County profile
Rice County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#792 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
25,126
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,600
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
69,939
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$83.2k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
30.2%±1.6%
Poverty rate
10.2%±1.7%
Business applications
618 · 2025
Retail establishments
182
26.2/10k 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
Education27%
Manufacturing26%
Health care16%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
69,939
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $57.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+531
International migration+1,894
Natural change+374
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.9B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.8B2023
$4.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$320.2k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$65/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±1.1%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$36.0M
100 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 96Hail 94Tornado 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2792016
2962017
3122018
3242019
3332020
3702021
4122022
4372023
4472024
4662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -54% since 20212182021
1472022
1162023
962024
1002025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.3 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
CPKC
Nearest port
48.0 km
HARVEST STATE COOPERATIVES, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
59.0 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rice?
Rice's economy produced $4.1B in 2024, growing 8.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is education.
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.