County profile
McCook County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2536 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$406.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
944
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
184
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,964
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.7%
Median HH income
$83.9k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
29.9%±3.6%
Poverty rate
6.8%±2.4%
Business applications
65 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
32.3/10k 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 care25%
Retail trade22%
Wholesale trade21%
Construction13%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,964
residents · 2025 · +5.2% since 2020
Income per capita $75.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+91
International migration+117
Natural change+86
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$275.7M2019
$249.0M2020
$317.8M2021
$391.4M2022
$391.1M2023
$406.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$230.1k±$19.6k
Median gross rent
$945/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
10.2%±2.9%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$5.6M
19 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 82Drought 76Hail 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1552016
1732017
1852018
1982019
1982020
2202021
2532022
2642023
2642024
2882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 2021222021
172022
222023
212024
192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.9 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
17.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
159.2 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
51.4 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.1k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of McCook?
McCook's economy produced $406.2M in 2024, growing 3.9% 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.