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Hidalgo

United States · GDP 2024
#189 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$31.4B
GDP growth
+4.9%
Jobs tracked
227,682
Employers
13,393
Avg. wage
$41.7k
Population
921,549
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$54.3k±$1.2k
Business applications
9,978 · 2025

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
Health care45%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation16%
Admin & support6%
Wholesale trade6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
921,549
residents · 2025 · +5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $35.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,839
International migration+11,940
Natural change+39,334

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$23.0B
2019
$23.3B
2020
$25.8B
2021
$28.1B
2022
$29.9B
2023
$31.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$140.9k±$3.8k
Median gross rent
$957/mo±$14/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±0.5%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
7,301 (7.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
99.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 100Hurricane 99Hail 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
317
2016
329
2017
342
2018
354
2019
369
2020
406
2021
479
2022
532
2023
555
2024
578
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.9 km
I-69C
Nearest freight rail
8.2 km
RVSC
Nearest port
61.6 km
WILBUR ELLIS CO., RIO HONDO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
25.2 km
MC ALLEN INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$41.7k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lake$31.2BDouglas$31.2BHamilton$31.6BOcean$31.7BLehigh$31.7BPrince William$31.7B
The read

Hidalgo's economy produced $31.4B in 2024, growing 4.9% 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.
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