County profile
Lewis County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2805 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$251.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,190
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
114
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,901
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
9.5%
Median HH income
$46.8k±$5.3k
Bachelor's degree+
15.3%±2.9%
Poverty rate
22.0%±4.6%
Business applications
94 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
22.5/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care26%
Retail trade21%
Construction15%
Finance & insurance6%
Food & accommodation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,901
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $42.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+52
International migration−7
Natural change−225
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$214.0M2019
$211.1M2020
$228.4M2021
$243.4M2022
$244.2M2023
$251.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$96.0k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$751/mo±$118/mo
Vacancy rate
17.3%±3.4%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 84Heat wave 59Strong wind 43
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2020–2025
1002020
1052021
1262022
1412024
1422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
9.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
19.4 km
The Dayton Power and Light Co., Killen Electric Generating Station, Coal Unloading Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
73.4 km
TRI-STATE/MILTON J FERGUSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lewis?
Lewis's economy produced $251.8M in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of 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.