County profile
Perkins County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2936 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$175.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
734
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
113
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,853
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.8%
Median HH income
$66.9k±$9.6k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±4.3%
Poverty rate
13.7%±3.9%
Business applications
32 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
67.1/10k 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 care24%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade20%
Wholesale trade16%
Construction10%
Utilities9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,853
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $56.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+64
International migration+0
Natural change−40
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$120.5M2019
$138.3M2020
$155.9M2021
$172.1M2022
$166.6M2023
$175.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.6k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$738/mo±$181/mo
Vacancy rate
24.9%±4.1%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
2.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 69Winter weather 52Cold wave 50
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
145.1 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
51.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
593.8 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
147.9 km
DICKINSON/THEODORE ROOSEVELT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Perkins?
Perkins's economy produced $175.6M in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most 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.