US states by GDP by industry: wholesale trade
California had the highest GDP by industry: wholesale trade of 51 states in 2018, at $160.21 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $1.25 billion. The median was $13.09 billion and the figure for the United States was $1.22 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Map of states, 2018
- Under 3,000
- 3,000 to 8,000
- 8,000 to 13K
- 13K to 22K
- 22K to 40K
- 40K and over
All states, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 160,211.5 | +3% |
| 2 | Texas | 140,492.7 | +6.1% |
| 3 | New York | 74,294.9 | +2.9% |
| 4 | Florida | 73,664.6 | +6% |
| 5 | Illinois | 65,743.1 | +2.2% |
| 6 | New Jersey | 50,880.5 | +5% |
| 7 | Georgia | 44,678.9 | +0.6% |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 44,364.8 | +2.4% |
| 9 | Ohio | 42,002.9 | +2.9% |
| 10 | Michigan | 35,505 | +3.7% |
| 11 | North Carolina | 32,809.7 | +2.2% |
| 12 | Washington | 29,294.5 | +5.9% |
| 13 | Minnesota | 27,520.5 | +5.1% |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 27,112.4 | -0.6% |
| 15 | Tennessee | 24,198.2 | +3.6% |
| 16 | Virginia | 23,337.5 | +4.8% |
| 17 | Missouri | 21,963.5 | +5.1% |
| 18 | Indiana | 21,390.9 | +7.7% |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 20,958.8 | +5.7% |
| 20 | Colorado | 20,943.5 | +4.7% |
| 21 | Arizona | 19,389 | +3.8% |
| 22 | Maryland | 18,058.6 | +2.9% |
| 23 | Kentucky | 15,238.7 | +5.2% |
| 24 | Connecticut | 14,715.3 | +0.3% |
| 25 | South Carolina | 13,845.1 | +6.6% |
| 26 | Alabama | 13,091.5 | +4% |
| 27 | Oregon | 13,050.6 | +4.7% |
| 28 | Louisiana | 13,034 | +5.6% |
| 29 | Iowa | 11,471.3 | +2.3% |
| 30 | Kansas | 11,428.7 | +3.8% |
| 31 | Arkansas | 10,045.1 | +3.1% |
| 32 | Oklahoma | 10,015 | +3.3% |
| 33 | Utah | 9,359.7 | +5.1% |
| 34 | Nebraska | 7,969.4 | +7.2% |
| 35 | Nevada | 7,579.5 | +8.3% |
| 36 | Mississippi | 5,997.9 | +2.8% |
| 37 | New Hampshire | 5,592.3 | +3.9% |
| 38 | Idaho | 5,145.3 | +7.6% |
| 39 | North Dakota | 4,648.3 | +1.2% |
| 40 | West Virginia | 3,873.9 | +3.1% |
| 41 | South Dakota | 3,562.5 | +4.1% |
| 42 | Maine | 3,560.8 | +4.1% |
| 43 | Rhode Island | 3,319.5 | +1.6% |
| 44 | New Mexico | 3,287.5 | +3.1% |
| 45 | Hawaii | 2,855.6 | +0.9% |
| 46 | Montana | 2,852.8 | +6.6% |
| 47 | Delaware | 1,960.6 | +4.3% |
| 48 | Vermont | 1,677.9 | +3.7% |
| 49 | Wyoming | 1,485.5 | +2% |
| 50 | Alaska | 1,385.4 | +7.7% |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 1,254.3 | -0.4% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Value added by wholesale trade (NAICS 42), 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 34.
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, Wholesale trade (NAICS 42), 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, Wholesale trade (NAICS 42), millions of current dollars (US states by GDP by industry: wholesale trade, 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, Wholesale trade (NAICS 42), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: wholesale trade, 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-wholesale-trade/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, Wholesale trade (NAICS 42), millions of current dollars. US states by GDP by industry: wholesale trade, 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-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2018.
Harvard
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, Wholesale trade (NAICS 42), millions of current dollars, US states by GDP by industry: wholesale trade, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/gdp-by-industry-wholesale-trade/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which state has the highest GDP by industry: wholesale trade?
California, with $160.21 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Which state has the lowest GDP by industry: wholesale trade?
District of Columbia, with $1.25 billion 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, Wholesale trade (NAICS 42), millions of current dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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