County profile
Dimmit County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#870 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,848
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
218
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$77.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,024
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
8.4%
Median HH income
$38.8k±$9.0k
Bachelor's degree+
9.8%±3.7%
Poverty rate
41.1%±8.9%
Business applications
93 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
36.5/10k 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
Mining & energy44%
Health care17%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation8%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,024
residents · 2025 · -6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $57.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−585
International migration−9
Natural change+33
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.4B2019
$1.7B2020
$3.0B2021
$4.3B2022
$4.0B2023
$3.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$85.5k±$20.0k
Median gross rent
$823/mo±$366/mo
Vacancy rate
25.5%±4.6%
Affordability
1.1× wages
Residential permits
$1.1M
4 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 95Drought 81Hurricane 62
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
42023
42024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
48.2 km
UP
Nearest port
228.2 km
PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC OIL (BARGE) DOCK NO. 10
Nearest commercial airport
102.0 km
LAREDO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$77.1k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dimmit?
Dimmit's economy produced $3.6B in 2024, contracting 9.8% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.