County profile
Pawnee County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#3001 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$140.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-17.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
691
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
69
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,510
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$62.2k±$7.2k
Bachelor's degree+
21.2%±3.6%
Poverty rate
13.5%±2.9%
Business applications
32 · 2025
Retail establishments
11
43.7/10k 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
Manufacturing60%
Health care13%
Retail trade10%
Construction7%
Finance & insurance5%
Food & accommodation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,510
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+47
International migration+6
Natural change−74
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$110.4M2019
$117.8M2020
$153.7M2021
$154.1M2022
$170.3M2023
$140.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$79.4k±$13.9k
Median gross rent
$706/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
22.6%±4.5%
Affordability
1.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.4M
7 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
3.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 79Drought 53Hail 50
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
42022
22023
72024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
65.4 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
6.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
57.8 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
91.3 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.0k
avg. annual pay · +47% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pawnee?
Pawnee's economy produced $140.9M in 2024, contracting 17.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.