Places/OK/Nowata County, OK
County profile

Nowata County, OK

United States · GDP 2024
#2800 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$253.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,582
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
153
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,522
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$54.3k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
16.8%±2.1%
Poverty rate
17.2%±2.4%
Business applications
86 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
27.3/10k pop

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 care27%
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade17%
Other services11%
Finance & insurance10%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
9,522
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $50.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+427
International migration+27
Natural change261

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$191.4M
2019
$192.4M
2020
$209.3M
2021
$242.8M
2022
$261.2M
2023
$253.2M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$137.8k±$13.9k
Median gross rent
$811/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
15.5%±2.2%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$4.8M
26 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$937/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 94Ice storm 94Drought 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20152024
145
2015
151
2016
173
2017
166
2018
171
2019
181
2020
180
2021
213
2022
219
2023
202
2024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
333% since 2021
6
2021
7
2022
7
2023
26
2024
26
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.0 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
UP
Nearest port
53.5 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
71.0 km
TULSA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Nowata?

Nowata's economy produced $253.2M in 2024, contracting 3.1% year over yearslower than 88% 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.