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Ray

United States · GDP 2024
#2212 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$651.3M
GDP growth
+2.7%
Jobs tracked
2,816
Employers
360
Avg. wage
$44.7k
Population
23,398
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$74.6k±$5.3k
Business applications
260 · 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
Retail trade30%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction12%
Manufacturing11%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,398
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+606
International migration+3
Natural change−353

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$508.1M
2019
$500.4M
2020
$559.9M
2021
$597.4M
2022
$634.2M
2023
$651.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.8k±$14.0k
Median gross rent
$782/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.7%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
66 (2.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
44.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 80Cold wave 78Heat wave 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
213
2016
225
2017
237
2018
261
2019
269
2020
303
2021
340
2022
384
2023
388
2024
411
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
20.0 km
LEXINGTON SAND CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.9 km
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN/WHEELER FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jones$651.5MMadison$651.0MKit Carson$650.7MGulf$652.0MDade$650.4MLas Animas$652.6M
The read

Ray's economy produced $651.3M in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% of 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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