County profile
Cook County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2566 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$388.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,965
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
292
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,522
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$72.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
46.6%±4.4%
Poverty rate
10.2%±2.8%
Business applications
80 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
83.1/10k 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
Food & accommodation47%
Retail trade18%
Health care12%
Arts & recreation10%
Construction8%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,522
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $69.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−33
International migration+42
Natural change−88
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$281.7M2019
$258.0M2020
$288.5M2021
$339.1M2022
$370.8M2023
$388.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$336.2k±$27.4k
Median gross rent
$886/mo±$102/mo
Vacancy rate
55.4%±3.3%
Affordability
7.7× wages
Residential permits
$15.4M
64 units · 11.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
11.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 80Lightning 76Cold wave 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1662016
1782017
1752018
1792019
1862020
2082021
2462022
2692023
3112024
2872025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -16% since 2021762021
1042022
562023
622024
642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
166.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
50.2 km
PVTX
Nearest port
50.8 km
CLEVELAND CLIFFS
Nearest commercial airport
156.0 km
GOGEBIC/IRON COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.4k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cook?
Cook's economy produced $388.3M in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.