County profile
Barnes County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#1979 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$853.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-11.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,389
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
349
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,573
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$68.0k±$5.6k
Bachelor's degree+
30.7%±3.7%
Poverty rate
12.1%±3.1%
Business applications
115 · 2025
Retail establishments
43
40.3/10k 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 care35%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,573
residents · 2025 · -2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $65.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−101
International migration+170
Natural change−347
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$678.1M2019
$672.0M2020
$744.4M2021
$885.1M2022
$963.5M2023
$853.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.7k±$18.2k
Median gross rent
$779/mo±$80/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±3.0%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.6M
4 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$948/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 93Cold wave 86Hail 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2842016
3032017
3062018
3182019
3252020
3322021
3982022
3782023
3972024
4402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -91% since 2021462021
162022
62023
32024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.5 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
395.0 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
46.1 km
JAMESTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.3k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Barnes?
Barnes's economy produced $853.0M in 2024, contracting 11.5% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.