County profile
Kings County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#30 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$145.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
745,880
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
62,317
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,653,963
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$80.3k±$946
Bachelor's degree+
42.1%±0.4%
Poverty rate
19.1%±0.4%
Business applications
48,687 · 2025
Retail establishments
10,114
38.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Clipper Realty Inc.Real Estate$153.2M32D2Polished.com Inc.Consumer Cyclical$95.4M——3Cemtrex, Inc.Technology$76.5M49D4Rent the Runway, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$43.8M41D5Track Data Corporation, Inc.Financial Services$30.7M——6IEH CorporationTechnology$29.4M58C7J.W. Mays, Inc.Real Estate$22.5M43D8Metrospaces, Inc.Real Estate———9DT Cloud Star Acquisition CorporationFinancial Services———10Pioneer Acquisition I CorpFinancial Services———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 care57%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation11%
Education7%
Other services6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,653,963
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $69.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−295,781
International migration+150,497
Natural change+81,408
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$108.5B2019
$108.5B2020
$115.6B2021
$125.6B2022
$137.1B2023
$145.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$905.0k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$9/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±0.2%
Affordability
15.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.2B
6,844 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 100Strong wind 100Heat wave 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
17922016
19282017
20542018
21312019
21662020
22342021
23892022
24442023
24872024
26022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 20217,0132021
13,4802022
15,0762023
10,0632024
6,8442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.5 km
I-278
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
LI
Nearest port
5.7 km
CONTINENTAL TERMINALS BROOKLYN 23RD STREET PIER
Nearest commercial airport
13.6 km
JOHN F KENNEDY INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR18 filings from 7 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.3k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Kings?
Kings's economy produced $145.9B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most 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.