County profile
Hopkins County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1064 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,582
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
882
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,127
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$56.8k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
16.9%±1.7%
Poverty rate
20.0%±2.6%
Business applications
501 · 2025
Retail establishments
162
36.0/10k 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
Retail trade28%
Health care26%
Manufacturing14%
Transportation12%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,127
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+247
International migration+417
Natural change−900
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.8B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.6B2023
$2.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.8k±$10.5k
Median gross rent
$837/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±2.0%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$30.9M
201 units · 4.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$900/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Strong wind 93Earthquake 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1832016
1842017
1942018
2002019
2052020
2242021
2492022
2862023
3032024
3212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 224% since 2021622021
1952022
1312023
1182024
2012025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.9 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
PAL
Nearest port
32.7 km
ALLIED RESOURCES, INC.
Nearest commercial airport
58.1 km
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Hopkins?
Hopkins's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.