County profile
Dickens County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#3035 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$115.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-10.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
207
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
37
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,692
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$49.3k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.0%±3.5%
Poverty rate
18.0%±5.1%
Business applications
12 · 2025
Retail establishments
11
64.6/10k 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
Retail trade53%
Other services20%
Health care19%
Professional services8%
share of top-4 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,692
residents · 2025 · -3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $57.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5
International migration+12
Natural change−84
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$93.4M2019
$85.3M2020
$99.4M2021
$128.6M2022
$128.4M2023
$115.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$65.3k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
36.8%±5.5%
Affordability
1.5× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
13.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Wildfire 76Hail 71
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
98.0 km
I-27
Nearest freight rail
72.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
544.1 km
GAVILON GRAIN CATOOSA OK
Nearest commercial airport
96.6 km
LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Dickens?
Dickens's economy produced $115.4M in 2024, contracting 10.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.