County profile
Zapata County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2189 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$668.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,758
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
143
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,753
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.8%
Median HH income
$39.2k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
15.2%±3.3%
Poverty rate
38.4%±6.0%
Business applications
81 · 2025
Retail establishments
36
26.1/10k 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
Health care39%
Retail trade20%
Mining & energy17%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction7%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,753
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $34.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−628
International migration+186
Natural change+314
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$630.2M2019
$492.5M2020
$680.5M2021
$840.3M2022
$731.0M2023
$668.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.1k±$13.4k
Median gross rent
$617/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
27.0%±4.4%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
31.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 89Wildfire 71Hurricane 66
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
65.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
49.5 km
CPKC
Nearest port
170.1 km
LAGUNA MADRE
Nearest commercial airport
66.9 km
LAREDO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.7k
avg. annual pay · -21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Zapata?
Zapata's economy produced $668.4M in 2024, contracting 8.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.