County profile
Karnes County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#584 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,230
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
328
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$67.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,018
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$60.2k±$9.6k
Bachelor's degree+
14.3%±2.6%
Poverty rate
19.1%±5.3%
Business applications
169 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
27.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$6.1B2019
$3.2B2020
$7.2B2021
$10.5B2022
$7.6B2023
$7.0B2024
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
$11.6M
62 units · 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
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 2021812021
902022
832023
802024
622025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.8 km
I-37
Nearest freight rail
46.7 km
UP
Nearest port
87.3 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
91.6 km
SAN ANTONIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$67.6k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Karnes?
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.