County profile
Carter County, OK
United States · GDP 2024
#838 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,435
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,575
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
48,910
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$60.7k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.9%±1.5%
Poverty rate
16.2%±1.3%
Business applications
586 · 2025
Retail establishments
271
55.1/10k 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 care22%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation18%
Transportation15%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
48,910
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+881
International migration+404
Natural change−419
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$2.5B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.8B2022
$3.8B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.5k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$980/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
11.9%±1.0%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$12.1M
55 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 94Hail 94Heat wave 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2572016
2662017
2692018
2732019
2832020
3172021
3622022
4072023
4062024
4152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 2% since 2021542021
342022
252023
592024
552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.2 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
12.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
239.2 km
PORT CARL ALBERT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
109.5 km
LAWTON-FORT SILL RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carter?
Carter's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% of 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.