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Places/TX/Wichita County, TX
County profile

Wichita County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#547 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 50% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
44,613
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,043
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
129,555
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$63.5k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%±1.3%
Poverty rate
16.5%±1.6%
Business applications
1,406 · 2025
Retail establishments
455
35.1/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1American International Holdings Corp.Consumer Cyclical$61.9k——

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
Health care35%
Food & accommodation21%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing12%
Other services6%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
129,555
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $57.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−587
International migration+1,153
Natural change−607

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$6.0B
2019
$6.0B
2020
$6.4B
2021
$7.0B
2022
$7.4B
2023
$7.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.7k±$5.1k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
12.1%±1.1%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$36.6M
131 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 95Drought 94Tornado 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
287
2016
296
2017
312
2018
328
2019
345
2020
394
2021
457
2022
473
2023
499
2024
519
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 2021
145
2021
329
2022
241
2023
201
2024
131
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.3 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
365.3 km
PORT OF DUNKIN
Nearest commercial airport
19.5 km
SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.03-04
8-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.08-16
8-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.07-21
10-QAmerican International Holdings Corp.07-13
8-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.07-06
10-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.06-09
8-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.05-23
8-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.04-03
8-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.04-03
8-KAmerican International Holdings Corp.03-27
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.3k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Coweta$7.7BLaSalle$7.7BBossier$7.7BLycoming$7.7BCarver$7.6BWhitfield$7.7B
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rank
Tom Green$8.6BGrayson$8.4BRockwall$7.9BParker$7.6BUpton$7.6BKarnes$7.0B
The read

What is the GDP of Wichita?

Wichita's economy produced $7.7B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.