County profile
Hughes County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#1428 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,453
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
632
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,570
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.7%
Median HH income
$81.4k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
39.0%±4.3%
Poverty rate
9.2%±2.1%
Business applications
245 · 2025
Retail establishments
73
41.6/10k 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
Health care26%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance15%
Construction9%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,570
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $74.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−327
International migration−7
Natural change+160
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$242.0k±$15.2k
Median gross rent
$990/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
9.3%±2.7%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$11.3M
29 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 77Winter weather 69Ice storm 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2852016
2932017
3002018
3062019
3152020
3452021
4022022
4142023
4352024
4592025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -28% since 2021402021
222022
262023
1342024
292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.9 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
RCPE
Nearest port
363.7 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
23.1 km
PIERRE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hughes?
Hughes's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 4.9% 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.