County profile
Dallas County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#8 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$389.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,648,702
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
71,182
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$86.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,661,397
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$76.5k±$806
Bachelor's degree+
35.7%±0.4%
Poverty rate
13.9%±0.4%
Business applications
61,000 · 2025
Retail establishments
7,783
29.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1McKesson CorporationHealthcare$403.4B85A2AT&T Inc.Communication Services$125.6B83B+3Energy Transfer LPEnergy$85.5B72B4Caterpillar Inc.Industrials$67.6B80B+5CBRE Group, Inc.Real Estate$39.9B73B6Southwest Airlines Co.Industrials$28.1B72B7HF Sinclair CorporationEnergy$26.9B62C8Sunoco LPEnergy$25.2B67B9SunocoCorp LLCEnergy$25.2B45D10Tenet Healthcare CorporationHealthcare$21.3B78B+11Texas Instruments IncorporatedTechnology$17.7B86A12Vistra Corp.Utilities$17.6B50D13Kimberly-Clark CorporationConsumer Defensive$16.4B86A14AecomIndustrials$16.1B56C15Fluor CorporationIndustrials$15.5B61C16Builders FirstSource, Inc.Basic Materials$15.2B71B17Jacobs Solutions Inc.Industrials$12.0B68B18TransCanada PipeLines Limited 6Energy$10.0B——19Celanese CorporationBasic Materials$9.5B68B20Commercial Metals CompanyBasic Materials$7.8B75B+21Primoris Services CorporationIndustrials$7.6B65B22Darling Ingredients Inc.Consumer Defensive$6.1B70B23Brinker International, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$5.4B85A24Lennox International Inc.Industrials$5.2B85A25Nexstar Media Group, Inc.Communication Services$4.9B71BHQ-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 care21%
Professional services18%
Transportation17%
Food & accommodation16%
Retail trade15%
Admin & support14%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,661,397
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $85.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−190,669
International migration+155,227
Natural change+88,208
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$279.3B2019
$277.9B2020
$309.8B2021
$345.8B2022
$373.4B2023
$389.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$303.0k±$2.8k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$11/mo
Vacancy rate
7.7%±0.2%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.8B
12,691 units · 4.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 100Heat wave 100Cold wave 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5482016
6002017
6402018
6662019
6802020
7622021
9132022
9582023
9872024
9862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -32% since 202118,7992021
17,2752022
13,2852023
12,7112024
12,6912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.1 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
DART
Nearest port
298.8 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
11.2 km
DALLAS LOVE FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR237 filings from 89 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$86.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Dallas?
Dallas's economy produced $389.4B in 2024, growing 4.3% 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.