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Jefferson

United States · GDP 2024
#1117 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
GDP growth
+8.4%
Jobs tracked
11,709
Employers
771
Avg. wage
$52.6k
Population
60,024
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$66.1k±$2.9k
Business applications
628 · 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
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade23%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation16%
Transportation13%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
60,024
residents · 2025 · +9.3% since 2020
Income per capita $51.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,169
International migration+254
Natural change−1,406

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.8B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.1B
2022
$2.3B
2023
$2.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$229.3k±$12.8k
Median gross rent
$904/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
14.9%±2.2%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
331 (5.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
44.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Earthquake 83Lightning 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
211
2016
215
2017
231
2018
249
2019
265
2020
305
2021
374
2022
422
2023
452
2024
470
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.6 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
9.3 km
NS
Nearest port
37.2 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
56.2 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Ashland$2.4BFulton$2.4BKnox$2.4BSt. Francois$2.4BSomerset$2.4BHawkins$2.4B
The read

Jefferson's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 8.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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