Places/NE/Hooker County, NE
County profile

Hooker County, NE

United States · GDP 2024
#3110 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growth
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$38.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
108
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
25
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$32.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
686
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$49.5k±$8.0k
Bachelor's degree+
24.6%±8.8%
Poverty rate
6.2%±3.3% · low reliability
Business applications
16 · 2025
Retail establishments
3
43.0/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade40%
Arts & recreation32%
Other services19%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-4 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
686
residents · 2025 · -2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $52.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+0
International migration+0
Natural change19

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$31.0M
2019
$30.9M
2020
$31.4M
2021
$33.6M
2022
$38.7M
2023
$38.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$93.8k±$25.1k
Median gross rent
$592/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
23.6%±6.7%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$1.9M
4 units · 5.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
0.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 40Drought 39Hail 28
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
33% since 2021
3
2021
3
2022
5
2023
1
2024
4
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
86.4 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
14.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
395.4 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
95.5 km
NORTH PLATTE RGNL/LEE BIRD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$32.3k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Hooker?

Hooker's economy produced $38.8M in 2024, growing 0.2% year over yearslower than 79% 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.