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Bladen

United States · GDP 2024
#1346 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
+2.7%
Jobs tracked
10,734
Employers
540
Avg. wage
$46.5k
Population
30,007
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$42.4k±$6.0k
Business applications
398 · 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
Manufacturing54%
Transportation14%
Retail trade9%
Health care8%
Food & accommodation7%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,007
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $54.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+750
International migration+207
Natural change−587

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.8B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.1k±$19.0k
Median gross rent
$773/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
22.6%±2.4%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
97 (3.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
84.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 97Hurricane 96Wildfire 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
148
2016
154
2017
153
2018
156
2019
165
2020
178
2021
201
2022
218
2023
240
2024
265
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Washington$1.9BWyoming$1.9BJefferson$1.9BPolk$1.9BLincoln$1.9BButte$1.9B
The read

Bladen's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% of 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.
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