County profile
Le Sueur County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1675 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,817
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
722
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,453
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$95.0k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
26.3%±1.6%
Poverty rate
6.4%±1.0%
Business applications
262 · 2025
Retail establishments
74
25.1/10k 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
Manufacturing55%
Health care14%
Retail trade12%
Construction8%
Food & accommodation6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,453
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $64.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+389
International migration+279
Natural change+159
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$983.2M2019
$996.4M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$316.5k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$942/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
10.8%±1.2%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$24.6M
67 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 75Hail 65Landslide 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3492016
3632017
3902018
4082019
4142020
4592021
5162022
5542023
5762024
5982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 20211332021
732022
772023
552024
672025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
13.5 km
UP
Nearest port
54.5 km
HARVEST STATE COOPERATIVES, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
69.5 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Le Sueur?
Le Sueur's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 1.8% year over year — slower than 72% of 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.