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County profile

King

United States · GDP 2024
#5 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$477.2B
GDP growth
+7.9%
Jobs tracked
1,305,947
Employers
70,376
Avg. wage
$120.5k
Population
2,344,939
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$124.7k±$968
Business applications
46,989 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Amazon.com, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$716.9B87A2Microsoft CorporationTechnology$281.7B89A3Costco Wholesale CorporationConsumer Defensive$275.2B83B+4T-Mobile US, Inc.Communication Services$88.3B84B+5Starbucks CorporationConsumer Cyclical$37.2B74B6Coupang, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$34.5B52D7PACCAR IncIndustrials$28.4B73B8Expedia Group, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$14.7B70B9Alaska Air Group, Inc.Industrials$14.2B63C10Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.Industrials$11.1B75B+11Weyerhaeuser CompanyBasic Materials$6.9B77B+12F5, Inc.Technology$3.1B83B+13Zillow Group, Inc. Class CCommunication Services$2.6B72B14Savers Value Village, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.7B53D15Remitly Global, Inc.Technology$1.6B67B16Trupanion, Inc.Financial Services$1.4B63C17Getty Images Holdings, Inc.Communication Services$981.3M50D18Radiant Logistics, Inc.Industrials$902.7M53D19Terreno Realty CorporationReal Estate$476.4M68B20Porch Group, Inc.Technology$418.9M55C21Stonepath Group Inc.Industrials$410.3M——22Impinj, Inc.Technology$361.1M66B23Adaptive Biotechnologies CorporationHealthcare$277.0M68B24LOUD Technologies Inc.Technology$208.3M——25Hour Loop, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$142.4M47D

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 care23%
Professional services18%
Information18%
Food & accommodation15%
Management13%
Retail trade13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,344,939
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $128.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−96,730
International migration+131,792
Natural change+38,217

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$329.0B
2019
$340.7B
2020
$377.5B
2021
$404.8B
2022
$442.1B
2023
$477.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$859.9k±$4.9k
Median gross rent
$2.1k/mo±$13/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±0.3%
Affordability
7.1× wages
Residential permits
8,505 (3.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
99.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 100Avalanche 99Landslide 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1384
2016
1560
2017
1703
2018
1733
2019
1794
2020
1995
2021
2311
2022
2315
2023
2427
2024
2449
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.4 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
2.2 km
Seattle, WA
Nearest commercial airport
37.4 km
BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):17,153,645 short tons/yr · Seattle, WA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

217 filings from 45 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KJones Soda Co.07-10
8-KMicroVision, Inc.07-07
8-KGetty Images Holdings, Inc.07-07
8-KWaFd, Inc.07-06
8-KOmeros Corporation07-06
8-KPerspective Therapeutics, Inc.07-01
8-KMarchex, Inc.07-01
8-KGetty Images Holdings, Inc.06-30
8-KAptevo Therapeutics Inc.06-30
8-KMicroVision, Inc.06-25
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$120.5k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Santa Clara$438.5BMaricopa$419.3BCook$546.4BDallas$389.4BHarris$592.8BOrange$351.8B
The read

King's economy produced $477.2B in 2024, growing 7.9% year over year — faster than most 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.
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