County profile
McKinley County, NM
United States · GDP 2024
#1005 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,236
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
940
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
68,119
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.0%
Median HH income
$47.7k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
13.3%±1.2%
Poverty rate
33.2%±2.3%
Business applications
330 · 2025
Retail establishments
214
31.2/10k 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
Health care34%
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation23%
Transportation6%
Other services5%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
68,119
residents · 2025 · -6.1% since 2020
Income per capita $37.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,820
International migration+371
Natural change−1,025
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.5B2020
$2.5B2021
$2.7B2022
$2.9B2023
$2.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$78.7k±$5.1k
Median gross rent
$859/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
15.6%±1.0%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Winter weather 91Cold wave 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1972016
1992017
2082018
2122019
2202020
2382021
2602022
2772023
2892024
3032025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202122021
12022
12023
82024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.6 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
13.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
870.5 km
San Diego Unified Port, CA
Nearest commercial airport
48.4 km
GALLUP MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of McKinley?
McKinley's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, contracting 1.2% year over year — slower than 83% of 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.