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Hughes

United States · GDP 2024
#1428 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
GDP growth
+4.9%
Jobs tracked
6,453
Employers
632
Avg. wage
$58.4k
Population
17,570
Labor & formation
Unemployment
1.6%
Median HH income
$81.4k±$5.9k
Business applications
245 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$1.3B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.4B
2021
$1.4B
2022
$1.6B
2023
$1.7B
2024

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
29 (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
285
2016
293
2017
300
2018
306
2019
315
2020
345
2021
402
2022
414
2023
435
2024
459
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Levy$1.7BIowa$1.7BAlcorn$1.7BLewis$1.7BCovington$1.7BCoshocton$1.7B
The read

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.
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