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Carter

United States · GDP 2024
#2955 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$162.8M
GDP growth
+2.9%
Jobs tracked
1,114
Employers
150
Avg. wage
$34.7k
Population
5,418
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$50.0k±$8.9k
Business applications
85 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 care36%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction8%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,418
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+196
International migration+14
Natural change+14

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$131.4M
2019
$128.4M
2020
$142.8M
2021
$149.2M
2022
$158.3M
2023
$162.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.4k±$22.8k
Median gross rent
$656/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
23.8%±5.1%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
5 (0.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
53.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 82Cold wave 79Landslide 79
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$34.7k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Knox$162.8MKinney$162.4MPrince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area$163.3MMineral$163.6MPhillips$163.8MMora$161.6M
The read

Carter's economy produced $162.8M in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% 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.
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