County profile
Itasca County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1086 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,380
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,175
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,404
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$68.6k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
25.9%±1.3%
Poverty rate
12.2%±1.1%
Business applications
409 · 2025
Retail establishments
177
38.9/10k 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 care37%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction8%
Manufacturing8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,404
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $57.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,309
International migration+27
Natural change−959
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.6B2022
$2.8B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$225.2k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$988/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
27.8%±1.5%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$63.2M
249 units · 5.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Strong wind 88Landslide 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3472016
3532017
3642018
3742019
3882020
4252021
4922022
5322023
5592024
5892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 115% since 20211162021
1002022
1422023
1242024
2492025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
127.0 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
23.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
122.9 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
61.1 km
RANGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Itasca?
Itasca's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, contracting 7.5% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.