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County profile

Breathitt

United States · GDP 2024
#2690 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$306.9M
GDP growth
+7.8%
Jobs tracked
1,945
Employers
149
Avg. wage
$41.8k
Population
12,558
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$34.8k±$3.8k
Business applications
105 · 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
Health care42%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation15%
Education7%
Finance & insurance6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,558
residents · 2025 · -8.3% since 2020
Income per capita $45.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−657
International migration+25
Natural change−521

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$238.6M
2019
$219.9M
2020
$234.0M
2021
$267.4M
2022
$284.6M
2023
$306.9M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$70.3k±$10.3k
Median gross rent
$548/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±2.9%
Affordability
1.7× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
64.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 94Wildfire 70Winter weather 57

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
75.1 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
104.4 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
115.5 km
TRI-STATE/MILTON J FERGUSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$41.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jones$306.6MBroadwater$306.5MLafayette$305.8MLewis$308.3MLong$308.5MTrousdale$305.1M
The read

Breathitt's economy produced $306.9M in 2024, growing 7.8% year over year — faster than most 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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