County profile
Pulaski County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#973 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,712
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,454
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
67,384
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
18.1%±1.7%
Poverty rate
19.7%±2.1%
Business applications
914 · 2025
Retail establishments
294
43.9/10k 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
Health care29%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade6%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
67,384
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $51.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,275
International migration+381
Natural change−1,396
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.5B2021
$2.7B2022
$2.9B2023
$3.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.9k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$803/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±1.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$21.1M
129 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$926/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 95Hail 89Cold wave 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2142016
2182017
2262018
2332019
2472020
2822021
3282022
3512023
3762024
3892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
162022
172023
1222024
1292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
3.4 km
NS
Nearest port
83.1 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
103.7 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Pulaski?
Pulaski's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 3.7% 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.