County profile
Multnomah County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#59 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$90.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
442,844
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
27,204
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$77.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
795,391
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$88.8k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
48.9%±0.7%
Poverty rate
12.6%±0.5%
Business applications
16,110 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,783
35.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Portland General Electric CompanyUtilities$3.6B60C2Columbia Sportswear CompanyConsumer Cyclical$3.4B63C3Northwest Natural Holding CompanyUtilities$1.2B53D4Pope & Talbot, Inc.Basic Materials$841.1M——5Erickson IncorporatedIndustrials$297.5M——6NuScale Power CorporationUtilities$31.5M32D7Schmitt Industries, Inc.Technology$9.9M——8Tristar Wellness Solutions Inc.Healthcare$5.5M——9Pixelworks, Inc.Technology$693.0k42D10Sortis Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$170.0k——11Nyxio Technologies CorporationTechnology$85.9k——12Pacific Sports Exchange Inc.Consumer Cyclical$4.6k13D13Hunter Creek Mining Co.Basic Materials———14Green Rain Energy Holdings Inc.Healthcare———15Blockchain Loyalty Corp.Consumer Defensive———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 care29%
Food & accommodation18%
Retail trade16%
Professional services14%
Transportation12%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
795,391
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $79.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−37,128
International migration+14,526
Natural change+2,062
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$71.7B2019
$70.8B2020
$76.6B2021
$82.5B2022
$87.4B2023
$90.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$552.7k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
5.8%±0.4%
Affordability
7.1× wages
Residential permits
$405.2M
1,594 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
98.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 100Landslide 97Heat wave 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
12032016
12912017
13392018
13652019
13952020
15452021
17072022
16722023
16932024
16982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -55% since 20213,5472021
2,7342022
3,6072023
2,0402024
1,5942025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.8 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
UP
Nearest port
1.8 km
GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP
Nearest commercial airport
14.6 km
PORTLAND INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$77.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Multnomah?
Multnomah's economy produced $90.6B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.