Places/TX/Hemphill County, TX
County profile

Hemphill County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#2479 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$439.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-14.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,032
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
126
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,083
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$61.6k±$22.1k
Bachelor's degree+
21.9%±6.3%
Poverty rate
6.2%±3.2% · low reliability
Business applications
35 · 2025
Retail establishments
17
54.2/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Wholesale trade27%
Health care26%
Retail trade17%
Mining & energy15%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
3,083
residents · 2025 · -8.4% since 2020
Income per capita $92.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration249
International migration+4
Natural change39

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$558.0M
2019
$364.0M
2020
$544.7M
2021
$655.1M
2022
$513.5M
2023
$439.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$205.7k±$20.0k
Median gross rent
$836/mo±$397/mo
Vacancy rate
16.3%±5.7%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 90Wildfire 90Ice storm 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20132022
213
2013
204
2014
221
2015
210
2016
232
2017
217
2018
231
2019
223
2020
268
2021
241
2022
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
0
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
67.5 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
12.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
410.0 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
146.9 km
RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$63.6k
avg. annual pay · +2% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Hemphill?

Hemphill's economy produced $439.8M in 2024, contracting 14.3% year over yearamong the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale 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.