County profile
Kenedy County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2768 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$266.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-14.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
133
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
15
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$62.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
319
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
9.7%
Median HH income
$38.9k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
13.0%±13.7% · low reliability
Poverty rate
15.3%±8.1% · low reliability
Business applications
0 · 2025
Retail establishments
Census CBP
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
Utilities100%
share of top-1 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
319
residents · 2025 · -8.6% since 2020
Income per capita $49.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−40
International migration+12
Natural change−3
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$274.5M2019
$176.3M2020
$314.9M2021
$417.4M2022
$313.4M2023
$266.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
ACS
Median gross rent
ACS
Vacancy rate
56.7%±13.3%
Affordability
needs value + wage
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
28.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 92Hurricane 73Wildfire 45
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.5 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
9.4 km
UP
Nearest port
24.8 km
LAGUNA MADRE
Nearest commercial airport
78.3 km
VALLEY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$62.1k
avg. annual pay · -13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kenedy?
Kenedy's economy produced $266.7M in 2024, contracting 14.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is utilities.
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.