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Cameron

United States · GDP 2024
#290 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$17.4B
GDP growth
+8.4%
Jobs tracked
123,749
Employers
6,732
Avg. wage
$42.3k
Population
433,946
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.6%
Median HH income
$52.6k±$1.6k
Business applications
4,102 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care44%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Admin & support10%
Manufacturing7%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
433,946
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $40.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−6,845
International migration+7,861
Natural change+11,310

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$11.8B
2019
$11.8B
2020
$13.2B
2021
$14.7B
2022
$16.0B
2023
$17.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$136.5k±$3.9k
Median gross rent
$912/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
13.3%±0.6%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
2,702 (6.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
97.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Hurricane 99Heat wave 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
292
2016
302
2017
309
2018
323
2019
339
2020
379
2021
449
2022
502
2023
524
2024
525
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.8 km
I-69E
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
UP
Nearest port
11.2 km
PORT OF HARLINGEN AUTHORITY, WHARF NO. 2, KEY PETROL
Nearest commercial airport
17.5 km
VALLEY INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):13,251,209 short tons/yr · Port of Harlingen Authority, TX, Brownsville, TX
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
St. Tammany$17.4BShelby$17.3BClay$17.3BOutagamie$17.2BAlbemarle + Charlottesville$17.6BMarion$17.6B
The read

Cameron's economy produced $17.4B in 2024, growing 8.4% 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.
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