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A1US GDP 2025 $30.86T│A2Real growth +2.3%│A3CPI, 12 mo to Sep 2026 +3.7%│A4Unemployment 2025 4.3%BEA · BLS · Census — updated October 29, 2026
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CBSA!25940=METRO("Hilton Head Island, SC")

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area

The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metropolitan area spans 2 counties and had 237,393 residents in 2024. Its economy produced $15.0 billion that year.

South Carolina2 counties
GDP, 2024$15.0B#211 of 387 · +6.1% nominal
Income per person, 2024$80,055#40 of 387
Unemployment, 20254.2%#224 of 387 · #1 = lowest
Price level, 2024 (US = 100)98.0#114 of 387 · #1 = most expensive
Fig. 1Income, people and outputSums of BEA county estimates for the metro area
0$25k$50k$75k$100k19901995200020052010201520202025Hilton Head Island, SCUnited States
Hilton Head Island, SCUnited States
100K150K200K250K1990199520002005201020152020Population
$0B$5.0B$10B$15B$20B2005201020152020GDP

BEA county estimates (CAINC1, CAGDP1) summed over the 2 counties of the metro area; current dollars.

Industries, 2024

Share of the metro economy; blank where BEA suppresses a county figure.

IndustryValue addedShareUS share
Real estate——13.7%
Government$2.6B17.2%11.1%
Manufacturing$259M1.7%9.5%
Finance & insurance$578M3.8%8.7%
Professional services$1.0B6.8%8.0%
Health care$851M5.7%7.5%
Wholesale trade$289M1.9%6.3%
Retail trade$1.5B9.9%5.9%
Information$173M1.2%5.7%
Construction$1.1B7.2%4.3%
Transportation & warehousing——3.3%
Accommodation & food$1.1B7.5%3.1%
Administrative & waste services$491M3.3%3.0%
Other services$557M3.7%2.0%
Management of companies$39M0.3%1.8%
Utilities$294M2.0%1.6%
Mining, oil & gas$1M0.0%1.3%
Education$104M0.7%1.1%
Arts & recreation$334M2.2%1.0%
Agriculture$30M0.2%0.8%
Fig. 2Unemployment rate since 2015Monthly, not seasonally adjusted, percent
0%5%10%15%201620182020202220242026Unemployment rate

BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, metropolitan areas.

Counties in the metro area

OMB delineation of July 2023 (Census Bureau, list 1).

CountyStateTypeFIPS
Beaufort CountySouth CarolinaCentral45013
Jasper CountySouth CarolinaOutlying45053