County profile
Ohio County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1785 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,858
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
371
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,934
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
13.9%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.5%±2.1%
Business applications
243 · 2025
Retail establishments
73
30.5/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Transportation25%
Health care17%
Retail trade10%
Food & accommodation6%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,934
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $42.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+293
International migration+277
Natural change−390
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$891.1M2019
$784.9M2020
$895.2M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.4k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$739/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±2.6%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$696.1k
3 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 89Hail 87Earthquake 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2032016
2122017
2232018
2342019
2382020
2632021
3102022
3222023
3292024
3602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 202152021
52022
52023
172024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
55.3 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
6.2 km
PAL
Nearest port
22.7 km
BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC DB WILSON POWER STATION
Nearest commercial airport
40.4 km
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.8k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ohio?
Ohio's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 1.2% year over year — slower than 75% 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.