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Ector

United States · GDP 2024
#306 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 95% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$16.5B
GDP growth
+3.4%
Jobs tracked
66,236
Employers
3,994
Avg. wage
$72.7k
Population
173,801
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$71.5k±$3.7k
Business applications
3,020 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 & energy21%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care16%
Construction14%
Wholesale trade13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
173,801
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $62.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−5,177
International migration+6,406
Natural change+7,395

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$13.3B
2019
$10.8B
2020
$11.7B
2021
$14.5B
2022
$16.0B
2023
$16.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$200.2k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
6.3%±0.9%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
921 (5.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
82.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Winter weather 97Wildfire 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
492
2016
497
2017
541
2018
600
2019
617
2020
623
2021
644
2022
670
2023
726
2024
748
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.9 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
11.0 km
UP
Nearest port
634.3 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
33.2 km
MIDLAND INTL AIR AND SPACE PORT
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$72.7k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Madison$16.6BSaratoga$16.6BChittenden$16.4BSmith$16.7BDeschutes$16.7BSt. Lucie$16.7B
The read

Ector's economy produced $16.5B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of 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.
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