County profile
Washington County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#295 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$17.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
95,631
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
6,542
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
286,895
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$115.3k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
49.1%±1.2%
Poverty rate
5.1%±0.6%
Business applications
3,494 · 2025
Retail establishments
699
24.7/10k 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
Retail trade23%
Health care22%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction14%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
286,895
residents · 2025 · +6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $86.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+13,131
International migration+2,275
Natural change+3,274
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$12.4B2019
$12.1B2020
$13.6B2021
$15.9B2022
$16.4B2023
$17.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$422.0k±$5.6k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
3.4%±0.5%
Affordability
7.2× wages
Residential permits
$717.1M
2,382 units · 8.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Hail 95Tornado 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5602016
5932017
6282018
6542019
6722020
7382021
8312022
8592023
8912024
9072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 20212,6172021
2,4852022
2,2632023
1,3972024
2,3822025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.2 km
I-694
Nearest freight rail
4.5 km
UP
Nearest port
17.2 km
HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES, TERMINAL NO. 2 WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
31.8 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $17.1B in 2024, growing 4.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.