Strong wind 48
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
158
2016
169
2017
178
2018
187
2019
196
2020
208
2021
233
2022
242
2023
266
2024
290
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Logan$727.4MChoctaw$727.6MMcDowell$727.8MRusk$726.8MRandolph$728.7MJefferson$728.9M
The read

Howard's economy produced $727.4M in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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