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Carter

United States · GDP 2024
#838 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
GDP growth
-0.5%
Jobs tracked
21,435
Employers
1,575
Avg. wage
$51.1k
Population
48,910
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$60.7k±$1.6k
Business applications
586 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$3.0B
2019
$2.5B
2020
$3.2B
2021
$3.8B
2022
$3.8B
2023
$3.8B
2024

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
55 (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
257
2016
266
2017
269
2018
273
2019
283
2020
317
2021
362
2022
407
2023
406
2024
415
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Clallam$3.8BHighlands$3.8BBullitt$3.8BCulberson$3.8BIberia$3.8BGrays Harbor$3.8B
The read

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.
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