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Penobscot

United States · GDP 2024
#455 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.6B
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
60,749
Employers
4,222
Avg. wage
$53.6k
Population
157,967
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$1.9k
Business applications
1,371 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care36%
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction9%
Manufacturing7%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
157,967
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $56.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,821
International migration+2,454
Natural change−3,586

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$7.1B
2019
$7.3B
2020
$7.9B
2021
$8.5B
2022
$9.1B
2023
$9.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$214.1k±$4.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
13.8%±0.8%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
486 (3.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
78.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):HUD_API_KEY not yet configured
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 100Ice storm 97Lightning 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
315
2016
325
2017
337
2018
355
2019
373
2020
425
2021
502
2022
557
2023
600
2024
628
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Platte$9.6BJohnson$9.6BTrumbull$9.7BSkagit$9.6BBerrien$9.7BMonroe$9.6B
The read

Penobscot's economy produced $9.6B in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most 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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