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Lamar

United States · GDP 2024
#1031 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
GDP growth
+4.7%
Jobs tracked
19,611
Employers
1,505
Avg. wage
$42.7k
Population
67,403
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$70.9k±$4.6k
Business applications
1,133 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade31%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation23%
Admin & support8%
Finance & insurance7%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
67,403
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $54.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,625
International migration+390
Natural change+1,042

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.4B
2022
$2.7B
2023
$2.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$224.7k±$10.0k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±1.4%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
44 (0.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
65.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 89Wildfire 82Heat wave 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
229
2016
236
2017
243
2018
247
2019
251
2020
273
2021
308
2022
325
2023
360
2024
366
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.7k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lincoln$2.8BTift$2.8BHenderson$2.8BStorey$2.8BMontour$2.8BStanly$2.8B
The read

Lamar's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 4.7% 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.
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