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Mercer

United States · GDP 2024
#1703 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
GDP growth
-3.6%
Jobs tracked
3,631
Employers
248
Avg. wage
$78.7k
Population
8,441
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.2%
Median HH income
$80.9k±$6.4k
Business applications
75 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Mining & energy23%
Manufacturing19%
Health care19%
Retail trade15%
Utilities15%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,441
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $69.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+39
International migration+54
Natural change+1

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B
2019
$1.0B
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.2B
2022
$1.2B
2023
$1.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.5k±$16.8k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$210/mo
Vacancy rate
23.0%±3.8%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
3 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
13.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 84Hail 75Cold wave 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
281
2016
279
2017
273
2018
271
2019
274
2020
282
2021
290
2022
332
2023
335
2024
343
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.7 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
643.6 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
92.8 km
DICKINSON/THEODORE ROOSEVELT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$78.7k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Cherokee$1.2BRichland$1.2BAudrain$1.2BOrange$1.2BRenville$1.2BMarion$1.2B
The read

Mercer's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, contracting 3.6% year over year — slower than 89% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.

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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