County profile
Yoakum County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1098 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,103
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
192
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$77.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,438
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$84.9k±$12.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.1%±5.9%
Poverty rate
16.8%±9.2% · low reliability
Business applications
74 · 2025
Retail establishments
28
37.3/10k 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 & energy38%
Health care19%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction9%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,438
residents · 2025 · -3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $59.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−760
International migration+251
Natural change+271
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.9B2022
$2.6B2023
$2.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$182.6k±$28.2k
Median gross rent
$973/mo±$107/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±5.5%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$260.0k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Hail 90Wildfire 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2025
1862014
2072015
2052016
2332017
2312018
2482019
2462020
2742021
3132023
3462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
72022
92023
72024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
99.7 km
I-27
Nearest freight rail
35.9 km
LBWR
Nearest port
732.0 km
GAVILON GRAIN CATOOSA OK
Nearest commercial airport
65.1 km
LEA COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$77.2k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Yoakum?
Yoakum's economy produced $2.5B in 2024, contracting 2.3% year over year — slower than 86% 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.