US counties by real GDP growth
Lincoln County had the highest real GDP growth of 3080 counties in 2020, at 79.8%. Skagway Municipality had the lowest, at -37.8%. The median was -1.7% and the figure for the United States was -2.1%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Top 40 counties, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2020 (%) | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County | 79.8 | +71.6 pts |
| 2 | Foard County | 78.5 | +51.8 pts |
| 3 | Clark County | 71.3 | +83.4 pts |
| 4 | Campbell County | 56.3 | +80.3 pts |
| 5 | Billings County | 47.3 | +1.5 pts |
| 6 | Sheridan County | 46.8 | +49.1 pts |
| 7 | Wetzel County | 46.6 | +36.2 pts |
| 8 | Tyler County | 46.4 | +14 pts |
| 9 | Haakon County | 43.4 | +67.9 pts |
| 10 | Traverse County | 42.4 | +61.9 pts |
| 11 | Day County | 37.3 | +57.8 pts |
| 12 | Gilliam County | 34.6 | +36.9 pts |
| 12 | Hettinger County | 34.6 | +35.6 pts |
| 14 | Emmons County | 32.2 | +37.2 pts |
| 15 | Rawlins County | 31.7 | +29.3 pts |
| 16 | Sully County | 31.2 | +50.4 pts |
| 17 | Spink County | 29.9 | +48.4 pts |
| 18 | Scott County | 29.3 | +54.5 pts |
| 19 | Hyde County | 29.1 | +40 pts |
| 20 | Haskell County | 28.8 | +57.5 pts |
| 21 | Hot Springs County | 27.9 | +35.4 pts |
| 22 | Pershing County | 27.3 | +24.8 pts |
| 23 | San Patricio County | 27.2 | +24.2 pts |
| 24 | Kingman County | 26.8 | +29.9 pts |
| 25 | Lincoln County | 25.4 | +35.2 pts |
| 26 | Decatur County | 25 | +20.8 pts |
| 27 | McPherson County | 24.3 | +17.2 pts |
| 28 | Keya Paha County | 24 | +16.1 pts |
| 29 | Shoshone County | 23.9 | +30.4 pts |
| 30 | Greeley County | 23.4 | +41.5 pts |
| 30 | McPherson County | 23.4 | +43 pts |
| 32 | Stillwater County | 23.3 | +12.7 pts |
| 33 | Kittson County | 23.2 | +32.5 pts |
| 34 | Issaquena County | 22.9 | -25.7 pts |
| 35 | Grant County | 22 | +44.9 pts |
| 36 | Grant County | 21.8 | +35.2 pts |
| 37 | Eureka County | 21.7 | +19.3 pts |
| 38 | Roberts County | 21.5 | +39.4 pts |
| 39 | Lynn County | 21.4 | +9.7 pts |
| 40 | Benton County | 21.1 | +44.9 pts |
| 41 | Sargent County | 20.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 42 | Edmunds County | 20 | +39.5 pts |
| 43 | Adair County | 19.9 | +17.1 pts |
| 43 | Franklin County | 19.9 | +11.7 pts |
| 45 | White Pine County | 19.6 | +15.4 pts |
| 46 | Aleutians West Census Area | 19.4 | +9.4 pts |
| 47 | Motley County | 18.9 | +16 pts |
| 48 | Doddridge County | 18.8 | +7.2 pts |
| 49 | Ziebach County | 18.6 | +50.6 pts |
| 50 | Prairie County | 18.5 | +30.6 pts |
| 51 | Aurora County | 18.4 | +18.3 pts |
| 52 | Harding County | 18.2 | +28.4 pts |
| 52 | Kiowa County | 18.2 | +35.7 pts |
| 54 | Hamlin County | 18.1 | +26.7 pts |
| 55 | Hardeman County | 17.9 | +17.2 pts |
| 56 | Clay County | 17.8 | +17.8 pts |
| 56 | Mellette County | 17.8 | +43.8 pts |
| 58 | Marshall County | 17.4 | +18.8 pts |
| 59 | Cavalier County | 17.1 | +48.6 pts |
| 59 | Gilchrist County | 17.1 | +15.5 pts |
| 59 | Hand County | 17.1 | +31.6 pts |
| 62 | Carter County | 17 | +24.8 pts |
| 63 | Brooks County | 16.8 | -9.5 pts |
| 64 | Cheyenne County | 16.6 | +21 pts |
| 64 | Jerauld County | 16.6 | +33 pts |
| 66 | Shelby County | 16.5 | +18.9 pts |
| 67 | Greenlee County | 16.3 | +17.2 pts |
| 68 | Monroe County | 16.2 | +6.7 pts |
| 69 | Thomas County | 16 | +15.2 pts |
| 70 | Garfield County | 15.9 | +33.7 pts |
| 70 | Potter County | 15.9 | +6.3 pts |
| 72 | Daniels County | 15.6 | +9.4 pts |
| 72 | Towner County | 15.6 | +34 pts |
| 74 | Anderson County | 15.5 | +6.9 pts |
| 74 | Big Stone County | 15.5 | +19.1 pts |
| 74 | Dewey County | 15.5 | +16.1 pts |
| 74 | Hayes County | 15.5 | +4.5 pts |
| 78 | Monroe County | 15.1 | -13.1 pts |
| 78 | Slope County | 15.1 | +13 pts |
| 80 | Morton County | 15 | +29.9 pts |
| 81 | Stark County | 14.9 | +22.8 pts |
| 82 | Harrison County | 14.8 | -2.7 pts |
| 83 | Antelope County | 14.7 | -4.7 pts |
| 83 | Talbot County | 14.7 | +19.5 pts |
| 85 | Moody County | 14.6 | +16.7 pts |
| 85 | Storey County | 14.6 | +7.7 pts |
| 87 | Frontier County | 14.5 | +9.3 pts |
| 87 | Hamilton County | 14.5 | +20.9 pts |
| 89 | Concho County | 14.4 | -17.6 pts |
| 90 | Union County | 14 | +1.7 pts |
| 91 | Sheridan County | 13.8 | -8.8 pts |
| 91 | Walworth County | 13.8 | +24 pts |
| 93 | Graham County | 13.7 | +8.8 pts |
| 94 | Caribou County | 13.4 | +13.2 pts |
| 94 | Knox County | 13.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 96 | Chase County | 13.2 | +19.5 pts |
| 97 | Marshall County | 13.1 | +6.7 pts |
| 98 | Colusa County | 12.9 | +23.5 pts |
| 99 | Humboldt County | 12.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 99 | Perkins County | 12.8 | +24.9 pts |
| 101 | Blaine County | 12.7 | -26.4 pts |
| 101 | Ralls County | 12.7 | -15.5 pts |
| 101 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 12.7 | +21.3 pts |
| 104 | Sweet Grass County | 12.5 | -3 pts |
| 105 | Morgan County | 12.3 | +9.1 pts |
| 105 | Oldham County | 12.3 | +22.4 pts |
| 107 | Jackson County | 12.2 | +8.3 pts |
| 108 | Carroll County | 12.1 | +9.4 pts |
| 108 | Catron County | 12.1 | +20.3 pts |
| 108 | Corson County | 12.1 | +21.9 pts |
| 108 | Gregory County | 12.1 | +17.5 pts |
| 108 | Lander County | 12.1 | +4.2 pts |
| 108 | Walsh County | 12.1 | +23.7 pts |
| 114 | Hodgeman County | 12 | +26.2 pts |
| 114 | Mitchell County | 12 | +9.2 pts |
| 116 | Oneida County | 11.7 | +19.3 pts |
| 116 | Sagadahoc County | 11.7 | +13.4 pts |
| 118 | Powder River County | 11.6 | -1.2 pts |
| 119 | Dallas County | 11.5 | +14.8 pts |
| 119 | Modoc County | 11.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 119 | Norton County | 11.5 | +8.4 pts |
| 119 | Renville County | 11.5 | +28 pts |
| 123 | Jackson County | 11.4 | +33.1 pts |
| 123 | Logan County | 11.4 | +26.9 pts |
| 123 | Piscataquis County | 11.4 | +11.9 pts |
| 126 | Ferry County | 11.3 | +8.7 pts |
| 126 | Kearny County | 11.3 | +19.8 pts |
| 128 | Foster County | 11.2 | +20.3 pts |
| 128 | McHenry County | 11.2 | +23.7 pts |
| 130 | Calhoun County | 11.1 | +9.3 pts |
| 130 | Furnas County | 11.1 | +17.2 pts |
| 130 | Montgomery County | 11.1 | +2.4 pts |
| 130 | Stevens County | 11.1 | +13.4 pts |
| 134 | Culberson County | 11 | -20.1 pts |
| 134 | Smith County | 11 | +7.4 pts |
| 136 | Childress County | 10.9 | +8.6 pts |
| 136 | Cottle County | 10.9 | +36.3 pts |
| 136 | Kingsbury County | 10.9 | +14.3 pts |
| 139 | Atchison County | 10.8 | -2.9 pts |
| 139 | Attala County | 10.8 | +13.4 pts |
| 139 | Nemaha County | 10.8 | +21.3 pts |
| 142 | Ritchie County | 10.7 | -4.5 pts |
| 143 | Cedar County | 10.6 | +12.2 pts |
| 143 | Woodruff County | 10.6 | +16.6 pts |
| 145 | Denton County | 10.5 | +3.1 pts |
| 146 | Lincoln County | 10.4 | +5.6 pts |
| 147 | Washington County | 10.2 | +13.4 pts |
| 148 | Cottonwood County | 10.1 | +19.4 pts |
| 148 | Maries County | 10.1 | +14.7 pts |
| 150 | Butler County | 10 | +3 pts |
| 150 | Cherry County | 10 | +13.3 pts |
| 152 | Livingston County | 9.9 | +9.6 pts |
| 152 | Sheridan County | 9.9 | +7 pts |
| 154 | Dixie County | 9.8 | +10.6 pts |
| 155 | Baca County | 9.7 | +29 pts |
| 155 | Dallas County | 9.7 | -2.5 pts |
| 157 | Garfield County | 9.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 157 | Levy County | 9.6 | +10.1 pts |
| 157 | Rock County | 9.6 | +6.6 pts |
| 160 | Webster County | 9.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 161 | Deuel County | 9.4 | +5.2 pts |
| 161 | Gove County | 9.4 | +9.9 pts |
| 161 | Niobrara County | 9.4 | +16.8 pts |
| 161 | Phillips County | 9.4 | +4.8 pts |
| 165 | Dixon County | 9.3 | -24.4 pts |
| 165 | Ida County | 9.3 | +8.1 pts |
| 167 | Barton County | 9.2 | +12.8 pts |
| 167 | Kidder County | 9.2 | +13.2 pts |
| 167 | Wells County | 9.2 | +20.8 pts |
| 170 | Cherokee County | 9.1 | +8.4 pts |
| 170 | Franklin County | 9.1 | +4.9 pts |
| 170 | Hoke County | 9.1 | +10 pts |
| 173 | Brunswick County | 9 | +9.7 pts |
| 173 | Monroe County | 9 | +7.2 pts |
| 173 | Wahkiakum County | 9 | +3.2 pts |
| 176 | Armstrong County | 8.9 | +10.8 pts |
| 176 | Lac qui Parle County | 8.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 176 | Wright County | 8.9 | +10.7 pts |
| 179 | Boone County | 8.8 | +3.2 pts |
| 179 | Stafford County | 8.8 | +11 pts |
| 181 | Jackson County | 8.7 | +6.7 pts |
| 182 | Marion County | 8.6 | +15.2 pts |
| 182 | Spencer County | 8.6 | +6.3 pts |
| 184 | Kimball County | 8.5 | +11.5 pts |
| 185 | Broomfield County | 8.4 | -4 pts |
| 185 | Buffalo County | 8.4 | +22.5 pts |
| 185 | Lane County | 8.4 | +22.5 pts |
| 185 | Marshall County | 8.4 | +4.5 pts |
| 185 | Rensselaer County | 8.4 | -5.3 pts |
| 185 | Susquehanna County | 8.4 | -6.3 pts |
| 191 | Brown County | 8.3 | +14.1 pts |
| 191 | Butte County | 8.3 | -2.2 pts |
| 191 | Guthrie County | 8.3 | +21.2 pts |
| 191 | Sunflower County | 8.3 | +15.4 pts |
| 195 | Lafayette County | 8.2 | +22.7 pts |
| 196 | Effingham County | 8.1 | +8 pts |
| 196 | Martin County | 8.1 | +7.2 pts |
| 198 | Baker County | 8 | +6.9 pts |
| 198 | Baylor County | 8 | +4.4 pts |
| 198 | Sherman County | 8 | +13 pts |
| 198 | Taylor County | 8 | -1.7 pts |
| 198 | Wallace County | 8 | +6.6 pts |
| 203 | Wayne County | 7.9 | +2.6 pts |
| 204 | Carbon County | 7.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 204 | Huerfano County | 7.8 | +8.3 pts |
| 204 | Jenkins County | 7.8 | +2.2 pts |
| 204 | Tooele County | 7.8 | +6.5 pts |
| 204 | Torrance County | 7.8 | +7.2 pts |
| 209 | Cass County | 7.7 | +2.8 pts |
| 209 | Musselshell County | 7.7 | +7.7 pts |
| 209 | Parke County | 7.7 | +4.5 pts |
| 212 | Quitman County | 7.6 | +19.5 pts |
| 213 | Crook County | 7.5 | +8.7 pts |
| 213 | Dundy County | 7.5 | +1 pts |
| 213 | Judith Basin County | 7.5 | +6.9 pts |
| 213 | Marshall County | 7.5 | +13 pts |
| 213 | Okeechobee County | 7.5 | -26.8 pts |
| 213 | Oliver County | 7.5 | +9.6 pts |
| 213 | Salem County | 7.5 | +5.9 pts |
| 213 | Upton County | 7.5 | -22 pts |
| 221 | Beauregard Parish | 7.4 | -13.7 pts |
| 221 | Chickasaw County | 7.4 | +2.4 pts |
| 221 | Custer County | 7.4 | +7.6 pts |
| 221 | Daviess County | 7.4 | +8.7 pts |
| 221 | Hardy County | 7.4 | +3.4 pts |
| 221 | Linn County | 7.4 | +3.8 pts |
| 221 | Sioux County | 7.4 | +15.2 pts |
| 228 | Calhoun County | 7.3 | +11.2 pts |
| 228 | Gratiot County | 7.3 | +9.5 pts |
| 228 | Henderson County | 7.3 | +13.4 pts |
| 228 | Ottawa County | 7.3 | +11.1 pts |
| 228 | Pushmataha County | 7.3 | +6.5 pts |
| 228 | Sharkey County | 7.3 | +7.2 pts |
| 228 | Warren County | 7.3 | +6.5 pts |
| 235 | Appling County | 7.2 | +3.3 pts |
| 235 | Garfield County | 7.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 235 | Sherman County | 7.2 | +12.5 pts |
| 238 | Cochise County | 7.1 | +5.2 pts |
| 238 | Dickenson County | 7.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 238 | Huron County | 7.1 | +13.2 pts |
| 238 | Logan County | 7.1 | +5.2 pts |
| 238 | Pemiscot County | 7.1 | +8.8 pts |
| 238 | Saline County | 7.1 | +9.4 pts |
| 238 | Vermillion County | 7.1 | +15.1 pts |
| 238 | Warren County | 7.1 | +5.6 pts |
| 246 | Chatham County | 7 | +10.2 pts |
| 246 | Coffey County | 7 | +10 pts |
| 246 | Emery County | 7 | +0.7 pts |
| 246 | Goochland County | 7 | -2.6 pts |
| 250 | Brunswick County | 6.9 | +3.6 pts |
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About this ranking
Annual percentage change of GDP in chain-linked volumes, or at constant prices in the World Bank series.
Each value comes from one official source for that place: national statistics offices, Eurostat, for the United States the Bureau of Economic Analysis or, for other countries and the World, the World Bank. Annual values compare one calendar year with the previous one; quarterly values compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier. Past values can be revised. United States figures come from BEA tables SAGDP11 for the nation and states and CAGDP11 for counties. Growth in small counties can swing widely from year to year.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP11.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Which county has the highest real GDP growth?
Lincoln County, with 79.8% in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Which county has the lowest real GDP growth?
Skagway Municipality, with -37.8% in 2020.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-08. 2 counties have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.
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