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Mecklenburg

United States · GDP 2024
#20 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$186.1B
GDP growth
+7.0%
Jobs tracked
732,418
Employers
36,472
Avg. wage
$84.8k
Population
1,233,383
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$87.0k±$1.2k
Business applications
30,212 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Bank of America CorporationFinancial Services$113.1B72B2Honeywell International Inc.Industrials$37.4B81B+3Nucor CorporationBasic Materials$32.5B77B+4Duke Energy CorporationUtilities$31.7B73B5Sonic Automotive, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$15.2B73B6Ingersoll Rand Inc.Industrials$7.7B70B7Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.Consumer Defensive$7.2B79B+8Brighthouse Financial, Inc.Financial Services$6.8B51D9RXO, Inc.Industrials$5.7B47D10Albemarle CorporationBasic Materials$5.1B69B11DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Healthcare$3.7B67B12Curtiss-Wright CorporationIndustrials$3.5B77B+13JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.Industrials$3.2B40D14Magnera CorpConsumer Cyclical$3.2B53D15Six Flags Entertainment CorporationConsumer Cyclical$3.1B35D16SPX Technologies, Inc.Industrials$2.3B80B+17Driven Brands Holdings Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.9B53D18Krispy Kreme, Inc.Consumer Defensive$1.5B42D19EnPro Industries, Inc.Industrials$1.1B66B20Hayward Holdings, Inc.Industrials$1.1B60C21LendingTree, Inc.Financial Services$1.1B80B+22The Cato CorporationConsumer Cyclical$646.8M61C23NN, Inc.Industrials$422.2M49D24Air T, Inc.Industrials$327.1M60C25cbdMD, Inc.Healthcare$19.2M50D

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
Finance & insurance22%
Health care19%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation16%
Professional services14%
Admin & support12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,233,383
residents · 2025 · +10.5% since 2020
Income per capita $86.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+12,833
International migration+65,638
Natural change+38,173

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$123.6B
2019
$127.2B
2020
$139.7B
2021
$156.3B
2022
$174.0B
2023
$186.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$406.8k±$4.8k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$14/mo
Vacancy rate
7.3%±0.3%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
7,496 (6.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
97.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 97Lightning 95Ice storm 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
585
2016
638
2017
697
2018
736
2019
771
2020
875
2021
1056
2022
1149
2023
1205
2024
1234
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

163 filings from 35 companies here in the last 90 days.

DEF 14AAir T, Inc.07-10
8-KAir T, Inc.07-10
6-KIperionX Limited07-09
8-KDuke Energy Corporation07-06
8-KSix Flags Entertainment Corporation07-02
8-KAlpha Modus Holdings, Inc.07-02
6-KIperionX Limited07-02
8-KNN, Inc.07-01
6-KIperionX Limited07-01
8-KSix Flags Entertainment Corporation07-01
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$84.8k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
District of Columbia$184.3BAlameda$182.5BSuffolk$190.8BHennepin$193.6BTarrant$178.0BFairfax$177.5B
The read

Mecklenburg's economy produced $186.1B in 2024, growing 7.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is finance & insurance.

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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