List of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate. This article includes a list of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories sorted by economic growth — the percentage change in real GDP for the first quarter of 2019 is listed (for the 50 states and District of Columbia), using the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.[1] The most recent data for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2018.
Within the 50 states and District of Columbia, West Virginia had the largest GDP growth rate ( 5.2%) in the First Quarter 2019, while Hawaii had the smallest growth rate ( 1.2%).[1] In the 2018—2019 period, the Northern Mariana Islands had the lowest GDP growth rate ( 19.6%).[2] In 2017, American Samoa had a very low GDP growth rate ( 5.8%), but its GDP has grown since then.[3] Also, the Northern Mariana Islands had the highest GDP growth rate in the United States in 2017 ( 25.1%), but it now has the lowest GDP growth rate in the United States.[4][2]
First Quarter 2019 list
Rank | State federal district or territory |
2019 (First Quarter) GDP Percent change [1][3][5][2][6][7][note 2] |
---|---|---|
1 | West Virginia | 5.2 |
2 | Texas | 5.1 |
3 | New Mexico | 4.6 |
4 | Utah | 4.2 |
5 | Nevada | 4.0 |
6 | Alaska | 3.9 |
6 | North Dakota | 3.9 |
6 | Oklahoma | 3.9 |
6 | Delaware | 3.9 |
10 | Louisiana | 3.8 |
10 | Arizona | 3.8 |
10 | New York | 3.8 |
13 | Colorado | 3.6 |
13 | South Dakota | 3.6 |
15 | Ohio | 3.5 |
16 | Nebraska | 3.4 |
17 | Wyoming | 3.3 |
18 | Montana | 3.2 |
19 | Kansas | 3.1 |
19 | Georgia | 3.1 |
19 | Washington | 3.1 |
19 | Oregon | 3.1 |
23 | Florida | 2.9 |
23 | Illinois | 2.9 |
23 | Indiana | 2.9 |
23 | Pennsylvania | 2.9 |
23 | Wisconsin | 2.9 |
28 | North Carolina | 2.8 |
29 | Virginia | 2.7 |
29 | Massachusetts | 2.7 |
29 | Alabama | 2.7 |
29 | California | 2.7 |
29 | Idaho | 2.7 |
34 | New Hampshire | 2.6 |
34 | Michigan | 2.6 |
34 | Minnesota | 2.6 |
34 | Maine | 2.6 |
38 | Arkansas | 2.5 |
38 | Kentucky | 2.5 |
38 | Vermont | 2.5 |
38 | South Carolina | 2.5 |
42 | Tennessee | 2.4 |
43 | Missouri | 2.3 |
43 | Iowa | 2.3 |
— | American Samoa | 2.2 |
45 | Connecticut | 32.6 |
45 | Rhode Island | 2.2 |
47 | Mississippi | 1.9 |
48 | New Jersey | 1.8 |
48 | Maryland | 1.8 |
— | U.S. Virgin Islands | 1.5 |
— | District of Columbia | 1.4 |
50 | Hawaii | 1.2 |
— | Puerto Rico | 1.18 |
— | Guam | 0.3 |
— | Northern Mariana Islands | 19.6 |
2017−2019 list
State or federal district |
2019 GDP Percent change |
2018 GDP Percent change |
2017 GDP Percent change |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
Alabama | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
Alaska | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
Arizona | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
Arkansas | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
California | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
Colorado | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
Connecticut | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Delaware | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
District of Columbia | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 |
Florida | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
Georgia | 1.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
Hawaii | 0.3 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
Idaho | 3.4 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
Illinois | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 |
Indiana | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
Iowa | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
Kansas | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
Kentucky | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
Louisiana | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
Maine | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
Maryland | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
Massachusetts | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
Michigan | 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 |
Minnesota | 1.1 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
Mississippi | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
Missouri | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
Montana | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
Nebraska | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
Nevada | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
New Hampshire | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
New Jersey | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
New Mexico | 5.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 |
New York | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
North Carolina | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
North Dakota | 0.9 | 4.3 | 0.3 |
Ohio | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 |
Oklahoma | 2.4 | 2.7 | |
Oregon | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
Pennsylvania | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
Rhode Island | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
South Carolina | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
South Dakota | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.6 |
Tennessee | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
Texas | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
Utah | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
Vermont | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
Virginia | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
Washington | 4.6 | 7.2 | 5.5 |
West Virginia | 0.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 |
Wisconsin | 1.4 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
Wyoming | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
2013 list
2013 Rank |
State or federal district |
2013 GDP Percent change[9] |
2010–13 GDP Percent change |
2010–13 Pop. Percent change[10] |
2010–13 Per Capita GDP percent change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | United States | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1 | North Dakota | 9.7 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 9.3 |
2 | Wyoming | 7.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
3 | West Virginia | 5.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |
4 | Oklahoma | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
5 | Idaho | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
6 | Utah | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
7 | Colorado | 3.8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
8 | Texas | 3.7 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
9 | Nebraska | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
10 | South Dakota | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
11 | Montana | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
12 | Iowa | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
13 | Minnesota | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
14 | Washington | 2.7 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
15 | Oregon | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
16 | Arkansas | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
17 | North Carolina | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
18 | Florida | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
19 | Indiana | 2.1 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
20 | California | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
21 | Michigan | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
22 | Vermont | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
23 | Kansas | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
24 | Hawaii | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
25 | Georgia | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
26 | Ohio | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
27 | Wisconsin | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
28 | Massachusetts | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
29 | Mississippi | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
30 | Kentucky | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
31 | Delaware | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
32 | New Mexico | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
33 | Rhode Island | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
34 | Louisiana | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
35 | South Carolina | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
36 | Arizona | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
37 | New Jersey | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
38 | Nevada | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
39 | Connecticut | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
40 | New Hampshire | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
41 | Maine | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
42 | Illinois | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
43 | Tennessee | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
44 | Missouri | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
45 | Alabama | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
46 | New York | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
47 | Pennsylvania | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
48 | Virginia | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
49 | Maryland | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | |
50 | Alaska | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
Notes
- Data for the 50 states and District of Columbia is from First Quarter 2019. Data for Puerto Rico is from 2019. Data for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2018.
- Data for the 50 states and District of Columbia is from First Quarter 2019. Data for Puerto Rico is from 2019. Data for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2018.
References
- https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/gross-domestic-product-state-first-quarter-2019 BEA.gov. Gross Domestic Product By State, First Quarter 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/gross-domestic-product-commonwealth-northern-mariana-islands-cnmi-2018 BEA.gov. Gross Domestic Product for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/american-samoa-gdp-increases-2018 BEA.gov. American Samoa GDP Increases in 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- https://www.bea.gov/news/blog/2018-10-17/northern-mariana-islands-gdp-increases-2017 BEA.gov. Northern Mariana Islands’ GDP increases in 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/gross-domestic-product-guam-2018 BEA.gov. Gross Domestic Product for Guam, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/gross-domestic-product-us-virgin-islands-usvi-2018 BEA.gov. Gross Domestic Product for the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locations=PR Data.worldbank.org. Puerto Rico (GDP Growth). Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- "Gross Domestic Product by County, 2019" (PDF).
- "BEA official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". 2014 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.