County profile
Midland County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#141 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$41.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
100,915
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
6,096
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$92.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
187,855
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$92.9k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
31.0%±1.8%
Poverty rate
11.3%±1.6%
Business applications
4,073 · 2025
Retail establishments
556
30.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Diamondback Energy, Inc.Energy$15.0B64C2Permian Resources CorporationEnergy$5.1B64C3Kinetik Holdings Inc.Energy$1.8B57C4ProPetro Holding Corp.Energy$1.3B56C5Viper Energy, Inc.Energy$853.6M——6Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.Energy$172.3M68B7Dawson Geophysical CompanyEnergy$75.6M56C8AST SpaceMobile, Inc.Communication Services$70.9M53D9Mexco Energy CorporationEnergy$6.6M68B10New Era Energy & Digital, Inc.Energy$885.4k20D11Azure Holding Group Corp.Consumer Cyclical$8.9k——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 & energy41%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation13%
Health care11%
Construction10%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
187,855
residents · 2025 · +10.0% since 2020
Income per capita $146.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,076
International migration+5,703
Natural change+8,467
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$26.1B2019
$19.6B2020
$29.0B2021
$40.3B2022
$40.4B2023
$41.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$312.7k±$9.8k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±1.0%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$297.5M
1,317 units · 7.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 98Winter weather 96Wildfire 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5662016
5962017
6552018
7102019
7122020
7302021
7712022
8122023
8502024
8822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 53% since 20218582021
5932022
8052023
1,5042024
1,3172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.2 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
13.6 km
UP
Nearest port
593.6 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
18.1 km
MIDLAND INTL AIR AND SPACE PORT
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR13 filings from 6 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$92.6k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Midland?
Midland's economy produced $41.5B in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 66% of 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.