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Harlan

United States · GDP 2024
#2068 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$759.8M
GDP growth
+2.9%
Jobs tracked
4,652
Employers
370
Avg. wage
$42.6k
Population
24,725
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.4%
Median HH income
$41.7k±$4.8k
Business applications
166 · 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 care29%
Mining & energy26%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation5%
Wholesale trade3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,725
residents · 2025 · -7.6% since 2020
Income per capita $43.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−831
International migration−7
Natural change−1,187

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$549.7M
2019
$516.1M
2020
$570.7M
2021
$663.8M
2022
$738.4M
2023
$759.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$73.7k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$678/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
17.7%±1.9%
Affordability
1.7× wages
Residential permits
0 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
65.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Strong wind 87Avalanche 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2023
167
2013
181
2014
172
2015
169
2016
180
2017
193
2018
187
2019
196
2020
219
2021
217
2023
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Owen$760.3MAdams$760.9MCrockett$760.9MCarroll$761.5MSevier$758.0MRush$764.1M
The read

Harlan's economy produced $759.8M in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% 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.
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