County profile
Dakota County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1123 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,034
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
427
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,687
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$70.3k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
14.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
11.5%±2.7%
Business applications
189 · 2025
Retail establishments
61
28.4/10k 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
Manufacturing56%
Transportation15%
Retail trade9%
Finance & insurance8%
Food & accommodation7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,687
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $63.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,602
International migration+819
Natural change+922
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$185.7k±$14.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
4.5%±1.8%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$13.1M
44 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 87Wildfire 78Tornado 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2662016
2672017
2852018
2982019
3042020
3422021
3982022
4022023
4662024
4882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 110% since 2021212021
242022
382023
322024
442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.9 km
I-129
Nearest freight rail
6.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
15.3 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
14.9 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.8k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dakota?
Dakota's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 64% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.