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Pickens

United States · GDP 2024
#649 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.0B
GDP growth
+6.0%
Jobs tracked
28,852
Employers
2,254
Avg. wage
$51.4k
Population
139,198
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$61.1k±$1.9k
Business applications
1,749 · 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
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation23%
Manufacturing23%
Health care15%
Other services8%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
139,198
residents · 2025 · +5.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,922
International migration+1,185
Natural change−1,837

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.2B
2019
$4.2B
2020
$4.6B
2021
$5.1B
2022
$5.7B
2023
$6.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$231.9k±$4.9k
Median gross rent
$972/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
10.7%±1.1%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
946 (6.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
77.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 94Lightning 88Earthquake 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
326
2016
344
2017
368
2018
392
2019
411
2020
461
2021
555
2022
612
2023
640
2024
653
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.9 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
155.5 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.0 km
DONALDSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
St. Croix$6.0BCleveland$6.0BRichland$6.0BGrundy$6.0BRandolph$6.0BHarrison$6.0B
The read

Pickens's economy produced $6.0B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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