County profile
Harlan County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2766 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$267.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
627
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
87
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,000
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$70.6k±$10.0k
Bachelor's degree+
29.2%±3.3%
Poverty rate
6.7%±1.9%
Business applications
35 · 2025
Retail establishments
16
53.1/10k 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
Health care35%
Retail trade25%
Wholesale trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services8%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,000
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $73.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+29
International migration+11
Natural change−93
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$185.9M2019
$174.1M2020
$219.0M2021
$225.7M2022
$266.8M2023
$267.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$145.8k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$657/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
36.5%±3.3%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$150.0k
1 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Drought 93Strong wind 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1312015
1732016
1552017
1662018
1862019
1902020
2102021
2352022
2382023
3162025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -94% since 2021172021
52022
92023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
56.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
7.0 km
NKCR
Nearest port
306.3 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
69.8 km
KEARNEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Harlan?
Harlan's economy produced $267.4M in 2024, growing 0.2% year over year — slower than 79% 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.