County profile
Harris County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#3 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$592.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,182,164
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
111,215
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$84.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,045,026
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$75.0k±$639
Bachelor's degree+
34.2%±0.3%
Poverty rate
16.3%±0.3%
Business applications
99,688 · 2025
Retail establishments
13,613
27.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Exxon Mobil CorporationEnergy$332.2B77B+2Chevron CorporationEnergy$184.4B71B3Phillips 66Energy$132.4B73B4Sysco CorporationConsumer Defensive$81.4B76B+5Enterprise Products Partners L.P.Energy$52.6B75B+6ConocoPhillipsEnergy$51.8B76B+7Plains GP Holdings LPEnergy$44.3B64C8Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.Energy$44.3B71B9Slb N.V.Energy$35.7B82B+10Hewlett Packard Enterprise CompanyTechnology$34.3B72B11NRG Energy, Inc.Utilities$30.3B59C12LyondellBasell Industries N.V.Basic Materials$30.2B69B13Quanta Services, Inc.Industrials$28.5B68B14Baker Hughes CompanyEnergy$27.7B79B+15Waste Management, Inc.Industrials$25.2B82B+16EOG Resources, Inc.Energy$22.6B82B+17Group 1 Automotive, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$22.6B69B18Halliburton CompanyEnergy$22.2B80B+19Occidental Petroleum CorporationEnergy$21.6B69B20Cheniere Energy, Inc.Energy$19.5B75B+21Corebridge Financial, Inc.Financial Services$18.5B41D22Targa Resources Corp.Energy$17.0B67B23Kinder Morgan, Inc.Energy$15.2B79B+24Westlake CorporationBasic Materials$11.2B64C25Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.Energy$10.8B74BHQ-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 care24%
Food & accommodation18%
Retail trade17%
Professional services16%
Construction13%
Manufacturing12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,045,026
residents · 2025 · +6.6% since 2020
Income per capita $80.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−157,010
International migration+307,944
Natural change+161,456
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$399.3B2019
$389.5B2020
$448.1B2021
$515.8B2022
$564.0B2023
$592.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$276.6k±$1.9k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$7/mo
Vacancy rate
8.4%±0.2%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$7.7B
30,909 units · 6.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 100Tornado 100Cold wave 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5172016
5342017
5572018
5762019
5922020
6292021
7062022
7472023
7692024
7742025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 202135,2042021
38,7892022
34,5932023
29,9362024
30,9092025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
UP
Nearest port
0.1 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
15.0 km
GEORGE BUSH INTCNTL/HOUSTON
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):309,531,236 short tons/yr · Houston Port Authority, TX
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR217 filings from 100 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$84.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Harris?
Harris's economy produced $592.8B in 2024, growing 5.1% 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.