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[]

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
7	North Dakota	3.9
8	Oklahoma	3.9
9	Delaware	3.9
10	Louisiana	3.8
11	Arizona	3.8
12	New York	3.8
13	Colorado	3.6
14	South Dakota	3.6
15	Ohio	3.5
16	Nebraska	3.4
17	Wyoming	3.3
18	Montana	3.2
19	Kansas	3.1
20	Georgia	3.1
21	Washington	3.1
22	Oregon	3.1
23	Florida	2.9
24	Illinois	2.9
25	Indiana	2.9
26	Pennsylvania	2.9
27	Wisconsin	2.9
28	North Carolina	2.8
29	Virginia	2.7
30	Massachusetts	2.7
31	Alabama	2.7
32	California	2.7
33	Idaho	2.7
34	New Hampshire	2.6
35	Michigan	2.6
36	Minnesota	2.6
37	Maine	2.6
38	Arkansas	2.5
39	Kentucky	2.5
40	Vermont	2.5
41	South Carolina	2.5
42	Tennessee	2.4
43	Missouri	2.3
44	Iowa	2.3
—	American Samoa	2.2
45	Connecticut	2.2
46	Rhode Island	2.2
47	Mississippi	1.9
48	New Jersey	1.8
49	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[]

List of U.S. states and federal district by economic growth in 2017 to 2019^[8]

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[]

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[]

• List of U.S. state and territory economies

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• BEA news release: Widespread Economic Growth in 2012