County profile
Cotton County, OK
United States · GDP 2024
#2891 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$208.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,328
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
84
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,432
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$58.4k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±3.7%
Poverty rate
20.5%±4.1%
Business applications
58 · 2025
Retail establishments
18
32.7/10k 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
Food & accommodation71%
Retail trade12%
Health care7%
Finance & insurance4%
Construction3%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,432
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $56.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+96
International migration+0
Natural change−205
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$160.6M2019
$151.4M2020
$162.0M2021
$196.2M2022
$211.3M2023
$208.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$113.9k±$9.0k
Median gross rent
$772/mo±$78/mo
Vacancy rate
24.4%±3.1%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$370.0k
1 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$962/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 74Wildfire 67Ice storm 46
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2024
1232013
1192014
1322016
1212017
1402018
1362019
1372020
1592021
1832022
1702024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -67% since 202132021
02022
12023
32024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.6 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
8.1 km
WTJR
Nearest port
320.9 km
PORT OF DUNKIN
Nearest commercial airport
31.1 km
LAWTON-FORT SILL RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cotton?
Cotton's economy produced $208.7M in 2024, contracting 1.3% year over year — slower than 83% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.