County profile
Loup County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#3085 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$59.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+26.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
15
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$34.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
570
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$71.7k±$34.4k
Bachelor's degree+
27.2%±6.7%
Poverty rate
6.9%±3.3%
Business applications
8 · 2025
Retail establishments
3
51.2/10k 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 trade100%
share of top-1 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
570
residents · 2025 · -6.1% since 2020
Income per capita $75.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−36
International migration+0
Natural change+0
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$35.0M2019
$31.8M2020
$32.9M2021
$35.0M2022
$47.3M2023
$59.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$182.3k±$76.4k
Median gross rent
$688/mo±$366/mo · low reliability
Vacancy rate
43.9%±8.2%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$2.4M
11 units · 19.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
0.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 38Drought 33Wildfire 30
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -21% since 2021142021
102022
122023
112024
112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
125.0 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
47.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
259.3 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
134.7 km
NORTH PLATTE RGNL/LEE BIRD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$34.0k
avg. annual pay · +38% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Loup?
Loup's economy produced $59.8M in 2024, growing 26.3% year over year — faster than 99% 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.