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Jefferson

United States · GDP 2024
#67 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$78.8B
GDP growth
+3.4%
Jobs tracked
470,153
Employers
20,164
Avg. wage
$69.0k
Population
795,222
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$69.9k±$1.2k
Business applications
15,979 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Yum! Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$8.2B75B+2Texas Roadhouse, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$5.9B73B3Humana Inc.Healthcare$5.8B86A4Brown-Forman CorporationConsumer Defensive$3.9B74B5Churchill Downs IncorporatedConsumer Cyclical$2.9B75B+6Papa John's International, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.1B61C7Turning Point Brands, Inc.Consumer Defensive$463.1M72B8Republic Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$417.5M65B9Charah Solutions, Inc.Industrials$293.2M——10Sypris Solutions, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$119.9M39D11Creative Realities, Inc.Technology$57.2M51D12Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$23.4M59C13LogicMark, Inc.Industrials$11.4M42D14Champion Gaming Group Inc.Technology$1.0M——15The Keller Manufacturing Company, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$77.6k——16American Business Corp.Financial Services$0——17LEEP, Inc.Industrials———18Dynastar Holdings, Inc.Industrials———

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 care25%
Transportation19%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
795,222
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $70.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−28,957
International migration+38,789
Natural change+2,753

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$59.7B
2019
$59.8B
2020
$64.5B
2021
$70.6B
2022
$76.2B
2023
$78.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$248.4k±$2.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$13/mo
Vacancy rate
7.8%±0.4%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
3,001 (3.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
98.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 100Heat wave 97Earthquake 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
478
2016
506
2017
528
2018
550
2019
569
2020
626
2021
699
2022
739
2023
784
2024
816
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

48 filings from 12 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KPapa John's International, Inc.06-30
8-KCreative Realities, Inc.06-30
8-KCreative Realities, Inc.06-29
8-KSypris Solutions, Inc.06-22
DEF 14ABrown-Forman Corporation06-18
8-KYum! Brands, Inc.06-16
8-KYum! Brands, Inc.06-16
10-KBrown-Forman Corporation06-12
8-KBrown-Forman Corporation06-04
8-KYum! Brands, Inc.06-02
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$69.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Milwaukee$78.8BPinellas$78.1BErie$81.1BWestern Connecticut$76.3BEssex$76.2BNew Castle$76.0B
The read

Jefferson's economy produced $78.8B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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