County profile
Douglas County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1014 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,208
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,394
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,120
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$79.0k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
29.7%±1.4%
Poverty rate
9.0%±1.1%
Business applications
409 · 2025
Retail establishments
210
52.6/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care24%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade8%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,120
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $69.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,332
International migration+150
Natural change−459
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.8B2023
$2.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$321.4k±$10.2k
Median gross rent
$927/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
21.6%±1.4%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$86.4M
319 units · 8.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$991/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 92Cold wave 80Strong wind 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3662016
3802017
4002018
4132019
4212020
4672021
5532022
5962023
6012024
6312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 20213652021
1982022
1792023
2852024
3192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.2 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
198.5 km
AMERICAN IRON AND SUPPLY CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
114.3 km
BRAINERD LAKES RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.0k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Douglas?
Douglas's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 3.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.