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 and Puerto Rico is from 2018, and the most recent data for the U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2017.

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
List of U.S. states, federal district, and territories by economic growth in Q1 2019[1][3][5][2][6][7][note 1]
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
45 American Samoa 2.2
45 Connecticut 2.2
45 Rhode Island 2.2
48 Mississippi 1.9
49 New Jersey 1.8
49 Maryland 1.8
51 District of Columbia 1.4
52 Hawaii 1.2
53 Guam 0.3
54 U.S. Virgin Islands 1.7
55 Puerto Rico 4.9
56 Northern Mariana Islands 19.6

2017 list
List of U.S. states and federal district by economic growth in 2017[8]
2017
Rank		 State
or federal district		 2017
GDP
Percent
change
—  United States 2.1
1  Washington 4.4
2  Colorado 3.6
3  Nevada 3.5
4  Arizona 3.2
5  Utah 3.1
6  California 3.0
7  Georgia 2.7
 Idaho 2.7
9  Massachusetts 2.6
 Texas 2.6
 West Virginia 2.6
12  Oregon 2.5
 Tennessee 2.5
14  Michigan 2.3
 North Carolina 2.3
 South Carolina 2.3
17  Florida 2.2
18  Indiana 2.1
19  Virginia 2.0
 Wyoming 2.0
21  Minnesota 1.9
 New Hampshire 1.9
 Ohio 1.9
24  Kentucky 1.8
 Pennsylvania 1.8
—  District of Columbia 1.7
26  Hawaii 1.7
 Wisconsin 1.7
28  Delaware 1.6
 Rhode Island 1.6
30  Maryland 1.5
31  Maine 1.4
32  Alabama 1.2
 Illinois 1.2
34  Arkansas 1.1
 Missouri 1.1
 New York 1.1
 Vermont 1.1
38  North Dakota 1.0
39  New Jersey 0.9
40  New Mexico 0.8
41  Montana 0.6
 Nebraska 0.6
43  Iowa 0.5
 Oklahoma 0.5
45  Mississippi 0.3
 South Dakota 0.3
47  Alaska 0.2
48  Kansas 0.1
49  Connecticut 0.2
 Louisiana 0.2

2013 list
Map of the states and the District of Columbia with percent change in economic growth in 2013.
List of U.S. states and federal district by economic growth in 2010–13
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

See also

Notes
  1. Data for the 50 states and District of Columbia is from First Quarter 2019. Data for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico is from 2018. Data for the U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2017.
  2. Data for the 50 states and District of Columbia is from First Quarter 2019. Data for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico is from 2018. Data for the U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2017.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/american-samoa-gdp-increases-2018 BEA.gov. American Samoa GDP Increases in 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  4. 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.
  5. https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/gross-domestic-product-guam-2018 BEA.gov. Gross Domestic Product for Guam, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  6. https://www.bea.gov/news/2018/us-virgin-islands-gdp-decreases-2017 BEA.gov. U.S. Virgin Islands GDP Decreases in 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  7. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locations=PR Data.worldbank.org. Puerto Rico (GDP Growth). Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  8. "Gross Domestic Product by State and Federal district: First Quarter 2018" (PDF).
  9. "BEA official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  10. "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.
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