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Lea

United States · GDP 2024
#363 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.9B
GDP growth
+13.9%
Jobs tracked
24,911
Employers
1,730
Avg. wage
$66.7k
Population
74,749
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$68.0k±$5.6k
Business applications
1,085 · 2025

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
Mining & energy27%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation15%
Health care15%
Construction14%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
74,749
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $59.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,702
International migration+3,128
Natural change+1,725

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$6.6B
2019
$5.2B
2020
$7.7B
2021
$11.2B
2022
$11.3B
2023
$12.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$184.0k±$8.8k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±1.8%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
143 (1.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
86.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 98Hail 94Lightning 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
414
2016
428
2017
431
2018
458
2019
475
2020
501
2021
530
2022
559
2023
588
2024
624
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
139.8 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
14.5 km
TXN
Nearest port
758.5 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
21.5 km
LEA COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$66.7k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Beaufort$12.9BHarrison$12.8BMaui + Kalawao$12.8BButte$12.9BImperial$12.9BMiddlesex$12.8B
The read

Lea's economy produced $12.9B in 2024, growing 13.9% year over year — faster than 96% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.

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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