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Howard

United States · GDP 2024
#2726 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$288.3M
GDP growth
-7.9%
Jobs tracked
1,076
Employers
176
Avg. wage
$41.5k
Population
6,538
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$76.8k±$7.2k
Business applications
81 · 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
Health care38%
Retail trade22%
Wholesale trade12%
Finance & insurance10%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,538
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $60.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+69
International migration+16
Natural change−35

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$231.0M
2019
$233.5M
2020
$276.8M
2021
$289.8M
2022
$312.9M
2023
$288.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$209.1k±$18.8k
Median gross rent
$777/mo±$115/mo
Vacancy rate
13.5%±3.5%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
15 (2.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
24.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 95Drought 87Strong wind 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
160
2016
167
2017
177
2018
188
2019
197
2020
203
2021
246
2022
257
2023
301
2024
314
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
NCRC
Nearest port
205.2 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
33.0 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$41.5k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Charlton$288.6MAleutians East Borough$288.9MLake$288.9MMonroe$289.0MOregon$289.1MTowner$287.5M
The read

Howard's economy produced $288.3M in 2024, contracting 7.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.
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