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County profile

Dawson

United States · GDP 2024
#1193 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
GDP growth
+3.7%
Jobs tracked
9,577
Employers
672
Avg. wage
$48.1k
Population
24,452
Labor & formation
Unemployment
15.5%
Median HH income
$69.9k±$4.3k
Business applications
211 · 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
Manufacturing48%
Health care16%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction6%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,452
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,738
International migration+1,433
Natural change+672

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B
2019
$1.6B
2020
$1.9B
2021
$1.9B
2022
$2.1B
2023
$2.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.2k±$6.7k
Median gross rent
$925/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.7%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
31 (1.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
65.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$995/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Strong wind 94Drought 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
291
2016
311
2017
323
2018
340
2019
350
2020
382
2021
425
2022
489
2023
506
2024
506
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.3 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
7.6 km
UP
Nearest port
320.4 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
70.2 km
KEARNEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Monroe$2.2BBingham$2.2BSilver Bow$2.2BFranklin$2.2BScott$2.2BMcMullen$2.2B
The read

Dawson's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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