County profile
Pope County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2076 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$750.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,137
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
323
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,420
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$76.2k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
23.9%±1.8%
Poverty rate
9.4%±1.6%
Business applications
103 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
35.8/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Health care25%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation10%
Wholesale trade8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,420
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $67.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+177
International migration+39
Natural change−115
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$538.4M2019
$557.7M2020
$652.9M2021
$710.4M2022
$745.2M2023
$750.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$255.1k±$14.7k
Median gross rent
$902/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
22.8%±1.8%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$16.0M
33 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 71Cold wave 60Landslide 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1832016
1972017
2042018
2142019
2182020
2382021
2722022
2872023
3082024
3312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -49% since 2021652021
352022
422023
372024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.6 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
8.8 km
CPKC
Nearest port
181.3 km
AMERICAN IRON AND SUPPLY CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
107.9 km
ST CLOUD SKY CENTRAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pope?
Pope's economy produced $750.3M in 2024, growing 0.7% year over year — slower than 77% 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.