County profile
St. Louis County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#341 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
84,223
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,360
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
200,518
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$70.1k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
33.6%±0.8%
Poverty rate
13.2%±0.7%
Business applications
1,954 · 2025
Retail establishments
773
38.5/10k 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 care39%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing9%
Construction8%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
200,518
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $61.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,811
International migration+422
Natural change−2,992
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$11.0B2019
$10.5B2020
$11.5B2021
$12.5B2022
$13.7B2023
$13.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$221.4k±$3.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±0.6%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$99.3M
412 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Winter weather 98Lightning 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5912016
6192017
6472018
6722019
6892020
7572021
8662022
9452023
9902024
10522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 7% since 20213852021
4742022
5702023
6372024
4122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
93.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
CN
Nearest port
87.1 km
Two Harbors, MN
Nearest commercial airport
36.5 km
RANGE RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):30,476,838 short tons/yr · Duluth-Superior, MN and WI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Louis?
St. Louis's economy produced $13.9B in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% of 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.