County profile
McLean County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#1829 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,319
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
257
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$69.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,740
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$83.6k±$6.9k
Bachelor's degree+
26.1%±2.4%
Poverty rate
8.9%±1.6%
Business applications
76 · 2025
Retail establishments
32
32.6/10k 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
Retail trade23%
Health care20%
Utilities18%
Wholesale trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Finance & insurance10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,740
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $70.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+87
International migration+30
Natural change−146
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$820.7M2019
$847.7M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$982.6M2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$227.1k±$15.6k
Median gross rent
$784/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
24.6%±2.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$17.2M
40 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$873/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 94Hail 86Cold wave 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2692016
2692017
2722018
2792019
2772020
2982021
3332022
3372023
3472024
4402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 2021492021
362022
302023
432024
402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
83.0 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
DMVW
Nearest port
597.9 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
72.4 km
MINOT INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$69.3k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of McLean?
McLean's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.