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 · 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
Retail trade40%
Arts & recreation32%
Other services19%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-4 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
686
residents · 2025 · -2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $52.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+0
International migration+0
Natural change−19
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$31.0M2019
$30.9M2020
$31.4M2021
$33.6M2022
$38.7M2023
$38.8M2024
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 · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 202132021
32022
52023
12024
42025
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 · 2019–2023$32.3k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hooker?
Hooker's economy produced $38.8M in 2024, growing 0.2% year over year — slower 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.