US states by GDP by industry: information
California had the highest GDP by industry: information of 51 states in 2018, at $277.74 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $644.1 million. The median was $7.35 billion and the figure for the United States was $1.04 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Map of states, 2018
- Under 1,000
- 1,000 to 4,000
- 4,000 to 7,000
- 7,000 to 12K
- 12K to 27K
- 27K and over
All states, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 277,743.3 | +2.3% |
| 2 | New York | 137,827 | +10.1% |
| 3 | Washington | 68,012.5 | +11.1% |
| 4 | Texas | 67,905 | +4.1% |
| 5 | Georgia | 46,127.7 | -4.8% |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 45,827.7 | -1.5% |
| 7 | Florida | 40,527.1 | +0.7% |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 28,381.7 | +1.7% |
| 9 | Illinois | 27,754.3 | +3% |
| 10 | New Jersey | 25,973.8 | +5.3% |
| 11 | North Carolina | 19,707.8 | +1.3% |
| 12 | Colorado | 18,219.9 | +10.8% |
| 13 | Virginia | 17,305.1 | -2.2% |
| 14 | Ohio | 16,658.3 | -1.1% |
| 15 | Maryland | 15,917.9 | -7.9% |
| 16 | Connecticut | 14,660.9 | +3.9% |
| 17 | Michigan | 12,752.5 | +1.8% |
| 18 | Arizona | 12,118.6 | +4.6% |
| 19 | Tennessee | 11,552.5 | +7.6% |
| 20 | Minnesota | 11,501.5 | -0.5% |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 11,170.7 | +1.2% |
| 22 | Missouri | 10,987.6 | -1.7% |
| 23 | Oregon | 8,536.8 | +3.7% |
| 24 | Utah | 8,179.2 | +4.5% |
| 25 | District of Columbia | 7,619.6 | +5.9% |
| 26 | Kansas | 7,348.2 | -1.7% |
| 27 | South Carolina | 7,178 | +9.1% |
| 28 | Indiana | 6,183.1 | -4.8% |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 6,007.7 | +4% |
| 30 | Louisiana | 5,037.9 | -0.4% |
| 31 | Kentucky | 4,554.6 | -5.5% |
| 32 | Nevada | 4,528.3 | +8% |
| 33 | Alabama | 4,478.9 | +2.2% |
| 34 | Iowa | 4,467.9 | -0% |
| 35 | Nebraska | 3,636.3 | -1.3% |
| 36 | New Hampshire | 3,145.3 | +3% |
| 37 | New Mexico | 2,552.5 | -2.5% |
| 38 | Mississippi | 2,387.3 | -0.4% |
| 39 | Hawaii | 2,184.1 | +10% |
| 40 | Arkansas | 2,025 | -22.7% |
| 41 | Idaho | 1,529.2 | -1.5% |
| 42 | West Virginia | 1,399.4 | -2.2% |
| 43 | Rhode Island | 1,367.5 | -2.7% |
| 44 | North Dakota | 1,328.9 | -1.6% |
| 45 | South Dakota | 1,267.8 | +6% |
| 46 | Maine | 1,216.9 | +8.9% |
| 47 | Montana | 1,142.3 | -1% |
| 48 | Alaska | 1,132.4 | -14.8% |
| 49 | Delaware | 952.3 | +1.6% |
| 50 | Vermont | 785.9 | -5.6% |
| 51 | Wyoming | 644.1 | +2.3% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Value added by information (publishing including software, film and sound, broadcasting, telecommunications and data services) (NAICS 51), the industry's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP), in millions of current US dollars. United States and states: Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP by state, table SAGDP2, line 45.
Millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; for real growth of the whole economy use gdp_growth. Industries are the sectors of the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), counted where production takes place. The 20 sector values of a place add up to its gdp_usd, apart from rounding. BEA leaves out values that would disclose a single company, marked (D), and values below $50,000, marked (L); they are missing here, not zero.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Information (NAICS 51), millions of current dollars. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Information (NAICS 51), millions of current dollars (US states by GDP by industry: information, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip
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SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Information (NAICS 51), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: information, 2018. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-information/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Information (NAICS 51), millions of current dollars. US states by GDP by industry: information, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-information/us-states?period=2018.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Information (NAICS 51), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: information, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-information/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which state has the highest GDP by industry: information?
California, with $277.74 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Which state has the lowest GDP by industry: information?
Wyoming, with $644.1 million in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Information (NAICS 51), millions of current dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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