List of U.S. states by economic growth rate

This article includes a list of U.S. states sorted by economic growth, the percentage change in real GDP for the first quarter of 2018, using the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.^[1]

Q1 2018 list

List of U.S. states by economic growth in Q1 2018^[2]

2018 Rank	State	2018 GDP Percent change
1	Washington	3.6
2	Utah	3.2
3	South Dakota	3.1
4	Colorado	3.0
5	Texas	2.9
5	Wyoming	2.9
5	Iowa	2.9
8	Vermont	2.6
9	Arizona	2.5
9	Florida	2.5
9	Montana	2.5
12	Virginia	2.4
12	Missouri	2.4
14	North Carolina	2.3
14	Louisiana	2.3
16	Tennessee	2.1
16	Kentucky	2.1
16	Hawaii	2.1
19	Pennsylvania	2.0
19	District of Columbia	2.0
21	Oregon	1.9
21	South Carolina	1.9
23	Oklahoma	1.7
24	Georgia	1.6
24	Michigan	1.6
24	Minnesota	1.6
24	Ohio	1.6
24	New Jersey	1.6
24	Connecticut	1.6
30	Nevada	1.5
30	California	1.5
30	Massachusetts	1.5
30	Maryland	1.5
34	Illinois	1.4
35	West Virginia	1.3
35	Indiana	1.3
35	New Hampshire	1.3
35	Delaware	1.3
35	Rhode Island	1.3
40	Wisconsin	1.2
41	Alabama	1.2
42	New York	1.1
43	New Mexico	1.0
43	Alaska	1.0
45	Nebraska	0.9
46	Mississippi	0.7
47	Maine	0.6
48	Kansas	0.5
49	Idaho	0.4
50	Arkansas	0.0
51	North Dakota	-0.8

2013 list

Map of states with percent change in economic growth in 2013.

List of U.S. states by economic growth in 2010–13

2013 Rank	State	2013 GDP Percent change[3]	2010–13 GDP Percent change	2010–13 Pop. Percent change[4]	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

See also

• List of U.S. state economies

References

External links

• BEA news release: Widespread Economic Growth in 2012