County profile
Queens County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#32 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$143.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
616,045
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
51,188
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$67.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,358,182
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$86.1k±$875
Bachelor's degree+
36.1%±0.4%
Poverty rate
12.9%±0.4%
Business applications
34,304 · 2025
Retail establishments
7,348
31.0/10k 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 care42%
Transportation15%
Food & accommodation12%
Retail trade12%
Construction10%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,358,182
residents · 2025 · -1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $62.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−252,568
International migration+183,667
Natural change+41,728
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$111.5B2019
$103.4B2020
$110.4B2021
$123.5B2022
$137.1B2023
$143.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$723.8k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$2.0k/mo±$10/mo
Vacancy rate
7.6%±0.2%
Affordability
10.8× wages
Residential permits
$603.6M
3,395 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 100Cold wave 100Strong wind 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
11222016
12012017
12792018
13372019
13722020
14302021
15392022
15992023
16542024
17302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -17% since 20214,0872021
7,1292022
7,9312023
5,3022024
3,3952025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.4 km
I-678
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
LI
Nearest port
5.0 km
JAMAICA BAY OIL TERM / LEFFERTS OIL TERM PIER
Nearest commercial airport
7.8 km
JOHN F KENNEDY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$67.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Queens?
Queens's economy produced $143.1B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.