County profile
Bowie County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#699 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
33,330
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,273
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
92,696
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$59.8k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
23.6%±1.5%
Poverty rate
16.2%±1.6%
Business applications
1,296 · 2025
Retail establishments
382
41.2/10k 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 care29%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation22%
Manufacturing11%
Construction7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
92,696
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+15
International migration+727
Natural change−961
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.8B2019
$3.9B2020
$4.2B2021
$4.5B2022
$4.9B2023
$5.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.0k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$988/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
12.2%±1.2%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$54.2M
257 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 98Ice storm 97Tornado 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3312016
3352017
3452018
3572019
3772020
4152021
4882022
5242023
5452024
5502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 12% since 20212292021
1092022
2072023
1352024
2572025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.3 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
TNER
Nearest port
141.9 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
40.2 km
TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bowie?
Bowie's economy produced $5.2B in 2024, growing 6.0% 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.