County profile
Deaf Smith County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1220 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,212
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
351
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,626
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$60.8k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
11.4%±2.6%
Poverty rate
17.7%±4.9%
Business applications
151 · 2025
Retail establishments
49
26.5/10k 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
Manufacturing52%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation10%
Health care8%
Wholesale trade8%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,626
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $76.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−959
International migration+365
Natural change+697
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.3k±$13.0k
Median gross rent
$926/mo±$70/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±2.7%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$6.6M
33 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Hail 97Winter weather 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1662016
1682017
1732018
1902019
2022020
2322021
2642022
2762023
2952024
2882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1550% since 202122021
542022
102023
472024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.9 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
23.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
636.7 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
73.9 km
CLOVIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Deaf Smith?
Deaf Smith's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, contracting 3.6% year over year — slower than 88% of 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.