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Karnes

United States · GDP 2024
#584 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.0B
GDP growth
-7.2%
Jobs tracked
5,230
Employers
328
Avg. wage
$67.6k
Population
15,018
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$60.2k±$9.6k
Business applications
169 · 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 & energy32%
Admin & support19%
Food & accommodation14%
Retail trade13%
Health care12%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,018
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $83.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+57
International migration+264
Natural change−130

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$6.1B
2019
$3.2B
2020
$7.2B
2021
$10.5B
2022
$7.6B
2023
$7.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$149.0k±$31.0k
Median gross rent
$957/mo±$223/mo
Vacancy rate
20.8%±3.6%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
62 (4.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
58.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 87Hurricane 85Hail 76
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$67.6k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Douglas$7.0BWoodbury$7.0BSan Juan$7.0BAndroscoggin$7.0BOzaukee$7.1BMcCracken$7.0B
The read

Karnes's economy produced $7.0B in 2024, contracting 7.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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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