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Howard

United States · GDP 2024
#438 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$10.0B
GDP growth
-14.9%
Jobs tracked
9,082
Employers
737
Avg. wage
$61.5k
Population
30,504
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$69.6k±$3.9k
Business applications
384 · 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
Health care31%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing10%
Mining & energy9%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,504
residents · 2025 · -12.4% since 2020
Income per capita $69.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−5,047
International migration+642
Natural change−282

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$5.4B
2019
$3.7B
2020
$8.3B
2021
$13.1B
2022
$11.8B
2023
$10.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.6k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±2.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
6 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
54.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Drought 95Wildfire 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
339
2016
344
2017
368
2018
405
2019
433
2020
457
2021
494
2022
516
2023
527
2024
554
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.7 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
UP
Nearest port
578.7 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
82.7 km
MIDLAND INTL AIR AND SPACE PORT
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$61.5k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Black Hawk$10.0BFlorence$10.0BRoanoke (Independent City)$10.1BWashington$10.0BSanta Fe$10.1BMadison$9.9B
The read

Howard's economy produced $10.0B in 2024, contracting 14.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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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