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Aitkin

United States · GDP 2024
#2181 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$673.7M
GDP growth
+8.5%
Jobs tracked
3,632
Employers
415
Avg. wage
$46.3k
Population
16,252
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$60.8k±$2.0k
Business applications
149 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 care28%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing15%
Other services8%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,252
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $53.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,209
International migration+21
Natural change−698

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$517.2M
2019
$505.7M
2020
$572.5M
2021
$577.4M
2022
$620.7M
2023
$673.7M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$255.8k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$869/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
49.3%±1.1%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
214 (13.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
56.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 84Landslide 69Wildfire 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
157
2016
166
2017
171
2018
181
2019
186
2020
208
2021
250
2022
273
2023
287
2024
290
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.3 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
96.1 km
HALLETT DOCK CO DOCK NO 6
Nearest commercial airport
59.5 km
BRAINERD LAKES RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.3k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jersey$672.9MHarrison$674.6MBeaverhead$672.5MSwisher$672.3MComanche$672.0MCarter$670.6M
The read

Aitkin's economy produced $673.7M in 2024, growing 8.5% 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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